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SCROPHULARIACEAE (FIGWORT FAMILY) 



densely, many-flowered; corolla pale blue; capsule obovate-triangular, 

 broadly notched. Dry woods and hillsides. May to August. 



V. serpyllifolia, Thyme-leaved Speeewell. Nearly smooth, much 

 branched at the creeping base; leaves ovate or oblong, obscurely 

 crenate, the lowest petioled, the upper passing into lanceolate bracts; 

 raceme loose ; corolla whitish or pale blue, with deeper stripes ; capsule 

 rounded, obtusely notched. Damp meadows. May to July. 



V. peregrina, Purslane Speedwell. Puberulent or nearly smooth, 

 erect, branched; lowest leaves petioled, oval-oblong, toothed, the others 



sessile; the upper oblong-linear and en- 

 ^'?-^yi,;>- tire ; axillary whitish flowers almost ses- 



L 1^1 I'ii^l giig. capsule orbicular, slightly notched. 



Waste grounds. April to October. 



CASTILLEJA 



Herbs, with alternate leaves, the 

 floral ones usually dilated, colored, 

 and more showy than the reddish or 

 yellow spiked flowers. Calyx tubular, 

 cleft down the lower and often also 

 the upper side. Tube of corolla in- 

 cluded in calyx, its upper lip elon- 

 gated and keeled. 



Castilleja coccinea. Painted cup. 



C. coccinea. Painted Cup. Hairy; root-leaves clustered, mostly 

 entire, obovate or oblong; those of the stem incised; floral leaves 3-5 

 cleft, bright scarlet toward the summit; 

 calyx equally cleft both sides. Sandy 

 grounds. 



PEDICULARIS 



Herbs, with mostly pinnatifid leaves. 

 Flowers rather large and in spikes. 

 Corolla strongly 2-lipped, the upper 

 lip flattened and often beaked; the 

 lower erect at base, 2-crested above, 

 3-lobed. 



P. canadensis, Lousewort. Hairy; stems simple, clustered; leaves 

 scattered, the lowest pinnately parted, the others half-pinnatifid ; spike 



Pedicularis canadensis^ 

 Lousewort. 



