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Brunfelsia fallax Duch., Long-flowered Brunfelsia, also West Indian, 

 occasionally grown, bas a similar corolla about 4' long. 



Petunia axillaris (Lam.) B. S. P., White Petunia, Brazilian, grown in 

 flower-gardens, is viscid-pubescent, about 1° high, with ovate to obovate thin 

 entire leaves l'-4' long, the lower ones petioled; the slender-peduncled flowers 

 are white, the corolla with a narrow tube I'-Vl' long, and abruptly spread- 

 ing limb about as wide as the length of the tube. [P. nyctaginiflora Juss.] 



Petunia violacea Lindl., Violet Petunia, also South American, is simi- 

 lar to the preceding species, often lower and with somewhat smaller leaves 

 and violet flowers with a broader corolla tube. The widely cultivated garden 

 Petunias are hybrids between this species and P. axillaris, the flowers white, 

 violet, or variegated. [P. phoenicea of Lefroy.] 



Salpiglossis sinuata E. & P., Salpiglossis, Chilean or Peruvian, a glan-^ 

 dular-pubescent, viscid branched annual, with an. erect stem l°-2° high, the 

 lower leaves narrowly oblong, 3'-4' long, sinuate-lobed or toothed, narrowed 

 into petioles, the upper leaves linear, smaller, sessile, entire, the broadly 

 funnelform corollas about 2' broad, variously colored, is grown in gardens. 



Family 10. SCROPHULARIACEAE Lindl. 



FiGWORT Family. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees, with estipulate leaves, and perfect mostly com- 

 plete and irregular flowers (corolla wanting in one species of Synthyris). 

 Calyx inferior, persistent, 4-5-toothed, -cleft, or -divided, or sometimes 

 split on the lower side, or on both sides, the lobes or segments valvate, im- 

 bricate or distinct in the bud. Corolla gamopetalous, the limb 2-lipped, or 

 nearly regular. Stamens 2, 4 or 5, didynamous, or nearly equal, inserted 

 on the corolla and alternate with its lobes; anthers 2-celled; the sacs equal, 

 or unequal, or sometimes confluent into one. Disk present or obsolete. 

 Pistil 1, entire or 2-lobed; ovary superior, 2-eelled, or rarely 1-celled; 

 ovules anatropous or amphitropous, on axile placentae; style slender, 

 simple; stigma entire; 2-lobed or 2-lamellate. Fruit mostly capsular and 

 septicidally or loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds mostly numerous; endo- 

 sperm fleshy; embryo small, straip'ht or slightly curved; cotjdedons little 

 broader than the radicle. About 165 genera and 2700 species, widely dis- 

 tributed. 



A. Upper lip or lobes of the corolla external in the bud. 



Anther-bearing stamens 5 ; corolla rotate. 1. Verba^cum. 



Anther-bearing stamens 2 or 4 ; corolla not rotate. 

 Corolla spurred or saccate at the base. 

 Corolla spurred. 



Leaves palmately veined. 2. Cymhalaria. 



Leaves pinnately veined. 3. Kickxia. 



Corolla saccate. 4. Maurandya. 



Corolla neither spurred nor saccate. 



Shrubs with angular branches. 5. Russellia. 



Low herbs. 6. Bramia. 



B. Lower lip or lobes of the corolla external In the bud. 



Corolla 4-6-lobed ; leaves alternate ; capsule oval. 7. Capraria. 



Corolla 4-lobed ; leaves opposite ; capsule notched. 8. Veronica. 



1. VERBASCUM [Tourn.] L. 



Biennial or rarely perennial, mostly tall herbs, with alternate leaves, and 

 rather large flowers, in terminal spikes, racemes or panicles. Calyx deeply 5- 

 cleft or 5-parted. Corolla flat-rotate or slightly concave, S-lobed. the lobes a 



