FIGWORT FAMILY 213 



All leaves sessile, ovate or oval to oblong. 



Corolla 4—5 mm. wide, campanulate, blue; capsules obovate or oval, merely 



emarglnate. 4. V. Wormskjoldii. 



Corolla 8-9 mm. wide, broadly funnelform, violet; capsule obcordate. 



5. V. Cusickii. 

 Lower leaves petioled; blades rounded oval or the upper oblong; capsule obcor- 

 date. 6. V. serpylhfoUa. 

 Annuals; flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, i. e., bracts resembUng the other 

 leaves and only slightly reduced. 

 Pedvmcles shorter than the leaves. 



Leaf-blades spatulate, oblong, or linear; capsule emarglnate. 



7. V. xalapensis. 

 Leaf-blades oval or ovate, or the upper lanceolate; capsule obcordate. 



8. V. arvensis. 

 Peduncles as long as the leaves or usually longer. 



Leaf-blades ovate, or oblong, crenate. 

 Corolla less than 6 mm. wide. 



Capsule narrowly emarglnate. 9. V. agrestis. 



Capsule deeply cleft to near the base. 10. V. campylopoda. 



Corolla 9-11 mm. broad; capsule with an open shallow apical sinus. 



11. V. Buxbaumii. 

 Leaf-blades orbicular or reniform, 3-5-lobed. 12. V. hederaefolia. 



16. SYNTHYRIS Benth. 



Leaves twice or thrice pinnately divided. 



Calyx and capsule glabrous; corolla 3—4 mm. long. 1. S. pinnaliflda. 



Calyx and capsiile villous; corolla about 6 mm. long. 2. S. dissecta. 

 Leaves not pinnate; blades reniform or rounded, with cordate base. 



Leaf-blades deeply cleft and lacinlate. 3. S. laciniata. 



Leaf-blades lobed and dentate or crenate. 4. S. major. 



17. BESSETA Rydb. Kitten-tails. 



Corolla present. 



Flowers not reflexed; calyx-lobes 3—4. 



Upper Up of the purple corolla twice as long as the calyx; plant 1-1.5 dm. high. 



1. B. alpina. 

 Upper Up of the coroUa only sUghtly longer than the calyx; plant 1.5-3 dm. high. 



Corolla pm-ple or pink, not ciUate; divisions of the lower lip obtuse. 



2. B. plantaginea. 

 CoroUa white or yellowish, ciUate on the margin; divisions of the lower Up 



acute. 3. B. Bilteriana. 



Flowers reflexed; calyx-lobes 2; corolla greenish white. 4. B. reflexa. 



CoroUa lacking. 



Calyx almost regularly 4-cleft. 5. B. rubra. 



Calyx spUt to the base on the upper side, below Irregularly divided or cleft into 2 

 (rarely 3) entire or toothed lobes. 

 Calyx cleft on the lower side to near the base or at least below the middle. 



6. B. gymnocarpa. 

 Calyx cleft only sUghtly below. 7. B. wyormngensis 



18. AGALINIS Raf. Gerardia. 

 Pedicels sUghtly if at all longer than the calyx. 



CoroUa 2-2.5 cm. long. 1. A. aspera. 



CoroUa 1-1.5 cm. long. 2. A. paupercula. 



Pedicels 2-6 times £is long as the calyx. 3. A. Besseyana. 



19. CASTILLEJA Mutis. Painted Cup, Indian Paint-brush, Painter's 

 Brush, Souaw Feather. 



.\nnuals or biennial. 



Leaves and bracts linear to lanceolate, entire. I. Stbnanthae. 



Leaves pinnatifld; bracts dUated and lobed. 11. Coccineae. 



Perennials. 



Galea several times longer than the very short Up, usuaUy at least two-thirds as long 

 as the coroUa-tube; bracts in most species tinged with scarlet, crimson or rose. 

 Calyx cleft much deeper In front than behind. III. Linahiaefoliae. 



Csilyx about equaUy cleft in front and'behind. 

 Stem canescent. 



Stem tomentose-canescent; bracts entire, or trilobed, with broad rounded 



middle lobe. IV. Integrae. 



Stem strigose or hirsutulous-canescent; bracts 3-cleft, with Unear lobes. 



V. SUBCINEREAE. 

 Stem glabrous or pubescent, but not canescent. 



Leaves entire, rarely the uppermost sUghtly 3-lobed ; coroUa-Up very short 

 and caUous. 

 Bracts usually entire and obtuse, oblong to obovate, broad, if 3-lobed 

 with a broad middle lobe. 

 Bracts tinged with crimson or rose. VI. Rhexifoliae. 



Bracts yellow with the very tips brown or red. 



VII. LUTESCENTES. 



