112 SCROPHULARIACEAE (FIGWORT FAMILY) 



L. atnplexicaule, Henbit. Low ; leaves rounded, deeply crenate- 



toothed or cut, the upper ones clasping; corolla small, purplish, the 



upper lip bearded, the lower spotted. Waste ground. April to 

 October. 



SOLAWACEAE (Nightshade Family) 



Herbs, with alternate leaves, regular flowers with 5 stamens, 

 and fruit a 2-celled, many-seeded capsule 

 or berry. 



SOLANUM 



Herbs, with a 5-cleft, wheel-shaped co- 

 rolla. Stamens exserted, the anthers con- 

 verging around the style and opening at 

 the tip by 2 pores. Berry usually 2-celled. 



S. Dulcamara, Bittersweet. A climbing or 



twining perennial, more or less pubescent; 



leaves ovate-heart-shaped, the upper haljjerd- 



shaped, or with 2 ear-like lobes or leaflets at 



base; flowers small, purple or blue, in small 

 Solarium Dulcamara, , . . , ,-»*-•._ j 



Nightshade; Bitter- cymes ; berries ovoid, red. Moist ground, 

 sweet. June to September. 



SCROPHULARIACEAE (Figwort Family) 



Herbs, with a 2-Upped or more or less irregular corolla, usually 

 didynamous stamens inserted on the tube, and fruit a 2-celled 

 capsule. 



LINARIA 



Herbs, with at least upper leaves alternate. 

 Corolla spurred at base on the lower side, and thin 

 capsule opening below the summit by one or more 

 pores or chinks. 



Linaria vulgaris, 

 Toadilax. 



L. vulgaris, Toadflax. Glabrous, erect; leaves 

 pale, linear or nearly so, extremely numerous; dense 

 raceme of yellow flowers. Fields and roadsides. 



L. canadensis. Slender, glabrous, flowering stems nearly simple; 



