176 roruLAR flora. 



Corolla ovoid, small, dull gi-eenish purple, with 4 short unequal erect lobes, and one small 



recurved one (tiie lower). Stamens 4 ami a rudiment, (Sirdj/liuliiria) Figwoet, 



Corolla shaped like a turtle's head, tlie mouth closed or nearly so, without a palate. Sta- 

 mens 4 with woolly anthers; and a sterile filament besides, {Chtlone) Turtlehead. 



Corolla open at the irregular or 2-lii)ped mouth. Stamens 4, and a sterile filament besides 



(Fig. 434, 435), (PtnUthmvu) Pentstemon. 



Corolla 2-lipped ; the upper lip with the sides turned back, the lower lip turned down. 

 Stamens 4, no vestige of the fifth. Calyx elongated, 5-angled, 5- 

 toothed. Stigmas with 2 broad lips, (Mimulus) ]\1okkey-flower. 



Corolla somewhat 2-lipped, open. Stamens only 2 perfect. Calyx 5-parted. 



Sterile filaments included, or none. Corolla yellow or whitish, {Gradola) Hedge-Hyssop. 



Sterile filaments long, protruding from the purple or blue corolla, {Ilysanthes) False-Pimpeknel. 

 -I- +- Lower lip or the side lobes covering the others in the bud. 



Corolla (large, purple or white) tubular, open; the border slightly 5-lobcd, {DiijitaUs) *Foxglove. 

 Corolla salver-shajjed. Flowers in a spike. 



Stamens 2, projecting, longer than the 4 lobes of the corolla, ( Veronica Virginica) Culver' s-root. 



Stamens 4, included: lobes of the corolla 5: calj'x tubular, 5-toothed, (Buchnera) Blue-heakts. 

 Corolla bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, somewhat irregularly 5-lobed. Stamens 4, (Gerardin) Gekaruia. 

 Corolla tubular, decidedly 2-lipped, the narrow upper lip erect or arched, enclosing the 4 

 stamens. Flowers in a spike. Pod many-seeded. 



Bracts large and colored, scarlet in our species. Calyx tubular, (Caslilkia) Painted-cup. 



Bracts green, small. Leaves pinnatifid, {PedicuUiris) Lousewokt. 



Mullein. Verhdscum. 

 Flowers in a long terminal spike or raceme. Corolla 5-parted, almost regular. Stamens 5, unequal, 

 but generally all with anthers. Boot biennial. 



1. Common JL Tall, woolly throughout; the simple stem winged by th»prolonged bases of the leaves; 



flowers yellow, in a long thick spike; two of the filaments smooth. Fields, &c. V. Thaj}sti$. 



2. JIoTH M. Green, smoothish; stem 2<5 or 8° high; leaves toothed ; flowers yellow or white in a loose 



raceme; filaments all bearded with yellow wool. Road-sides. V. Blattaria. 



Speedwell. Veronica. ^ 



Flowers small ; one or two of the lobes of the 4-parted border of the corolla always smaller than the 

 others. Stamens 2, protruding. Pod flattened, many-seeded in the common species. 



§ 1. Corolla salver-shaped, the tube longer than the border. Pod not notched at the end. 



1. Culver's-root S. a tall perennial, with lance-shaped pointed leaves in whorls, and whitish flowers 



crowded in clustered spikes. Woods, W. and S., and cultivated in gardens. T''. Virrjinica. 



§ 2. Corolla wheel-shaped, tube very short, pale blue or white. Pod notched at the end. Leaves opposite. 

 * Flowers in single racemes from the axils of the leaves. 



2. Water S. Smooth; stems rooting at the creeping lower part, then erect; leaves sessile by a heart- 



shaped base, ovate-lanceolate; corolla pale blue with darker stripes. Brooks. V. AnagdUig. 



3. Brook S. or Brooklime. Leavesovateor oblong, on petioles; otherwise like the last. V. Americana. 



4. ;\Iai;sh S. Smooth, slender; leaves sessile, linear, acute ; raceme zigzag, loose. V. scuteUdta. 



5. Common S. Downy; stems creeping; leaves wedge-oblong, serrate; raceme dense. Dry ground, 



in open woods. T'. officinalis. 



