I 3 8 SNAPDRAGON ORDER 



ascending or spreading, 

 1-2 ft. high 



h. Flowers rose-purple, or 

 pink ; sepals entire ; 

 leaves ovate, pointed, 

 glaucous P. secundiflorus 



i. Flowers blue ; sepals 

 toothed ; leaves lance- 

 ovate to oblong, usually 

 green P. gldber 



RHINANTHUS Linne 1753 RATTLE-BOX 

 (Gr. rhinos, nose, anthos, flower, from the beaked form) 



Sepals 4, united into a compressed calyx, much inflated, papery and 

 veiny in fruit, petals 5, yellow, blue, violet or variegated, united into a 2- 

 lipped corolla, the upper lip (galea) compressed, arched, minutely 2-toothed 

 below the entire apex, the lower lip 3-lobed and spreading, stamens 4 in 

 pairs, inserted on the corolla, ovary with 2 cavities, capsule round in out- 

 line, flat; flowers in terminal 1-sided, leafy-bracted spikes or solitary in the 

 upper axils ; leaves opposite ; annual. 

 Stems .5-2 ft. high; leaves lance-oblong, 1-2 in. long; 



flowers 10-15 mm. long R. crus-galli 



SCROPHULARIA Linne 1753 FIGWORT 

 (Named for its reputed value in scrofula) 



Sepals 5, united, petals 5, purple, greenish or yellow, united into an ir- 

 regular corolla, tube globose to oblong, the 2 upper lobes longer, erect, the 

 lateral ones ascending, the lower spreading or turned backwards, stamens 5, 

 inserted on the corolla, 4 of them fertile and in pairs, mostly included, the 

 fifth sterile, reduced to a scale on the roof of the corolla tube, ovary 2- 

 celled, style thread-like, stigma head-like or straight, capsule ovoid; flow- 

 ers in terminal open or close clusters ; leaves mostly opposite, large ; peren- 

 nial. 

 Stems 2-6 ft. high ; leaves 2-6 in. long ; flowers 6-8 



mm. long S. nodosa 



VERBASCUM Linne 1753 MULLEIN 



(The Latin name) 



Sepals 5, united, petals 5, yellow, purple, red or white, united into a 

 flat or slightly saucer-shaped corolla, the lobes a little unequal, stamens 5, 

 inserted on the base of the corolla, filaments of the 3 upper or of all 5 hairy, 



