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6. P£NTST£M0N. Beard-Tongue. 



Perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, the upper sessile or clasping: 

 flowers showy: calyx 5-parted: corolla irregular, with tube more or less 

 inflated and two-lipped, the lower lip 3-lobed: stamens 5, 4 in two pairs 

 each bearing an anther, the fifth filament conspicuous but sterile, sometimes 

 longer than the others and bearded: fruit a globose capsule with many wing- 

 less seeds. 



P. pub6scenB, Solander. Stems hairy, rather viscid above, 1-2 feet: 

 leaves narrow-oblong to lanceolate, minutely toothed or entire; panicle open: 

 corolla about 1 in. long, two-lipped, with a bearded palate in the throat, dull 

 bluish violet or purplish. Dry situations. May to July. 



7. COLLtN()IA. Innocence. Blue-eyed Mary 



Pretty little annuals or biennials, branching and diffuse with opposite 

 or verticillate leaves, and irregular flowers, blue and white, on pedicels, 

 whorled or solitary in the axils of the upper leaves: corolla two-lipped with 

 the upper lip 2-cleft, the lower lip 3-cleft, with the middle lobe keeled and 

 saccate, enclosing the 4 stamens and the style: a fifth stamen reduced to a 

 mere rudiment. 



C. v6ma, Nutt. Stem 8-16 in., branching: leaves small, various, the lower 

 ovate, the upper more lanceolate and clasping, margins crenate or toothed: 

 flowers on long peduncles, in whorls of 4-6: corolla K to % in., twice 

 longer than calyx: 3 lower petals sky-blue or pink, upper two petals, white. 

 An extremely attractive plant in woods, blooming April to June. 



8. MfMITLUS. Monkey-flower. 



Small herbs with opposite leaves, with usu- 

 ally showy solitary flowers on axillary pedun- 

 cles: calyx 5-angled and 5-toothed: corolla tubu- 

 lar, the 2 lobed upper lip erect or spreading: 

 stamens 4: stigma 2-lobed. 



M. ringens, Linn. Wild monlcey -floiver. 

 Erect perennial, with square stem and oblong or 

 lanceolate clasping serrate leaves: flowers blue 

 or light purple, somewhat personate. Wet places. 



M. Idteus, Linn. Motikey-flower. Tiger- 

 flower. Fig. 487. Annual, with ovate serrate 

 leaves : flowers large, yellow, blotched with 

 brick-red or brown. Western America, and coni- 



Mimulus luteus. 



monly cultivated. To gardeners often known as M. tigridioides. '■■' 



9. DIGITALIS. Foxglove. 



Stem simple and strict: leaves alternate: flowers with a long expanding 

 tube and a very short indistinctly lobed limb, the throat wholly open: 

 stamens 4. 



D. purpurea, Linn. Common foxglove. Usually biennial, tall and stout 

 (2-4 ft.): leaves oblong, nearly or quite entire, rough and downy: flowers 



