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scROPHULARiACEa;. (figwobt family.) 



Order 2G. SCROPHULARIACEJE. 



A corolla more or less bilabiate, with the lobes imbricated in the bud; didynamous or 

 diandrous stamens; a single style and a 2-celled ovary and capsule mark this large 

 order. In Pentstemon there is a fifth rudimentary stamen. Verhascum has five perfect 

 stamens, 



a. 



Minuliis glutinosus. 



a. Ripe capsule of Mi- 

 mulus luteus. h. The 

 same seen edgewise burst- 

 ing open. 0. A cross 

 section of the same, show- 

 ing the placentas and 

 seeds, d. Pistil of Mi- 

 mulus luteus. e. Front 

 view of one of the an- 

 thers, f. Back view ol 

 the same. Above these are the stamens of Mi- 

 mulus glutinosus united in pairs. 



u. Single flower and bract of Pedioularis densi- 

 flora (galea flattened laterally, the pistil protrud- 

 ing; the lower lip of 3 small lobes, 2 of which 

 are shown). 6. A single flower of Castilleia. 



c. Single flower of Orthocarpus 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 Oeauty ol 

 Its flowers, and for the impartial distribution of its species over the whole world. Over 

 300 species, belonging to if! genera, are natives of the United States. About 75 species 

 (!row east of the Mississippi, and about 100 west of the Sierra Nevada in this State. The 



