FIQWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceae. 



and P. Icevigatus have been found in the fields and rocky 

 hills of Vermont by Wild, in Roxbury, Conn., by C. K. 

 Averill ; P. Ice.vigatus has been found by H. G. Palfrey 

 in Haverhill, Mass. ; and P. Icevigatus var. Digitalis has 

 been found in Middlesex Co., Mass., by Mabel P. Cook. 



A smooth perennial with an upright 



square stem often considerably branched, 



Mimulus an d light green, smooth, lustreless leaves 



ringens with irregular obscure teeth, lance-shaped 



Purple or oblong, opposite-growing and clasping; 



the stem. The flowers are a rich clear 

 September 



purple ; the corolla two-lipped, the upper 



lip erect and two-lobed, the lower with three wide- 

 spreading lobes ; there are two yellow spots near the 

 narrow throat. The pistil and four stamens are white ; 

 the five-pointed, green calyx is stained with dull purple. 

 The few flowers are long-stalked and spring from the 

 angles of the upper leaves. 1-3 feet high. In swamps 

 and beside brooks, generally in meadows, from Me., 

 south to Va. and Tenn., and west to S. Dak., Minn., 

 Neb., and Tex. Rarely the flowers are w^hite. Found 

 near Langdon Park, Plymouth, N. H. The name from 

 the Greek for ape, or buffoon, in allusion to the fancied 

 grin on the face of the corolla. 



A branching and spreading little annual 



with rounded ovate or oblong, smooth 

 Pimpernel 



liysanthes leaves, scarcely toothed, the upper ones 



dubia stemless and clasping the plant-stem. 



Pale dull lilac slightly. The pale dull lilac flowers inch 

 long ; the upper lip of the corolla two- 

 lobed, the lower three-lobed and flaring 



not unlike Mimulus. 4-9 inches high. Common in low, 



wet ground, everywhere. 



A very tall, smooth, perennial species, 

 Culver's Root * 



Veronica commonest in the west, with simple, 



Virginica straight stem, and lance-shaped or oblong 



White leaves growing in circles about the plant- 



Jul y- stem, sharply toothed and smooth. Flow- 



ers small, white or pale lavender, with 

 rather a long tube to the corolla, and with prominent 

 stamens, in dense terminal spikes 3-6 inches long. 2-7 

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