248 Scrophulariaceae 



SCROPHULARIACE^E 



Figwort Family 



Herbs with alternate or opposite leaves 

 without stipules and mostly perfect, com- 

 plete and irregular flowers; calyx 4-5 -toothed, 

 -cleft, or -divided; corolla 2-lipped or nearly 

 regular and stamens 2, 4, or 5, nearly equal. 



Stamens 5, the fifth sterile or rudimentary. 



Sterile stamen represented by a gland on the upper 

 side of the corolla tube. Collinsia. 



Sterile stamen nearly as long as the rest. 



Pentstemon. 



Stamens 2, leaves opposite or whorled. Veronica. 



Stamens 4. 



Stamens not enclosed in the upper lip. Mimulus. 

 Stamens enclosed in the upper lip. 

 Anther cells unequal. 



Upper lip of the corolla much longer than the 



lower. Castilleja. 



Upper lip of the corolla scarcely longer and 



much narrower than the inflated lower one. 



Orthocarpus. 

 Anther cells equal and parallel. 



Galea not prolonged into a beak; throat with- 

 out teeth. Pedicularis. 

 Galea prolonged' into a very slender, recurved 

 beak; throat with a tooth on each side 



Elephantella. 



