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2. P. nyctaginiflora Juss. Wuite Petunia. Leaves somewhat 
-petioled. Tube of corolla long and slender. Flowers white. Culti- 
vated from South America. This and the preceding species much 
-mixed by hybridization. 
90. SCROPHULARIACEZA. Fiewort Famity 
Mostly herbs, with flowers not actinomorphic. Calyx free 
from the ovary and persistent.. Corolla often 2-lipped. Sta- 
mens usually 2 long and 2 short, or only 2 in all, inserted on 
the corolla tube, often 1 or 3 of them imperfectly developed. 
Pistil consisting of a 2-celled and usually many-ovuled ovary, 
with a single style and an entire or 2-lobed stigma. 
Corolla wheel-shaped, stamens 5. Verbascum, I 
Corolla wheel-shaped or salver-shaped, nearly actinomorphic, 
stamens 2. Veronica, VI 
Corolla 2-lipped, the mouth closed by a palate, tubular below, a 
spur at the base. Linaria, II 
Corolla 2-lipped, the mouth closed by a palate, tubular below, a 
short, broad pouch at the base. Antirrhinum, IIT 
Corolla decidedly 2-lipped. 
Stamens with anthers 2. Gratiola, V 
Stamens 4, with a fifth antherless filament. Pentstemon, IV 
Stamens 4, the anther cells unequal. Castilleja, VII 
Stamens 4, the anther cells equal. Pedicularis, VIII 
I. VERBASCUM L. 
Biennial; stem tall, erect. Leaves alternate. Flowers in 
spikes, racemes, or panicles. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla 
wheel-shaped, 5-lobed, the lobes nearly equal. Stamens 5, 
unequal, declined; some or all of the filaments bearded. 
Style flattened at the apex. Fruit a globose capsule; seeds 
roughened.* 
1. V. Blattaria L. Moru MuLein. Stem erect, slender, simple 
or sparingly branched, smooth below, downy above, 2-4 ft. high. 
. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, acute at the apex, obtuse or truncate at 
the base, dentate to pinnately lobed, the lower petioled, the upper 
