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Corolla open-campanulate; stems creeping, bearing tufts of leaves 



and flower-scapes; diminutive annual 11. Limosella.. 



Calyx of 5 almost distinct sepals; stems creeping; perennial 



12. MONNIEBA. 



Stamens with anthers 2; sterile pair present or none; corolla little or not 

 at all bilabiate. 

 Calyx of 5 almost distinct sepals; corolla tubular. 

 Corolla-lipsnearly equal; sterile filaments short or none 



13. Ghatiola. 

 Lower lip of corolla larger than upper; sterile filaments forked .... 



14. ILYSANTHES. 



Calyx 4-parted: corolla 4-lohed. 

 Stamens 4, 2 sterile; corolla broadly campanulate ; leaves in a radical 



tuft 16. Synthykis. 



Stamens 2; corolla subrotate; leaves mainly cauline.16. Vekonica. 

 C. Leaves alternate; stamsns 4 (2 in soma Adenostegias), all anther- 

 bearing. 

 Corolla tubular, strongly bilabiate, upper lip narrow, concave orgaleate 

 and enclosing the stamens and style. 

 Calyx tubular, laterally compressed, cleft before and behind, the lobes 

 entire or 2-cleft: upper lip of corolla long and narrow, very much 

 longer than the very small 3-toothed lower lip; bracts mainly with 



colored tips; ours perennials except one 17. Castilleia. 



Calyx tubular-campanulate, 4-cleft; upper lip (galea) of corolla similar to 

 no. 17, but not so greatly or not at all exceeding the inflated 3-saccate 



lower one; bracts sometimes with colored tips; ours annuals 



18. Okthocaepus. 



Calyx spathe-like, of 2 distinct leaf-like divisions (or the anterior division 



wanting); corolla-lips of nearly equal length; bracts never colored, 



annuals 19. Adenostegia. 



Calyx narrowly campanulate, 2 to 5-toothed, the orifice often oblique; 

 corolla with narrow tube, strongly bilabiate; upper lip (galea) long, 

 arched; lower lip of 3 small lobes; bracts purple or with foliaceous 

 (green) tips; perennials . . . . 20. Pediculajhs. 



1. VERBASCUM L. Mullbi.n'. 

 Usually biennial herbs with tall virgate stems and alternate leaves. 

 Flowers ephemeral, in spikes or racemes. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 

 rotate, with 5 nearly equal segments, ours commonly yellow. Sta- 

 mens 5, all with anthers; all or the three posterior filaments woolly- 

 bearded. Stigma undivided or 2-lamellate. Capsule septicidally 

 2-valved, the valves cleft at apex and the septa parting from the 

 persistent axis, many-seeded. Seeds pitted or roughened. (Cor- 

 rupted from Barbascum, the old Latin name. ) 



Plants very woolly; flowers sessile .1. V, Thapsus. 



Plants with green herbage; flowers pediceled . . .2. V. Btattaria. 



1. V. Thapsus L. Commox Mullein. Stout, densely woolly, 

 3 to 6 ft. high; radical leaves (i to 12 in. long, obovate-lanceolate or 

 -oblong; cauline leaves oblong, entire or crenate, crowded, the stem 

 winged by their very decurrent bases; flowers in a very long dense 

 simple spike; spike 1 ft. long or more, and IJ in. thick, sometimes 

 with one to several short spikes at base; lower filaments mostly naked. 



Stream beds of interior water courses, or waste places about old 

 dwellings: Iforth Coast Eanges; very common in the Sierra Nevada. 

 Flowering in summer. 



2. V. Blattaria L. Moth Mullein. Slender, 2 to 4 ft. high; 



