258 57. SCEOPHTTLAEIACE-ai. 



Order LVH. SCKOPHULAEIACEiE. 



Oal. 4 — 5-cleft, persistent. Cor. irregular or 2-lipped or per- 

 sonate (sutrotate in Verbascuni), deciduous, imbricate in the 

 bud. Stam. on the cor., usually 4, didynamous, or 2 or 6. 

 Ovary free, 2-celled. Style simple ; stigma 2-lobed. Fr. cap- 

 sular, 2-oelled ; placentas attached to the dissepiment or ulti- 

 mately central. Embryo straight, in axis of fleshy albumen. 

 — No stipules. 



* Stamens 6, 



1. Vebbascum. Oal. of 5 sepals. Cor. rotate ; segments 

 unequal, spreading. Stam. unequal, 2 or more, hairy at the 

 base. 



** Stamens 4, didynamous. 



[Eeinus. Oal. in 6 deep segments. Cor. 5-parted with nearly 

 equal emarginate segments and a short tube. Caps. 2- 

 ceUed.] 



2. Digitalis. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Cor. helhhaped, 

 oblique, 4 — 6-fid. Caps, septicidal, 2-oeIled. 



3. Antieehinum. Oal. 5-parted. Cor. personate, gibbous 

 at the base (no distinct spur) ; lower lip 3-fid ; a prominent 

 palate closing the mouth. Caps, opening by 2 or 8 pores at 

 the top, 2-celled. 



4. LiNABiA. Cal. 6-parted. Cor. personate, spurred ; lower 

 lip S-fid ; a prominent palate closing the mouth. Caps, 

 with valves or teeth at the top, 2-celled. 



5. ScBOPHULAKiA. Cal. 5-lobed (in iS. wrraaKs 5-cleft~) . Cor. 

 globose ; limb minute, of 2 short lips, upper 2-lobed often 

 with a scale (the rudiment of a- fifth stam.) within, lower 

 3-lobed. Caps. 2-valved, the edges inflexed, 2-celled. 



6. LiMOSKiLA. Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. 5-fid, helhhaped, equal. 

 Caps, globose, 2-valved, l-celled ; placenta central, free or 

 connected with a short dissepiment below.' — L. radical. 



7. Mblampykl'm:. Cal. tuhvlar, 4-toothed. Oor. rinp:ent ; 

 upper lip compressed laterally with reflexed edges ; lower 

 furrowed 3-fia. Caps, oblong, obliquely acuminate, com- 

 pressed. Seeds 1 — 2 in each cell, smooth. 



8. MiMULTTS. Oal. prismatical, 5-toothed. Oor. ringent ; 

 upper lip folded back at the sides. Seeds many. 



