132 EHINANTHACEAE. 



1. O. micranthiim Willd. Stems 2-5 dm. tall, branched: leaf-blades ovate to 

 oblong-ovate, 1-4 cm. long, serrate : panicles continuous or nearly so : calyx 2 

 mm. long, becoming 6-7 mm. long, the lower lip with subulate-tipped lobes: 

 corolla Mhite, pink, or purplish, 4 mm. long; upper lip minutely bearded, lower 

 lip with a notched middle lobe: nutlets about 1 mm. long. — Hammocks and 

 low pinelauds, U. keys, L. keys. — [E. K.] — {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Basil. 



Family 10. EHINANTHACEAE. Figwort Family. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Stems commonly terete. Leaves opposite or 

 whorled, or alternate: blades entire, toothed, or divided. Flowers perfect, 

 axillary, or spieate or racemose. Calyx regular or rarely 2-lipped, of 4 or 

 5 more or less united sepals. Corolla mostly irregular, of 4 or 5 partially 

 united petals. Androecium of 4, usually didynamous stamens, the fifth 

 one often represented by a staminodium, or of 2 stamens and 2 staminodia. 

 Gynoecium 2-carpellary. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit capsular or rarely baccate. 



Upper lip, or lobes, of the corolla external in the bud, or wanting. 



Corolla nearly regular, about e(iuall.\ o-lobt'd. 1. Bramia. 



Corolla irregular, manifestly ll-lipped. 2. Mecardonia. 

 Lower lip, or lobes, of the corolla external in the bud. 



Sepals distinct or nearly so. 3. Capraeia. 

 Sepals partially united into a tube. 



Corolla campauulate. funnelform or tubular: capsule not in- 

 cluded in the calyx. 4. Agalinis. 

 Corolla salverform : capsule included in the calyx. 5. Buchxera. 



1. BRAMIA Lam. Succulent, odorless, creeping herbs. L^af-blades 

 broadest above the middle, entire or nearly so, sessile. Flowers axillary. 

 Calyx with the upper lobe broadest. Corolla nearly regular. Style elongate. 



1. B. Monniera (L.) Drake. Stem and branches glabrous, 1-6 dm. long: 

 leaf-blades 1-2 cm. long, sometimes inconspicuously toothed : outer calyx- 

 lobes becoming 5-6 mm. long, usually acute : corolla white or pale-blue ; upper 

 lobes retuse: capsules 5-8 mm. long. — Coastal hammocks and lime-sinks, L. 

 keys.— [E. K.]— (i?er.. Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



2. MECAEDONIA E. & P. Erect or diffuse, wiry herbs, the stems 

 angled. Leaf-blades toothed, narrowed at the base. Flowers axillary. Calyx- 

 lobes 5, unequal. Corolla mainly white or pink, 2-lipped. Stamens 4. Style 

 short. 



1. M. tenuis Small. Plants 0.5-4 dm. long, prostrate: leaf-blades spatulate 

 to oblanceohite, oblong or lanceolate, 5-12 mm. long, sharply serrate: peduncles 

 filiform: calyx-lobes bcconung 5-7 mm. long: corolla 6-7 mm. long: capsules 

 5-6 mm. long. — Hannnocks and waste places. Key West. 



3. CAPRARIA L. Herbs or woody plants. Leaves cauliue: blades 

 toothed. Flowers axillary. Calyx-lobes 5, narrow. Corolla campanulate: 

 lobes 5, nearly equal, about as long as the tube. Stamens 4 or 5. 



1. C. biflora L. Stems 3-15 dm. tall, sometimes pubescent: leaf -blades ob- 

 lanccolatc, cuneate or oblong, 1-6 cm. long, sharply-serrate, at least above: 

 calyx-lo])es linear-lanceolate to lincar-subidate, 4.5-7 mm. long: corolla white 

 or pink, about 10 mm. long: capsules oval or oval-ovoid, about as long as the 

 calyx. — Hammocks, ])inelaiuls, and waste jjlaccs, U. keys, L. keys, L. S. keys. — 

 [E. K.] — (Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



4. AGALINIS Raf.^ Slender herbs, annuals. Leaves sessile, with linear 

 or filiform, entire blades. Flowers axillary. Calyx-lobes 5, often minute. 



^ Contributed by Mr. F. W. Pennell. 



