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mous) large, scarlet or orange. Several spec., Jaura, Borneo. Tribe 3. 



1. Columnea. Erect or climbing ; Ivs. fleshy ; fls. scarlet. C. scd7i- 

 dens, Syritp-Stem ; fls. honey-bearing ; trop. Am. Tribe 3. Ova. 

 adh. ; fr. a bolL 1. Achimenes : fleshy-stemmed erect herbs ; fls. 

 large, showy ; pedicels (and base of stem) tuber-bearing. Many spec. ; 

 Mex., Cent. Am., Jamaica. 3. Naegfelia. Herbs, from scaly rhizomes. 

 Lvs. large, velvety, richly tinted ; fls. large, showy. Several spec, 

 S.Am. N. ^TeJrma, Q|., best known. 3. Gesnera. Herbs from tubers ; 

 lvs. and fls. handsome. G. c^iscotor, best known. S.Am. 4. Glox- 

 inia, similar, without,tubers. Many fine spec. ; may be propagated 

 from the lvs. S. A. 



Ord. 39. Columelliacese. — Like last; with ova. adh., 2-celled; sta. 



2, epipetalous ; anthers sinuous, connivent at top ; corol. rotate, 

 nearly reg. Only gen., Columellia, several species ; evergreen Shrubs 

 or Trees; lvs. opp., entire or serrate; fls. small, yellow. Mex., Peru. 



Ord. 40. Orobanchiacese. — Characters of Gesneracese. Corol. ir- 

 reg. ; sta. 4, didynamous ; ova. free, 1-2-celled. Fr. a boll enclosed 

 in the marcescent corol. Small Herbs, root-parasitic, leafless, scaly, 

 never green. 12 gen., 100 spec, N. Am., S. Eur., Asia, S. Af. 1. 

 Orobanche, Broomrape ; on rts. of Broom and other leguminous 

 plants. O. major, 18' high, russet; O. riibra, red; Fig. 159. Eur. 

 8. Epiphegus virginidna, 1° high, purplish ; Conopholis americdna, 

 yellowish, 5'-6' high ; both on rts. of forest trees, N. Am. 



Ord. 41. Lentibulariaceae. — Characters of Alliance. Corol. often 

 spurred. Sta. 2, anth. 1-celled ; boll 2-valved ; fls. showy. Small 

 aquatic or marsh Herbs ; lvs. finely dissected or entire. 4 gen., 180 

 spec. ; chiefly trop., both worlds. 1. Pinguicula, Butterwort. Lvs. 

 entire, greasy to the touch. Many spec. P. BuZydris, fis. sol., purple. Cold 

 bogs, Eur., IJ. S. Fig. 8*' 2. lltriculai-ia, Bladderwobt. Aquatic, 

 usually floating ; lvs. finely dissected, submerged ; fls. yellow, above 

 water. Many handsome spec. ; U. vulgaris, common ; slow or still 

 waters. 



Ord. 42. ScrophulariacesE. — Characters of Bignoniacese, but peri- 

 sperm present. Fls. showy ; sometimes spurred and personate. Herbs, 

 Shrubs, rarely small Trees; 180 gen., 1800 spec, cosmop. 3 Sub- 

 Orders, distinctions slight. Only well-known types given. Sub-Ord. 

 1. Castilleja, Painted Cup. Herbs ; fls. small, bracts large, colored. 

 40 spec. C. eoccinea, 8'-12' high; bracts scarlet. Can., tJ. S. 2. 

 Gerardia. Herbs (2) Q|., more or less root-parasitical ; fls. purple 

 or yellow. 12 spec. ; N. and S. Am. ; handsome. 3. Veronica, 

 Speedwell. Fls. blue or white; herbs, undershrubs ; cosmop., 

 many spec; many ornamon'r.' V. jpirdia, %, tall, fls. blue. Eur. 

 4. Digitalis purjriirea, Foxgluvb. Q|., fls. large, purple. Eur. 

 Boll, Fig. 203, 0. Sub-Ord. 2. 1. Mimulus, Monkey-Flower. 

 Q|., fls. showy, of various colors. Sev. fine spec, in U. S. 8. Rus- 

 selia j'&ncea, grass-like, drooping stems ; lvs. small, scale-like ; fls. 

 scarlet. Mex. 3, Scrophularia; herbs, undershrubs; 100 spec, all 

 weeds ; Old World. S. nodosa, %, 3°-4° high, fis. small, lurid, 

 fetid. U. .S., adv. from Eur. 4. Paul6wnia imperidlis, only spec. 

 Handsome tree, resembling Catalpa, but pods nearly globose, small. 

 Japan. 5. Maurdndia. Erect or climbing, herbs, with twining peti- 

 oles and peduncles. 5 spec. 2 erect, Cal. ; 3 climbing, with fine fls., 

 Mex. 6. Antirrhinum, Snap-dragon ; herbs, undershrubs ; fls. 



