622 ORDER 86. SCROPHULARIACE^E. 



open, X. Y. near Utica (Gray) to 111. A tender herb 8 to 18' high, branched from 

 the base. Lvs. 1 to 2' by ^ to 1', dilated at base. Pedicels 1 to li' long. Cor. 

 5" long, variegated with blue and white, singular and pretty. May" Jn. 

 2 C. parviSora Dougl. Lower Ivs. ovate, petiolate, upper oblong or lanceolate, 

 few-toothed, the floral lanceolate, entire; verticillasters 2 to 6-flowered ; cor. little 

 shorter than the pedicels, scarcely longer than the calyx. Shores of Lake Superior 

 to Or. (Pitcher). A smaller plant, with smaller, blue fls. 



3 C. bicolor Benth. Lower Ivs. ovate, petiolate, upper ovate-lanceolate, 

 sessile, crenate, the floral entire, lanceolata ; verticillaslers G to \Q-flov:ered ; pedi- 

 cels shorter than the hairy calyx. Taller than C. verna > 2f high, with larger, 

 showy fls. Cor. 8 to 10" long, rose-violet, upper lip white, f California. 



13. PAULOW'NIA, Siebold. Calyx deeply 5-cleft, fleshy; corolla tube 

 long, declinate, enlarged above, limb oblique, with rounded segments; 

 stamens 4, arched downwards, with no rudiment of a fifth ; capsule lig- 

 neous, acuminate, valves septiferous in the middle; seeds oo, winged. 

 Tree, native of Japan. 



P. imperialis Sieb. A splendid tree, in parks, with the habit of Catalpa. 

 Branches crooked, nearly horizontal. Lvs. 7 to 12' by 4 to 9', opposite, petiolate, 

 broad-cordate, above entire or somewhat trilobate, villous-canescent both sides, 

 smoothish above when full grown. Panicles very large, terminal, many-flowered. 

 Cor. 1J to 2' long, between, violet and rose-color, striped and spotted within, f 



14. MIH'ULUS, L. MONKEY FLOWER. (Gr. p.ip6, an ape ; from 

 the resemblance of the ringent or grinning corolla.) Calyx tubular, 5- 

 anglcd, 5-toothed; corolla ringent, the upper lip reflected at the sides, 

 palate of the lower lip prominent; capsule 2-celled, many-seeded ; stig- 

 ma thick, bifid. Herbs prostrate or erect, with square stems and oppo- 

 site Ivs. Fed. axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered. 



Loaves pinnate-veined. Flowers bine (wild) or yellow (cultivated) Nos. 1. 2, 8 



Leaves palmate-veined. Flowers yellow or scarlet Nos. 3, 4, 5 



1 M. ringens L. Lvs. sessile, smooth, lanceolate, acuminate; ped. axillary, 

 longer than the flowers. 11 A common inhabitant of ditches and mud soils, Can. 

 and U. S., with large, blue, ringent flowers. Stem erect, square, smooth, about 

 2f high. Leaves sessile, opposite, serrate, acute, lanceolate. Peduncles about as 

 long as the leaves, square, curved upwards, axillary and opposite. Calyx tubu- 

 lar, 5-angled and 5-toothed. Corolla pab blue, yellow within. Jl., Aug. 



2 M. alatus. Lvs. petiolate, smooth, ovat?, acuminate ; ped. axillary, shorter 

 than the flowers ; st. winged at the 4 corners. y In N. Y. to Ir.d. (Plummer), arid 

 S. States. This, like the last species, inhabits ditches and other wet places, 

 and grows to nearly tin samo height. The square stem, erect, smooth, and 

 winged at tire 4 angles, affords an adequate distinction. Leaves stalked, ovate. 

 Flowers ringent, on short stalks, light purple. Calyx teeth rounded, mucnonate. 

 Aug. 



3 M. Jamesii Torr. St. decumbent, rooting at the lower joints; IVP. subentire, 

 roundish-reniform, the lower on long petioles, 5 to 7-veined ; ped. about as long 

 as the leaf; cal. ovate, upper tooth largest ; cor. tube scarcely exserted. Shores 

 of L. Superior, Min., Nebr. Fls. small, yellow. 



4 M. luteus L. Ascending or erect ; Ivs. orbicular-ovate or oblong, lower 

 long-pet Mate, sublyrate, opper sessile or clasping, many-veined ; ped. longer than 

 the Ivs. ; cal. tubo ovoid, upper tooth largest ; cor. ttibe broad, twice longer than 

 the calyx. T| Fls. yellow, often spotted with rose or purple, large and very 

 showy, f California. Varies greatly. 



5 M. Cardinalis Doug). Erect, branched, villous ; Ivs. ovate, erose-dentate, 

 narrowed and ampkxicaul at base, many-veined ; ped. longer than the Ivs. ; cal. 

 tube large, inflated ; cor. lobes reflexed. ^ St. loosely branched, 2 to 3f high. 

 Cor. scarlet, the tuba hardly longer than the calyx, limb large and brilliant. 

 f California. 



