322 FIGWORT FAMILY. 



28. PEDICULARIS. Herbs with simple stems, chiefly pinnatifld leaves and spikoo 

 flowers. Corolla tubular, with a strongly arched or flattened helmet-shaped uppef 

 lip, and the lower erect at base, 2-cre8ted above and .S-lobed. Seeds several in each 

 cell. 



89. MELAMPYRUM. Low herbs with branching stems, opposite leaves, and flowers in 

 their axils, or the upper crowded in a bracted spike. Calyx bell-shaped, 4-cleft, the 

 lobes taper-pointed. Corolla tubular, enlarging above, with the lower lip nearly 

 equaling the narrow upper one and its biconvex palate appressed to it, S-lobed at the 

 summit. Cells of the anther minutely pointed at base. Pod oblique, with only 2 

 seeds in each cell. 



1. PAULOWNIA. (Named for Anna Paulowna, a Russian Princess.) 



P. imperial is., Sieb. & Zucc. Cult, for ornament, from Japan and 

 China. Scarcely hardy far N. ; the heart-shaped very ample leaves 

 resembling those of Catalpa, but much more downy ; flowers in large 

 terminal panicles, in spring, the violet corolla l^'-2' long. 



2. VERBASCUM, MULLEIN. (Ancient Latin name.) Natives of 

 the Old World, here weeds. % (g) 



V. Thdpsus, Linn. Common M. Fields ; densely woolly, the tall 

 simple stem winged from the bases of the oblong leaves, bearing a long, 

 dense spike of yellow (rarely white) flowers. 



y. Lycbn)tis, Linn. White M. Waste places, rather scarce ; whitened 

 with thin, powdery woolliness, the stem not winged, ovate leaves greenish 

 above, and spikes of yellow or rarely white flowers panicled. 



V. B/attaria, Linn. Moth M. Roadsides ; green and smoothish, 2°-3° 

 high, slender, with ovate toothed or sometimes cut leaves, and loose 

 raceme of yellow or white and purplish-tinged flowers. 



3. CELSIA. (Named for O. Celsius, a Swedish Orientalist.) Flowers 

 summer. 



C. Cretica, Linn, f . Cult, for ornament from the Mediterranean region ; 

 2°-3° high, rather hairy, or the raceme clammy, with lower leaves pin- 

 natifld, upper toothed and clasping at base ; corolla orange-yellow with 

 some purple (l'-2' across) ; lower pair of filaments naked, the upper pair 

 short and woolly-bearded. @ 



4. ALONSOA. (Named for Alotizo Zanoni, a Spanish botanist.) 

 Cult, as annuals, from S. Amer. ; flowers all summer. Commonest 

 one is 



A. incisifd/ia, Ruiz & Pav. (also called A. urtic.ef6lia). Smoothish, 

 branching, l°-2° high, with lance-ovate or oblong sharply cut-toothed 

 leaves, and orange-scarlet corolla less than 1' wide ; several varieties. 



5. VERONICA, SPEEDWELL. (Name of doubtful derivation, per- 

 haps referring to St. Veronica.) Flowers summer. 



* Shrubby, tender, very leafy species from New Zealand, with entire and 

 glossy smooth and nearly sessile evergreen leaves, all opposite, dense 

 many-flowered racemes from the axils, and acutish pods. 



V. specidsa, R. Cunn. Smooth throughout, with obovate or oblong 

 blunt or retuse thick leaves, and very dense spike-like racemes of violet- 

 purple flowers. 



y. salicifblia, Forst. Leaves lanceolate acute, and longer ; clammy- 

 pubescent racemes of blue flowers. 



