Verbascum. SCROPIIULARIACE^. 29 



Tribe 4. GRATIOLE^. Corolla nearly equal, or 2-lipped ; the lobes flattish. Fertile stamens 2 or 4, ascendijig: 

 anthers 2-celled. Dissepiment of the capsule bearing the |ilaccntic, and at length free. 



7. MiMULUs. Calyx prismatic, 5-toothed. Corolla ringent: upper lip reflexed at the sides; lower 3-clefl; the palate 



prominent. 



8. Gbatiol.\. Calyx 5-partcd, with two bracteoles at the base. Corolla tubular, slightly 2-lipped. Fertile stamens 



usually only 2 ; the other two abortive or wanting. 



9. LiNDEBNiA. Calyx 5-partfd, without bracteoles. Corolla 2-lipped; the upper lip short and reflexed. Stamens 4; 



the two longer forked and sterile ; the two shorter fertile. 



Tribe 5. BUCHNEREjE. Corolla 5- or unequally 1-lobed, never 2-lipped ; the lobes flat. Stamens usually 4 : 

 anthers one-celled. 



10. BucHNERA. Corolla somewhat salver-form, with a long and slender tube ; the limb almost equally 5-lobed ; the lobes 



cuneate-obcordate. 



Tribe 6. VERONICEiE. Corolla rotate, funnel-form, or rarely somewhat 2-lippcd. Stamens 4, or often only 2, 

 without rudimentary sterile ones. Capsule loculicidal; the valves usually also splitting at the dis- 

 sepiment. 



11. LiMosELLA. Corolla rotate-campanulatc, equally 4 - 5-lobcd. Stamens 4, nearly equal : anthers 1-celled. Capsule 



globose, 1-celled. 



12. Veronica. Calyx 4-parted. Corolla rotate. Stamens 2. Capsule obcordate. 



13. Pa:DEHOTA. Calyx 5-partcd. Corolla tubular, 4 - 5-lobed, or somewhat 2-lipped. Capsule ovoid. 



Tribe 7. GERARDIE^. Corolla campanulate, funnel-form or tubular, somewhat spreading ; the lobes flat and 

 rounded. Stamens 4, all fertile, ascending : anther-cells distinct. Capsule 2-cellcd, either locuUcidal 

 or septicidal. Seeds commonly with a loose reticulate testa. 



14. Gerabdia. Calyx campanulate, 5-tootbed or -cleft. Corolla somewhat campanulate; the border almost equally 



5-lobed. Stamens included. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds with a loose testa. 



Tribe 8. RHINANTHE.^. Corolla 2-lipped ; the upper lip concave, galeate or linear. Stamens 4 (rarely 2), 

 ascending : anther-cells distinct. Capsule loculicidal ; the valves commonly entire. 



15. Castilleja. Calyx ventricos^, spathe-like. Corolla 2-lipped; the upper lip very long and narrow. Stamens 4: 



anther-cells divaricate. Seeds with a loose testa. 



16. Pedicclaris. Calyx ventricosc, unequally 5-toothed, or 2-lipped. Corolla ringent ; the upper lip galeate, and often 



rostrate. Seeds with a closely adhering testa. 



17. Melampyru.m. Calyx 4-cleft, 4-toothcd, campanulate. Corolla ringent or personate; upper lip laterally compressed, 



with the sides reflexed ; the lower with two gibbosities. 



Tribe I. VERBASCEyE. Benih. 



Tithe of the corolla short, or somewhat globose ; the limb rotate and somewhat equally 

 5-lobed, or 2-lipped ; not ringent. Fertile stamens 2 — 5, mostly declined : anthers 

 approximated or cohering, mostly 2- {y-ai'ely \-) celled ; the cells divaricate, confluent. 

 Capsule 2-valved, septicidal. Testa of the seed solid. 



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1. VERBASCUM. Linn.; Eiidl. gen. 3878. mullein. 



[Altered from Barbascum; the leaves being covered with a barba or beard] 



Calyx 5-parted, nearly equal. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed ; the lobes nearly equal. Stamens 5, 



all perfect, declined, often hairy ; the anterior ones longer. Capsule ovoid or globose, 



septicidal ; the valves 2-cleft at the summit. — Herbs, often woolly, with alternate leaves 



and the flowers in spikes or paniculate racemes. 



