726 SCROPHULARIACEAE (FIGWORT FAMILY) 



and usually with 2 bractlets at the base of the calyx. Flowering all summer ; 

 in wet or damp places. (Name from gratia, grace or favor, from supposed 

 medicinal properties.) 



§ 1. Anthers iL'ith a broad connective, the cells transverse ; stems mostly diffusely 

 branched, or creeping at base, soft viscid-pubescent or smooth ; corollas 

 0.8-1.5 cm. long ; bractlets foliaceous, equaling the calyx. 



* Sterile filaments minute or none ; corolla whitish, with the tube yellovnsh. 



1. G. virginiana L. Stem clammy-puberulent above, 1-3 dm. high ; leaves 

 lanceolate, with narrow base, acute, entire or sparingly toothed ; peduncles cdmost 

 equaling the leaves (1-2.5 cm. long); pod ovoid, 4-5 mm. long. — Wet or muddy 

 places, local, centr. Me. and w. Que., w^estw. and southw. June-Aug. 



2. G. sphaerocarpa Ell. Smooth, rather stout, 1.5-4 dm. high ; leaves lance- 

 ovate or oblong to oval-obovate, 2-5 cm. long, toothed ; peduncles scarcely longer 

 than the calyx and the large globular pod (6 mm. in diameter). — Wet places, 

 N. J. to Mo., and southw. Apr.-June. 



** Sterile filaments slender, tipped with a little head; leaves short (1-2.5 cm. 



long). 



3. G. visc5sa Schwein. Clammy-pubescent or glandular; leaves ovate-lance- 

 olate or oblong, acute, toothed, mostly shorter than the peduncles ; corolla 

 whitish, yellow ivithin. — Del. (Commons) to Ky., and southw. 



4. G. aurea Muhl. Nearly glabrcms ; leaves lanceolate or oblong -linear, en- 

 tire, equaling the peduncles ; corolla golden-yellow (rarely pale yellow or white), 

 1.2-1.8 cm. long. — Wet sandy shores, Me., w. Que., and Ont. to Va. 



§ 2. Anthers with no broad connective, the cells vertical ; sterile filaments tipped 

 with a head; haii'y apparently annual plants, loith erect rigid and more 

 simple stems. 



5. G. pilbsa Michx. Leaves ovate or oblong, sparingly toothed, sessile, 1-2 

 cm. long ; flowers nearly sessile ; corolla white, 0-9 mm. long, scarcely exceeding 

 the calyx. — Low ground, N. J. to Fla. and Tex. 



16. DIGITALIS [Tourn.] L. Foxglove 



Calyx 5-parted ; the lobes often foliaceous. Corolla with a somewhat in- 

 flated tube and short scarcely spreading limb, declined. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 included in the corolla. — Tall herbs, with alternate or scattered entire or toothed 

 leaves and showy racemose flowers. (Digitalis, of or belonging to the finger, 

 as the fingers of a glove, which the tubular corollas have been thought to 

 resemble.) 



1. D. puRPtjREA L. Stoutish pubescent biennial; corolla purple to white, 

 spotted, 4-5 cm. long. — Meadows and pastures. Cape Breton I. ; also N. Y. ; 

 rather rare and local, a casual escape from gardens. (Introd. from Eu.) 



17. VER6NiCA [Tourn.] L. Speedwell 



The lateral lobes of the corolla or the lowest one commonly narrower than 

 the others. Stamens 2, one each side of the upper lobe of the corolla, exserted ; 

 anther-cells confluent at the apex. Style entire ; stigma single. Capsule flat- 

 tened, obtuse or notched at the apex, 2-celled, few-many-seeded. — Chiefly 

 herbs ; flowers blue, flesh-color, or white. (Derivation doubtful ; perhaps the 

 flower of St. Veronica. ) 



* Tall perennials, imth elongate leaves; racemes terminal, dense, spiked; bracts 

 very small; tube of the salverform corolla equaling or exceeding the calyx; 

 both sometimes b-cleft. 



1. V. virginica L. (Culver's-rgot, Culver's Physic.) Smooth or rather 

 downy ; stem simple, straight, 0.5-2 m. high ; leaves whorled in 4's to 7's, short- 



