594 SCKOPHULARIACE^. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 



* Perennials. 



+ Racemes axillary, vsually opposite. 



I One or doth vahes of capsule se^yarating at length from placental 



column. 

 1 V. Anagallis, 2 anagalloides, 3 Beccabunga. 

 X X Valves adhering to p)lacental column. Capsule usually margined. 

 T Capsule cuneate at lase, oUriangular or olcordate. 



4 V. multifida, 5 Orientalis, 6 Aleppica, 7 cinerea, 8 Chamge- 

 drys. 



^ ^ Capsule rounded at dase. 



9 V. stenobotrys. 



1 1 Racemes terminal. Valves adherent to p)lacental column. 



10 V. cespitosa, 11 bombycina. 



^ * Annuals. Flowers terminal or axillary. Valves colierent to placenta. 



t Seeds pilano-convex, more or less wnbilicate at inner face. 



X Pedicel shorter than calyx or little longer. Biloled capsule shorter than 



calyx. 



12 V. arvensis, 13 viscosa. 



X X Pedicel much longer than calyx. Capsule as long as calyx or longer. 



14 V. acinifolia, 15 conferta, 16 Reuteriana, 17 Syriaca. 



t. i' Seeds hoat-shaped. 



X Floral leaves, or at least the upper, hract-li^e. Erect or disuse plants. 



18 V. triphyllos, 19 biloba, 20 campylopoda. 



X X Floral leaves resenibling the others. Di-ff'use, prostrate plants. 



21 V.Buxbaumii, 22 didyma, 23 Cymbalaria, 24 hederaefolia. 



1. V, Anagallis, L. If .1 to .8, glabrous or sparingly gland- 

 ular above ; stems fistulous. Leaves sessile, ovate to lanceolate and ol- 

 long, serrate and entire. Racemes panicled ; bracts linear, longer 

 than ascending pedicels ; calyx-lobes unequal, elliptical ; corolla 

 white, a little longer than calyx — May to September — Wet places ; 

 common throughout. 



2. "V. anagalloides, Guss. If .3 to .4, glabrous or puber- 

 ulent ; stems fistulous. Leaves sessile, lanceolate-linear, entire or spar- 

 ingly denticulate. Racemes panicled ; bracts linear, longer than as- 

 cending pedicels ; calyx-lobes unequal, elliptical ; corolla -white, not 

 longer than calyx — "Wet places ; less common than last, of which it 

 should be considered a variety. 



3. V. Beccabunga, L. If ,25 to .3, glabrous or glandular- 

 puberulent above ; stems fistulous. Leaves rather fleshy, petioled, ol- 

 long-elliptical, obtusely crenate-serrate. Pedicels ascending, much 

 longer than bracts ; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, shorter than pedicels, 

 and Hue corolla ; capsule nearly orbicular, somewhat retuse, a little 

 longer than style — Summer — Wet places. 



