scrophulariacejE. (figwort family.) 327 



the vestige of the fifth stamen forms a scale-like nuliineiit at the summit of tho 

 tube of the coiollii. Pod iiiiiiiy-.siednl. — Kaiik herbs, with mostly ojjpositc 

 leaves, and small <;ivenisli-i)iir])le or lurid Howers in loose cymes, formiii;; a ter- 

 minal narrow panicle. (So called because a reputed remedy for sciofala.) 



1. S. UOdbsa, L. Smooth perennial (3°-4° high); stem 4-sided; leaves 

 ovate, oblong, or the upper lanceolate, cut-serrate, rounded or heart-shaped at 

 the base. (S. Marilaiidica, Z.) — Damp copses and banks. June- Aug. (Eu.) 



5. COLLINSIA, Nutt. CoLMNsiA. 



Calyx deeply .5-clcft. Corolla declined, with the tube saccate or bulging at 

 the base on the u])])er side, dcei)ly 2-lipped; the upper lip 2-cleft, its lobes 

 partly turned backwards ; the lower 3-clet't, its middle loi)e keeled and sac-like, 

 enclosing the 4 declined stamens and style. Fifth stamen a slender rudiment, 

 p. id 4 -many-seeded. — Slender branching annuals or biennials, with ojJiHjsitc 

 leaves, and handsome party-colored flowers in umbel-like clusters, apjjcaring 

 whorled in the axils of the upper leaves. (Dedicated to the late Zaccheus Collins, 

 of Philadelphia, an accurate botanist.) 



1. C. v6rna, Nutt. Slender (6'-20' high); lower leaves ovate; the up- 

 per ovate-lanceolate, clasping by the heart-shaped base, toothed ; whorh aliout 

 6-ftoicered ; JioHfis lon<]-])eihinded ; corolla (blue and ichite) twice the length of the 

 caltfx. — Moist soil, W. New York to Wisconsin and Kentucky. May, June. 



'.i. C. parvifl6ra, Dougl. Small; lower leaves ovate or rounded; 

 the up])er oblong-lanceolate, mostly entire; ichorls 2 -&- flowered ; flowers short- 

 peduncled; the snuiU (blue) corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx — Shore of Lake 

 Superior and westward. 



6. CHELONE, Tomn. Tlrtle-iie.vd. Sn.\ke-iie.\d. 



Calyx of 5 distinct imbricated sepals. Corolla inflated-tubular, with the 

 month a little open ; the upper lip broad and arched, keeled in the middle, 

 notched afthe apex ; the lower woolly-bearded in the throat, ;3-lobcd at the ajK-x, 

 the middle lobe smallest. Stamens 4, with woolly fllaments and very woolly 

 heart-shaped anthers ; and a tilth sterile lilament smaller than the others. Seeds 

 many, wing-margined. — Smooth jjcrennials, with upright branching stems, op- 

 posite serrate leaves, and large white or purple flowers, which are nearly sessile 

 in s|)ikes or clusters, and closely imbricated with round-ovate concave bracts 

 and bractlets. (Name from x^^^vrj, a tortoise, the corolla resembling in shape 

 the head of a rci)tile.) 



1. C. glabra, L. Leaves very short-petioled, lanceolate or lance-oblong, 

 l)ointed, variable in wiiltli, &c. : the llowers wliite, rose-color, or purple. (Also 

 C. obluiua, L., &e.) — Wet places : common. July - Sept. — Called also Suell- 

 ILOWKU, Balmoxy, i«ic. 



7. PENTSTEMON, Mitchell. Beaud-toxgle. Peststemox. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla tubular and more or less inflated, or bell-shaped, 

 cither decidedly or slightly 2-lipped ; the upper lip 2-lobed, and the lower 3-eleft. 

 Stamens 4, declined at the base, ascending above ; and a fifth sterile (ilament 



