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Tribe 4. GRATIOLE^. Corolla nearly equal, or 2-lipped ; the lobes 6attish. Fertile stamens 2 or 4, ascending: 

 anthers 2-celled. Dissepiment of the capsule bearing the placentie, and at length free. 



7. MiMnLus. Calyx prismatic, 5-toothed. Corolla ringent: upper lip reflexed at the sides; lower 3-cleft; the palate 



prominent. 



8. Gbatiola. Calyx 5-partcd, with two bracteoles at the base. Corolla tubular, slightly 2-lipped. Fertile stamens 



usually only 2 ; the other two abortive or wanting. 



9. LiNDERNiA. Calyx 5-parted, without bracteoles. Corolla 2-l>PP^<l ; the upper lip short and reflexed, Stamena 4: 



the two longer forked and sterile ; the two shorter fertile. 



Tribe 5. BUCHNERE^. Corolla 5- or unequally 4-lobed, never 2-lipped; the lobes flat. Stamens 08uaIIy4: 

 anthers one-celled. 



10. BucHNERA. Corolla somewhat salver-form, with a long and slender tube ; the limb almost equally 5-lobed ; the lobes 



cuneate-obcordate. 



Tribe 6. VERONICEjE. Corolla rotate, funnel-form, or rarely somewhat 2-lipped. Stamens 4, or often only 3, 

 without rudimentary sterile ones. Capsule loculicidal ; the valves usually also splitting at the dis- 

 sepiment. 



11. LiMosELLA. Corolla rotate.campanulate, equally 4 - 5-Iobed. Stamens 4, nearly equal : anthers 1-celled. Capsule 



globose, 1-celled. 



12. Veronica. Calyx 4-parted. Corolla rotate. Stamens 2. Capsule obcordate. 



13. Pjedebota. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla tubular, 4 - 5-Iobed, or somewhat 2-lipped. Capsule ovoid. 



Tribe 7. GERARDIE^. Corolla campanulate, funnel-form or tubular, somewhat spreading ; the lobes flat and 

 rounded. Stamens 4, all fertile, ascending : anther-cells distinct. Capsule 2-celIcd, either loculicidal 

 or septicidal. Seeds commonly with a loose reticulate testa. 



14. Gerardia. Calyx campanulate, 5-tootbed or -cleft. Corolla somewhat campanulate; the border almost equally 



5-lobed. Stamens included. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds with a loose testa. 



Tribe 8. RHINANTHEjE. Corolla 2-lipped; the upper lip concave, galeate or linear. Stamens 4 (rarely 3), 

 ascending : anther-cells distinct. Capsule loculicidal ; the valves commonly entire. 



15. Castilleja. Calyx ventricos', spathe-like. Corolla 2-lipped; the upper lip very long and narrow. Stamens 4: 



anther-cells divaricate. Seeds with a loose testa. 



16. Pedicdlaris. Calyx ventricose, unequally 5-toothed, or 2-lipped. Corolla ringent ; the upper lip galeate, and often 



rostrate. Seeds with a closely adhering testa. 

 IX Melamptrcm. Calyx 4-clefl, 4-tootheJ, campanulate. Corolla ringent or personate ; upper lip laterally compressed, 

 with the sides reflexed ; the lower with two gibbosities. 



Tribe I. VERBASCEj^. Benth. 



Tube of the corolla short, or somewhat globose ; the limb rotate and somewhat equally 

 5-lobed, or 2-lipped ; not ringent. Fertile stamens 2 — 5, mostly declined : anthers 

 approximated or cohering, mostly 2- {rarely 1-) celled; the cells divaricate, confluent. 

 Capsule 2-valved, septicidal. Testa of the seed solid. 



1. VERBASCUM. Linn. ; Endl. gen. 3878. MULLEIN. 



[Altered from Barbcucum; the leaves being covered with a barba or beard] 



Calyx 5-parted, nearly equal. Corolla rotate, 5-Iobed ; the lobes nearly equal. Stamens 5, 



all perfect, declined, often hairy ; the anterior ones longer. Capsule ovoid or globose, 



septicidal ; the valves 2-cleft at the summit. — Herbs, often woolly, with alternate leaves 



and the flowers in spikes or paniculate racemes. 



