86 SPRING FLORA 



2. COLLiINSIA. Innocence; Blue-eyed Mary. 



Low annuals with simple, sessile leaves. Calyx 5-cleft. 

 Corolla declined; deeply 2-lipped; often 2-colored. Stamens 

 declined; 4 with anthers, the fifth represented by a gland at 

 the base of the corolla; filaments long and thread-like, the 

 lower pair inserted higher on the corolla than the others. 



1. C. tenella (Pursh) Piper. (C. parviflora Dougl.) Stem 

 slender, at length diffuse or spreading; 4-10 inches high; 

 minutely downy. Leaves lanceolate or elliptical; entire or 

 sparingly toothed; opposite, or the upper sometimes in whorls 

 of 3-5. Pedicels solitary or 2-5 in a whorl; mostly axillary. 

 Flowers small. Corolla blue or whitish. Gland small; capi- 

 tate; short-stipitate. In shaded moist places, especially on 

 mountain-sides. April-June. 



3. SCROPHULARIA. Figwort. 



Coarse perennial herbs with opposite leaves and small, pro- 

 terogynous flowers in loose, terminal cymes. Calyx 5-cleft. 

 Corolla short; lobes 5, unequal (4 erect and the fifth reflexed 

 or spreading). Sterile stamen represented by a scale on the 

 upper side of the throat of the corolla. Anthers transverse, 

 1-celled. Capsule ovoid with septicidal dehiscence. 



1. S. occidcntalis (Rydb.) Bickn. (S. nodosa occidentalis 

 Rydb.) Stems stout, square, 3-5 ft. high; glandular, especially 

 on the upper part. Leaves ovate or slightly heart-shaped at 

 the base; doubly and sharply serrate. Corolla greenish; gib- 

 bous at the base. Sterile stamen very broad; kidney-shaped 

 on a claw. June-August. In mountain valleys in exposed, 

 sunny places. 



4. MIMTJLUS. Monkey-flower. 



Erect or decumbent herbs, mostly hydrophytes. Leaves op- 

 posite; usually toothed. Inflorescence usually solitary in the 

 axils. Flowers often showy; peduncled. Calyx 5-angled and 

 5-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped. Stamens didynamous; not inclosed 

 in the upper lip. Stigmas 2-lobed. 



Flowers about 1 inch long; upper leaves much shorter 



than peduncles 1. M. Langsdorfii 



Flowers about y 2 inch long; leaves not shorter than 



peduncles 2. 31. glabratut* 



1. M. Langsdorfii Donn. (M. luteus L.; M. guttatus DC.) 

 Perennial from stolons. Stems smooth; erect or sometimes 

 decumbent with spreading branches. Stem-leaves ovate; the 

 upper much shorter than the peduncles in fruit; sessile or 

 clasping; the lowermost long-petioled. Corolla lemon-yellow, 

 often blotched with red or purple. In wet places near springs 

 and streams. June-September. 



2. M. glabratus Jamesii (T. & G.) Gray. (M, Jamesii T. & G.) 

 Perennial from stolons. Stems smooth, diffusely spreading and 

 creeping. Stem-leaves sessile or nearly so, as long as the 

 peduncles; roundish or obscurely kidney-shaped. Peduncles 

 slender, longer than the calyx in fruit. Corolla yellow. In 

 swamps and clear streams. June-September. 



