176 POPULAR FLORA. 



Corolla ovoid, small, dull greenish purple, with 4 short unequal erect lobes, and one small 



recurved one (the lower). Stamens 4 and a rudiment, (ScrophuUiria) FiGWOET. 

 Corolla shaped like a turtle's head, the mouth closed or nearly so, without a palate. Sta- 

 mens 4 with woolly anthers ; and a sterile filament besides, (Chelbne) Tuktlehead. 

 Corolla open at the irregular or 2-lipped mouth. Stamens 4, and a sterile filament besides 



(Fig. 434, 435), (Penisiemon) Pentstemon. 



Corolla. 2-lipped ; the upper lip with the sides turned back, the lower lip turned down. 

 Stamens 4, no vestige of the fifth. Calyx elongated, 5-angled, 5- 

 toothed. Stigmas with 2 broad lips, {Mmulus) IVIokkey-flowek. 



Corolla somewhat 2-lipped, open. Stamens only 2 perfect. Calyx 5-parted. 



Sterile filaments included, or none. Corolla yellow or whitish, ( Gratwla) Hebge-Hyssop. 



Sterile filaments long, protruding from the purple or blue corolla, (Ilysdnilies) False-Pimpeekel. 

 1- 1- Lower lip or the side lobes covering the others in the bud. 

 Corolla (large, purple or white) tubular, open; the border slightly 5-lobed, {Digitalis) *Foxglove. 

 Corolla salver-shaped. Flowers in a spike. 



Stamens 2, projecting, longer than the 4 lobes of the corolla, ( Veronica Virginica) Culver's-koot. 

 Stamens 4, included: lobes of the corolla 5: calyx tubular, 5-toothed, {Buchnera) Blue-heakts. 

 Corolla bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, somewhat irregularly 5-lobed. Stamens 4, (Gerdrdia) Gekardia. 

 Corolla tubular, decidedly 2-lipped, the narrow upper lip erect or arched, enclosing the 4 



stamens. Flowers in a spike. Pod many-seeded. ' -I . 



Bracts large and colored, scarlet in our species. Calyx tubular, (Castilleia) PAiKTEDsctT. 



Bracts green, small. Leaves pinnatifid, {Pediculdris) Lousewokt. 



Mullein. Verbdscum. 

 Flowers in a long terminal spike or raceme. Corolla 5-parted, almost regular. Stamens 5, unequal, 

 but generally all with anthers. Root biennial. 



1. Common M. Tall, woolly throughout ; the simple stem winged by the prolonged bases of the leaves^ 



flowers yellow, in a long thick spike; two of the filaments smooth. Fields, &c. F". Thapsus^ 



2. MoTi-i M. Green, smoothish ; stem 2° or 3° high ; leaves toothed ; ^jwers yellow or white in a loose 



raceme; filaments all bearded with yellow wool. Road-sides. V. Blatiana. 



Speedwell. Verdnica. 

 Flowers small; one or two of the lobes of the 4-parted border or the corolla alwaj^jBtnaller than the 

 others. Stamens 2, protruding. Pod flattened, many-seeded in the common species. 



§ 1. Corolla salver-shaped, the tiibe longer than the border. Pod not notched at the end. 



1. Culver's-koot S. a tall perennial, with lance-shaped pointed leaves in whorls, and whitish flowers 



crowded in clustered spikes. Woods, W. and S., and cultivated in gardens. V. Virginica. 



I) 2. Corolla wheel-shaped, tube very short, pale blue or white. Pod nof^lfed at the end. Leaves opposite. 

 * Flowers in single racemes from the axils of the leaves. 



2. Water S. Smooth; stems rooting at the creeping lower part, then erect; leaves sessile by a heart- 



shaped base, ovate-lanceolate ; corolla pale blue with darker stripes. Brooks. V. AnagdMs. 



3. Brook S. or Beooklime. Leaves ovate or oblong, on petioles ; otherwise like the last. V.Americana. 



4. Marsh S. Smooth, slender; leaves sessile, linear, acute; raceme zigzag, loose. V. scutellata. 



5. Common S. Downy; stems creeping; leaves wedge-oblong, serrate; raceme dense. Dry ground, 



in open woods. v. officinalis. 



