288 SCROPHULARIACE^, (fIGWORT FAMILY.) 



•t- -i- -t- Stamens 4. Flowers lacemed or spiked. 

 ■H- Anthers l-celled. 



15. BUCIINERA, Corolla salTer-sliaped. Stamens didynamous. Flowers spiked. 



H-K -i-i- Anthers 2-celled. Stamens equal. 



16. SEYMBRIA. Corolla bell-shaped, yellow. Stamens included. 



17- MACRANTHEIIA. Corolla tubular, orange. Stamens long-exserted. 



4^ +.), 4^ Anthers 2-celled. Stamens didynamous. 



18- OTOPHYLLA. Anthers unequal. Corolla bell-shaped. Upper leaves 2-eared at the base. 



19. DASYSTOMA. Anthers equal, awned at the base. Corolla funnel-shaped, yellow. LeaTes 



mostly pinnatlfid. 



20. QERAKDIA. Anthers equal, pointed at the bsise. Corolla bell-shaped, purple. T^eaTes 



narrow, entire. 

 * « Corolla tubular, 2-lipped ; the upper lip archiDg and enclosing the 4 didynamous stamens. 

 •t- Anther-cells unequal. 



21. CASTILIiEIA. Anther-cells separate. Xicaves alternate, the floral ones colored. 



-I- 4- Antheir-cetis equal. 



22. SCHWALBEA. Calyx 10-12-ribbed, the upper teeth smaller. Capsule oblong, many- 



seeded. Leaves entire, alternate. 



23. PEDiCULARIS. Capsule sword-shaped, few-seeded. Leaves pinnatlfid. 



24. MELAMPYRUM. Calyx 4-cleft. Capsule flat, 1-4-seeded. Upper leaves bristly-toothed 



at the base. 



1. VERBASCUM, L. Mulleiij. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed ; the lobes nearly equal, roundish. 

 Stamens 5, declined, all, or a part of them, bearded. Stigma simple. Capsule 

 globose, many-seeded. — Tall biennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Flowers in 

 racemes. 



1. V. Thapsus, L. Woolly throughout; stem stout, simple; leaves 

 slightly crenate, rugose; the lowest large, oblong, petioled, the others broadly 

 diicurrent on the stem ; raceme spike-like, dense, cylindrical ; flowers yellow. — 

 Old fields and waste ground. Introduced. — Stem 2° -5° high. Lowest leaves 

 1° long. Eaceme rigid, 1° - 2° long. 



2. V. Blattaria, L. Stem smooth below, pubescent above, sparingly 

 branched or simple ; leaves smooth, oblong, acute, sen'ate or pinnately lobed ; 

 the lowest petioled ; the upper clasping ; racemes elongated, glandular, the 

 flowers scattered ; corolla bright or pale yellow ; filaments all bearded with 

 puiple hairs. — Waste ground, chiefly in the upper districts. Introduced. — 

 Stem 2° - 3° high. 



3. V. Lychnitis, L. Plant mealy-white ; stem branching and angled 

 above ; leaves ovate, acute, sessile ; the lowest narrowed into a petiole, greenish 

 above ; flowers in >■ pyramidal panicle, yellow j filaments bearded with white 

 hairs. — In Carolina, Muhlenberg. Introduced. 



2. SCROPHULABIA, L. Figwoet. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla globose or oblong, 5-cleft ; the 4 upper lobes erect, 

 with the two uppermost longer ; the lowest spreading. Stamens 4, declined ; 

 the fifth sterile and scale-like, placed near the orifice of the tube of the corolla : 



