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13. Mlcranthemam. Calyx 4-toothed or cleft. TJWer 111) of corolla short or none. Sta- 



mens 2, anterior : Ularoents with an appendage. Leaves opposite. Flowers axillary. 



14. Iiimosella. Calyx 5-toatlied. Corolla opeQ bell-sbaped, &-cleft, Dearly regular. Sta- 



mens 4. Leaves alternate or fascicled, fleshy. Flowers axillary. 

 16. Syntbyris. Calyx 4-parted. Corolla bell-shaped, 2-4-lobed, irregular. Stamens 2 

 or 4. Leaves alternate. Flowers racemeJ. 



16. Veronica. Calyx 4- (rarely 3 - 5-) parted. Corolla wheel-shaped or aalVer-shaped, 



almost regular. Stamens 2. Leaves cbieBy opposite or vhorled. Flowers racemed. 



Tribe VI. BUCHNERB^. Corolla salver-shaped. Stamens 4, approximate in pairs : 

 anthers 1-celled. Upper leaves alternate. Flowers in a spike. 



17. Buchuera. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Limb of the elongated corolla 5-cleft. 



Tribe VII. GERARDIE:^. Corolla inflated or tubular, with a spreading and slightly 

 unequal 6-lobed limb. Stamens 4, approximate in pairs : anthers 2-celled. Leaves oppo 

 site, or the uppermost alternate. 



18. t$eymeria. Stamens nearly equal. Tube of the corolla broad, not longer than the lobes. 

 Id. Gerardia. Stamens strongly unequal, included. 



Tribe VIH. EUPHRASIES. Corolla tubular, 2-Upped ; th6 upper lip narrow, 

 erect or arched, enclostng the 4 usually strongly didynamoUs stamens. 



* Anther-cells unequal and separated. Pod many-seeded. 



20. Castlllela. Calyx tubulai', cleft down the lower, and often also on Idie upper, side. 



* * Anther-celts equal. Pod many - several-seeded. 



21. Scbwalbea. Calyx 5-toothed, very oblique, the upper tooth much the smallest. 



22. Euphrasia. Calyx 4-cleft. Upper lip of the corolla 2-lobed. Pod oblong. 



23. Rhinanthus. Calyx inflated, ovate. Pod orbicular : seeds winged. 



24. Pedicularis. Calyx not inflated. Pod ovate or sword-shaped : seeds wingless. 



* « * Anther-cells equal. Pod 1 - 4-seeded. 

 .25. Melampymm. Calyx 4-cleft. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled. Pod flat, oblique. 



1» VERBASCUM, L. MoLLEis. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-lobed, open or concave, wheel-shaped ; the lobes 

 broad and rounded, a little unequal. Stamens .5 ; all the filaments, or the 3 

 upper, woolly. Style flattened at the apex. Pod globular, many-seeded. — 

 Tall and usually woolly biennial herbs, with alternate leaves, those of the stem 

 sessile or decurrent. Flowers in large terminal racemes, ephemeral ; in sum- 

 mer. (The ancient Latin name, altered from Sctrbascum.) 



1. V. ThApsus, L. (Common MnLLEin.) Denseli/ u)ooUg thmugkout ; stem 

 tall and stout, simple, winged by the decurrent bases of the oblong acute leaves ; 

 flowers (yellow, very rarely white) in a prolonged and very dense O/tindriail spike ; 

 lower stamens usually beardless. — Fields, &c. : commoti. (Nat. fromEu.) 



2. V. BlattXria, L. (Moth M.) Green and smoothish, slender; loWet 

 leaves petioled, oblong, doubly serrate, sometimes lyre-shaped, the upper partly 

 clasping; raceme base; filaments all bearded with violet wool. — Eoadsides : 

 not rare eastward. CoroUa either yellow, or white with a tinge of purple. 

 (Nat from Eu.) 



3. V. LtohnItis, L. (White M.) Clothed with a thin powdery wooUiness ; 

 stem and branches angled above ; leaves ovate, acute, not decurrent, greenish 

 above; flnwers (yellow, rarely white) in a pyramidal panicle; filaments with 

 whitish wool. — Waste places, Penn. to New York : rare : hybridizes spontaue' 

 ously with the common Mullein. (Adv. from Eu.) 



