402 XCI. SCROPHULARIACE.E. HERPESTIS. 



Yellow Monkey Flower. Ascending or erect ; Ivs. orbicular-ovate or oblong, 

 lower long-petiolate, sublyrate, upper sessile or clasping, many- veined ; ped. 

 longer than the leaves ; col. tube ovoid, upper tooth largest ; cor. tube broad, 

 twice longer than the calyx. California and Chili. Flowers yellow, often 

 spotted with rose or purple, f 



4. M. CARDINALIS. Doug. Cardinal Monkey Flower. Erect, branched, vil- 

 lous; Ivs. ovate, erose-dentate, narrowed and amplexicaul at base, many- 

 veined ; ped. longer than the leaves ; cal. tube large, inflated ; cor. lobes reflexed. 

 California. Stem loosely branched, 2 3f high. Corolla scarlet, the tube 

 hardly longer than the calyx, limb large and brilliant, f 



11. CON QBE A. Aublet. 



Calyx 5-parted, equal ; upper lip of the corolla 2-lobed, lower lip 

 3-parted ; fertile sta. 4 ; anth. approximating by pairs, cells parallel ; 

 caps, globose, ovoid, valves breaking away from the placentiferous dis- 

 sepiment ; seeds 00, ovoid. American, branching herbs, with opposite 

 Ivs. Ped. axillary, solitary or. in pairs, 1 -flowered, 2 bracteoles near apex. 



C. MULTIFIDA. Benth. (Capracia. Michx. Leucospora. Nutt.) 

 Low, diffusely branched, puberulent ; Ivs. petiolate, pinnately dissected, 

 segments linear or cuneate, lobed or entire, obtuse ; cor. lobes entire ; caps, ovoid, 

 valves at length 2-parted. (I) 1 Along the banks of the Ohio, (Clark!} and other 

 western rivers, common. A plant 4- 6' high, with finely divided leaves, and 

 of a grayish aspect. Leaves 1' long, in 5 or 7 segments, the petiole as long as 

 the flowers. Corolla greenish, hardly exceeding the calyx. Capsule 1" long. Jl. 



12. HERPESTIS. Gaert. 

 Gr. lf)7r>7<rr7J, a creeper ; from the prostrate habit of the plants- 



Calyx 5-parted, unequal ; cor. subbilabiate, upper lip emarginate 

 or 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed ; sta. 4, didynamous, parallel ; caps. 2-fur- 

 rowed, 2-celled, valves parallel with the dissepiment, the margins in- 

 flexed ; seeds 00, small. Obscure weeds with opposite Ivs. Ped. 1- 

 Jlowered, axillary or subracemose, often with 2 bracteoles near the calyx. 



1. H. ROTUNDIFOLIA. Ph. (Monneria rotundifolia. Michx.') 



St. mostly glabrous, creeping ; Ivs. orbicular-obovate, entire, glabrous, 

 many-veined ; pedicels ebracteate, 1 3-together, 2 or 3 times longer than the 

 calyx ; lower cal. seg. ovate ; cor. % longer than the calyx. A prostrate mud 

 plant, in ponds, 111. Mead! to La. Stem If in length. "Leaves 6 12" diam., 

 about 9-veined, sessile. Peduncles thick, half as long as the leaves. Calyx 

 23" in length. Flowers blue. 



2. H. MICRANTHA. Pursh. 



Glabrous, prostrate ; Ivs. oval, entire, sessile or clasping, obscurely many- 

 veined ; pedicels ebracteate, nearly as long as the leaves ; cal. lower seg. cor- 

 date ; cor. scarcely longer than the calyx. Borders of pools and rivers, N. J. 

 Penn. to Va. A minute weed, 2 4' in length, with minute flowers. Leaves 

 about 3" by 2", 5 7- veined. Flowers less than 2" long, blue 1 Aug. 



3. H. AMPLEXICAULIS. Ph. (Monneria amplexicaulis. Michx.} 



St.' floating, woolly ; Ivs. amplexicaul, ovate, obtuse, entire, many-veinec, 

 glabrous above ; ped. solitary, shorter than the calyx ; cal. lower seg. cordate ; 

 cor. J longer than the calyx j'hypog -ynous d-isk long, 10-toothed at apex. Swamps 

 and ditches, N. J. to L,a. A few inches in length, with leaves 6 8" long. 

 Flowers nearly 5" long. Style dilated at the end. Aug. 



4. H. MONNERIA. Humboldt. (H. cuneifolia. Ph. Monneria cuneifolia. 

 Michx.} Glabrous, fleshy, prostrate ; Ivs. cuneate-obovate, obscurely cre- 



nate or entire ; pedicels as long as the leaves, with 2 bracteoles near the calyx ; 

 lower cal. seg. ovate. An obscure weed, on inundated banks, Penn. to Car. 

 Beck, and La. Eaton. Leaves 6 8'' long, obscurely veined, subclasping. 

 Flowers very small, pale purple. Aug. 



