258 SCROPHULARIACE^. Scrophularia. 



the lower lip obovate and nearly alike, smaller than those of the 2-clef t upper lip : ovules 

 and seeds 3 or 4 in each cell. — W. Idaho, Spalding, Geyer, &c. 



9. SCROPHULARIA, Tourn. Figwort. (A reputed remedy for 

 scrofula.) — Rank herbs, chiefly perennials, of homely aspect; with mostly 

 opposite leaves, and loose cymes of small flowers forming a narrow terminal thyr- 

 sus, in summer, proterogynous. Stamens in our species always shorter than the 

 corolla. 



* Corolla bright red, comparatively large, oblong-urceolate. 

 S. COCCinea, Gray. Glabrous, a foot or two high : leaves deltoid-ovate, slender-petioled, 

 coarsely dentate, sometimes doubly so : pedicels and calyx minutely glandular : corolla 

 two-thirds to three-fourths inch long ; the 2-cleft upper lip much longer than the lower : 

 rudiment of sterile stamen obovate. — Bot. Mex. Bound. 111. — New Mexico, in moun- 

 tains near Santa Rita del Cobre, Wright, Bigelow. 



* * Corolla lurid-purplish or greenish, 3 or 4 lines long, ventricose-ovoid. 

 S. nodosa, L. Nearly glabrous, 2 or 3 feet high : thyrsus naked or nearly so, elongated 

 and open: leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, acute, and with rounded or subcordate base, 

 sharply and often rather doubly serrate : cymes pedunculate : calyx-lobes broadly ovate, 

 nearly marginless: rudiment of fifth stamen orbicular. (Eu., N. Asia.) 



Var. Marilandica. Taller, sometimes 5 feet high : leaves larger and thinner, acu- 

 minate, often ovate-lanceolate, seldom at all cordate, mostly simply serrate : pedicels more 

 slender. — 5. Marilandica, L. S. lanceolata, Pursh, Fl. ii. 419, form with narrower leaves. 

 — Damp grounds, Canada to Florida, and west to Utah and perhaps Oregon. 

 S. Californica, Cham. Leaves smaller, oblong-ovate, with truncate or cordate base, or 

 the upper narrowly deltoid, acute, coarsely doubly toothed or sometimes laciniate-incised ; 

 the lower occasionally with a pair of detached lobelets near the summit of the petiole : 

 thyrsus very loose, mainly naked : peduncles and pedicels minutely glandular : rudiment 

 of fifth stamen spatulate or cuneiform, either roundish or acutish at base. — Linn. ii. 585; 

 Gray, Bot. Calif, i. 552. S. nodosa, var., Benth. PI. Hartw. 327. — Moist grounds, nearly 

 throughout California, and in W. Nevada. 



10. CHELONE, L. Turtle-head, Balmont. (XsIwvt], a tortoise, the 

 corolla in shape resembling the head of a reptile.) — North American perennial 

 herbs, glabrous or nearly so, large-flowered ; the leaves opposite and acutely ser- 

 rate. Seeds upwardly imbricated, compressed as well as broadly winged. Sterile 

 filament shorter and smaller than the others. Capsule ovate : valves entire. Fl. 

 late summer. 



§ 1. EuCHELONE. Flowers in axillary and terminal short and close spikes : 

 bracts and bractlets imbricated, ovate or orbicular, concave, membranaceous, and 

 the broad sepals similar : corolla (white or rose-color) strongly ventricose and 

 with lips of about equal length ; the upper broad and carinate-fornicate, almost 

 entire, and from under its apex protrudes the recurved tip of the long filiform 

 style ; the lower moderately spreading, broad, 3-lobed, the middle lobe smaller, 

 woolly in the throat : filaments woolly. 



C. glabra, L. A foot or two (or in Illinois 6 or 7 feet) high,: leaves from narrowly to 

 rather broadly lanceolate (4 or 5 inches long, 4 to 12 lines wide), gradually acuminate, 

 serrate with sharp appressed teeth, narrowed at base usually into a very short petiole : 

 bracts not ciliate : corolla white, or barely tinged with rose, an inch long. — Spec. ii. 611 ; 

 Bart. Fl. Am. Sept. iii. t. 76. C. glabra, alba, Fursh, &c. — Wet places, Newfoundland to 

 Saskatchewan and south to Florida. 

 C. obliqua, L. A foot or two high, less strict or with spreading branches: leaves from 

 broadly lanceolate to oblong (2 to 5 inches long), sometimes laciniately serrate, more veiny 

 and duller, acute or obtuse at base, mostly short-petioled : bracts ciliolate : corolla deep and 



