FIGWORT FAMILY 



leaves opposite, lanceolate or ovate, sessile and more or 

 less clasping at the base, acuminate, sharply denticulate. 

 Flowers. — White, two-lipped, borne at the summit of 

 the stem in a loose thyrsus-like panicle. 



Beard-Tongue. Penstimon digitdlis 



Ca/yrjc.— Five-parted, segments lanceolate— of ten reddish. 

 Corolla. — Swollen, moderately two-lipped; throat open. 

 Stamens. — Five, four in two pairs, bearing anthers; 

 the fifth without anther, bearded above. 

 Pistil. — Ovary one; style threadlike; stigma capitate. 

 Fruit. — Capsule ovoid; seeds many. 

 Pollinated by bees and bee-like flies. Nectar-bearing. 



In northern Ohio, over the fence, rarely upon 

 the roadside, are clumps and bunches of Penstemon, 

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