88b SCROPHULARIACEE. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 
Orpir 26. SCROPHULARIACEZE. 
A corolla more or less bilabiate, with' the lobes imbricated in the bud; didynamous or 
diandrous stamens; a single style and « 2-celled ovary and capsule mark this large 
order. In Pentstemon there is a fifth rudimentary stamen. Verbascum has five perfect 
stamens. 
a. Ripe capsule of Mi- 
mulus luteus. 0. The 
sameseen edgewise burst- 
ing open. c. A cross 
section of the same, show- 
ing the placente and 
seeds. d. Pistil of Mi- 
mulus luteus. ev. Front 
view of one of the an- 
Mimulus gbutinosus. thers. . Back view of 
the same. Above these are the stamens of Mi- 
mulus glutinosus united in pairs. 
a. Single flower and bract of Pedicularis densi- 
flora (galea flattened laterally, the pistil protrud- 
ing; the lower lip of 3 small lobes, 2 of which 
are shown). 0. A single flower of Castilleia. 
c. Single flower of Orthocarptis purpurascens. 
, d. Front view of the same, with calyx removed. 
= The lower lip (anterior or front part of the 
flower) 3-lobed, the galea beaked and surpassing 
the stigma. 
This large order, numbering nearly 2,000 species, is remarkable for the great beauty of 
fts flowers, and for the impartial distribution of its species over the whole world. Over 
300 species, belonging to 37 genera, are natives of the United States, About 75 species 
grow east of the Mississippi, and about 100 west of the Sierra Nevada in this State. The 
