ORDER 86. SCROPHULARIACK^E. 52b 



6 M. moschatus Doug. MUSK PLANT. Decumbent, hairy and viscid, Ivs, 

 ovate, acute, dentate, feather-veined ; ped. about as long as the leaf; cal. teeth 

 lanceolate, acuminate, unequal. ^ Herb rooting at the joints, a foot long. Cor. 

 tube exceeding the calyx, yellow. The- plant exhales the odor of musk, 

 f Oregon. 



15. CONO'BEA, Aublct. Calyx 5-parted, equal ; upper lip of the 

 corolla 2-!obed, lower lip 3-partcd ; fertile sta. 4 ; anth. approximating 

 by pairs, cells parallel ; caps, globous, ovoid, valves breaking away 

 from the placentiferous dissepiment; seeds oo, ovoid. American 

 branching herbs, with opposite Ivs. Ped. axillary, solitary or in pairs, 

 1-flowered, 2 bracteoles near apex. 



C. multifida Benth. Low-, diffusely branched, puberulent; to.*, petiolate, pin- 

 nately dissected ; segments linear or cuneate, lobed or entire, obtuse ; cor. lobes 

 entire ; caps, ovoid, valves at length 2-parted. (1) Sandy banks of rivers, com- 



1 mon, Ohio to La. A plant 4 G' high, with finely divided leaves, and of a gray- 

 ish aspect. Leaves 1' long, in 5 or 7 segments, the petiole as long as the flowers. 

 Corolla greonish, hardly exceeding tho calyx. Capsulo 1" long. Jl. (Cap- 

 raria, MX.) 



16. HERPES'TIS, Grcrt. (Gr. ip-ricn']^ a creeper.) Calyx 5-parted, 

 unequal ; cor. subbilabiatc, upper lip emarginate or 2-lobed, lower .'.- 

 lobcd ; sta. 4, didynamous, parallel; caps. 2-furrowed, 2-celled, valves 

 parallel with the dissepiment, the margins inflexed ; seeds Co, small. 

 Obscure weeds with opposite Ivs. Ped. 1-flowered, axillary, or subracc- 

 inous, often with 2 bracteoles near the calyx. 



Flowers yellow, corolln 4-cleft, upper segment (lip) entire. Plant erect No. 1 



Flowers blue. Corolla 4-cU-ft, ujipvr Bugiiu-nt (lip) enuirgin.ite Nos. '2, :'. 



Corolla 5-clel"t, lobes nearly equal . Leaves crenate No. 4 



1 H. nigrescens Benth. Tall ; Ivs. oblong, crenatc-serrate, cuneate at base, ob- 

 tuse or acute; ped. bractless, equaling or exceeding the leaves- the posterior 

 lobe of the calyx oblong-obtusish. r l\- Car. to Fla. and La. Wet. Plant 1 to 2!" 

 liigh, otien branched. Lvs. 1 to 2' long, thick, obscurely feather-veined, tho uj - 

 per shorter than the (!') pedicels. Cor. yellow, rather longer (5") than the calyx 

 (4"). Aug., Sept (Gratiola acuminata Walt.) Blackens in drying. 



2 K. rotundifolia Ph. St. mostly glabrous, creeping ; Ivs. orbicular-obovate, en- 

 tire, glabrous, many-veined ; pedicels ebracteate, 1 3-together, 2 or 3 limes longer 

 than the calyx', lower cal. seg. ovato; cor. ^ longer than the calyx. y A prostrate 

 mud plant, in ponds, 111. (Mead) to La. (Hale.) Stein If in length. Leaves.G 

 12" diam., about 9-veined, sessile. Peduncles thick, half as long as the leaves. 

 Calyx 2 3" in length. Flowers blue. Aug. 



3 H. amplexicaulis Ph. St. floating, -woolly; Ivs. amplex-icaul, ovate, obtuso, 

 entire, many- veined, glabrous abovo; psd. solitary, shorte,- than the calyx; cal. 

 lower segm. cordate; cor. ^-longer than tho calyx; liypogynous disk long, 10- 

 tootlied at apex. Swamps and ditches, N. J. to La. (Hale.) A few inches ia 

 length, with leaves G to 8" long. Fls. neariy 5" long. Sty. dilated at the end. 

 Aug. 



4 H. Monniera Humboldt. Glabrous, fleshy, prostrate; Ivs. cuneate-obovate. 

 obscurely crenato or entire, 1 to 3-veiued ; ped. as long as the Ivs. ; cal. sub- 

 tended by 2 linear bractlets, its 3 outer segm. ovate.- T\. An obscure weed, on 

 inundated banks, Penn. to Ga. and La. Lvs. 6 to 8" long, obscurely veined, ses- 

 sile, or the lower contracted to a short petiole. Fls. few, cor. spreading 3 to 4' , 

 pale blue, on ped. G to 12" long. Aug. (II. cuneifolia Ph.) 



17. GRATTOLA, HEDGE HYSSOP. (Lat gratia, favor; alluding to 

 its medicinal virtues.) Calyx 5-parted, subequal ; cor. upper lip ontiro 

 or slightly bifid, lower trifid, the palate not prominent ; sta. 2, fertile, 

 mostly with 3 sterile filaments; caps. 2-celled, 4-valved, valves inflexed 



