222 ORDER 88. SCKOPIIUI.ARIACE^E. 



5. CALCEOLARIA, L. SLIPPER-FLOWER. Calyx 4-pr.rtcd, valvatc 

 in bud. Cor. tube very short, limb 2-lobed, lobes entire, concave or spur- 

 like, the lower inflated. Sta. 2, lateral, with no rudiments. Caps, ovoid 

 conical, valves bifid. S. American and New-Zealand herbs or shrubs, 

 with opposite or whorled leaves and very curious flowers, of all colors, 

 endlessly varied in cultivation. 



Leaves pinnatisect. Anther cells separated, one empty. Annual No. 1 



Leaves ovate to lanceolate. Fls. corymbous. Anth. cells contiguous Nos. 24 



1 C. riNXATA. Rough-downy, weak, If, the lower lip orbicular, pale-yellow. 



2 C. CORTMBOSA. Erect ; lower lip broad-ovate, obtuse, open beyond the middle, ylw. 



3 C. CRENATTFLORA. Villous ; lower lip hanging, large, obovate, 3-furrowed, spotted, ylw. 



4 C. INTEGRIFOLIA. Viscid ; lower lip orbicular, little longer than the upper, scarcely 



contracted at the base ; upper lip twice longer than the calyx. Shrub. 2 3f. 



6. VERBASCUM, L. MULLEIN. Cor. rotate, 5-lobed, unequal. Sta. 

 5, declinate, all perfect. Caps, ovoid-globous, 2-valved. (T) Rarely U or 

 suffruticous. Leaves alternate. Flowers in spikes or paniculate racemes. 

 June August. Fig. 434. 



Leaves decurrent on the stem. Flowers in a long, thick spike, yellow No. i 



Leaves not decurrent. a Flowers in racemes, white, yellow or purple Nos. 2. 3 



a Flowers paniculate, white or yellow Nos. 4, 5 



1 V. Thapsus L. Common Mullein. Leaves decurrent, densely tomentous on both 



sides ; rac. spiked, dense ; 3 of the sta. downy, 2 of them smooth. @ Fields, way- 

 sides. 3 of. Almost never branched, woolly all over. Flowers numerous. 



2 V. Illail ria L. Moth Mullein. Lvs. clasping, oblong, smooth, serrate; ped. 1 



flwd., solitary, racemous ; filaments all bearing violet wool. (T) Waste grounds, way- 

 sides. 3f. Flowers 1', white or yellow. Stem often branched. 



3 V. PHCENICEUM. Leaves mostly radical, ovate to oblong, petiolate, smooth above, 



downy beneath ; racemes rarely branched ; flowers violet, to red. (a) Eur. 3f. 



4 V. I^ycliiiitis L. White Mullein. Whitish tomentous ; st. angular ; leaves green 



above, the lower petiolate ; fls. in loose fascicles, forming a pyramidal panicle; fll. all 

 white-woolly. @ Sandy fields, N. Y. to Ga. : rare. Flowers pale yellow. Eur. 

 ft V. PULVEUULENTUM. Clothed in cottony, deciduous tomentum ; Ivs. tomentous both 

 sides, ovate- oblong ; fls. numerous, yellow, in a large panicle. @ Eur. 



7. ALONSOA, R. & P. Cor. resupinate by the twisted pedicel, rotate, 

 5-clcft, lobes very obtuse, unequal. Sta. 4, short, declinate. Caps, obtuse, 

 flattened, septicidal. S. American, very branching herbs, with opposite 

 leaves, square branches, and terminal racemes of scarlet flowers. 



1 A. INCISJEF.OLIA. Leaves lance-ovate, incisely serrate, petiolate ; cor. V or less wide, 

 31 times longer than the calyx. (T) All Summer. From Chili. 



8. NEMESIA, Vent. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla personate, saccate or 

 spurred behind, upper lip 4-lobed, lower entire. Sta. 4, lower pair circum- 

 flexcd at base. Caps, compressed, with 2 keeled valves, and winged seeds. 

 (D S. Africa, ".vs. opposite. Fls. solitary and axillary, or racemed. 



1 N. VERsicoi.oR. Lvs. ovate to lanceolate and linear, entire or toothed ; cor. lobes ob 



long, all subequal (4 5"), spur 4", incurved, acute. 3f. Blue-white. 



2 N. FLORIBUNDA, has ovate leaves, an obtuse spur, and white-yellow flowers. 



9. LINARIA, Juss. TOAD-FLAX. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla personate, 



