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2. P. nyctaginiflora Juss. White Petunia. Leaves somewhat 

 petioled. Tube of corolla long and slender. Flowers white. Culti- 

 A'ated from South America. This and the preceding species much 

 mixed by hybridization. 



90. SCROPHULARIACE-^. Figwort Family 



Mostly herbs, with flowers not actinomorphic. Calyx free 

 from the ovary and persistent. Corolla often 2-lipped. Sta- 

 mens usually 2 long and 2 short, or only 2 in all, inserted on 

 the corolla tube, often 1 or 3 of them imperfectly developed. 

 Pistil consisting of a 2-celled and usually many-ovuled ovary, 

 with a single style and an entire or 2-lobed stigma. 



Corolla wheel-shaped, stamens 5. Verbascum, I 



Corolla wheel-shaped or salver-shaped, nearly actinomorphic, 

 stamens 2. Veronica, VI 



Corolla 2-lipped, the mouth closed by a palate, tubular below, a 

 spur at the base. Lin aria, II 



Corolla 2-lij)ped, the mouth closed by a palate, tubular below, a 

 short, broad pouch at the base. Antirrhinum, III 



Corolla decidedly 2-lipped. 



Stamens with anthers 2. . Gratiola, V 



Stamens 4, with a fifth antherless filament. Pentstemon, IV 



Stamens 4, the anther cells unequal. Castilleja, VII 



Stamens 4, the anther cells equal. Pedicularis, VIII 



I. VERBASCUM L. 



Biennial ; stem tall, erect. Leaves alternate. Flow^ers in 

 spikes, racemes, or panicles. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla 

 wheel-shaped, 5-lobed, the lobes nearly equal. Stamens 5, 

 unequal, declined ; some or all of the filaments bearded. 

 Style flattened at the apex. Fruit a globose capsule ; seeds 

 roughened.* 



1. V. Blattaria L. Moth Mullein. Stem erect, slender, sinq)le 

 or sparingly branched, smooth below, downy above, 2-4 ft. liigh. 

 Leaves oblong to lanceolate, acute at the apex, obtuse or truncate at 

 the base, dentate to pinnately lobed, the lower petioled, the upper 



