522 Oedbr 86.— SOROPHULABIACE^. 



open, N. T. near TJtiea (Gray) to HI. A- tender herb 8 to 18' high, branched from 

 the base. Lvs. 1 to 2' by i to 1', dilated at base. Pedicels 1 to 1-J' long. Cor. 

 5" long, variegated with blue and white, singular and pretty. May, Jn. 

 2 C. parviflora Dougl. Lower lvs. ovate, petiolate, upper oblong or lanceolate, 

 few-toothed, the floral lanceolate, entire ; verticillasters 2 to 6-flowered ; cor. little 

 shorter than the pedicels, scarcely longer them the calyx. — Shores of Lake Superior 

 to Or. (Pitcher). A smaller plant, with smaller, blue fls. 



3 C. bioolor Benth. Lower lvs. ovate, petiolate, upper ovate-lanceolate, 

 sessile, orenate, the floral entire, lanceolate ; verticillasters 6 to lO-flowered ; pedi' 

 eels shorter than the hairy calyx. — Taller than C. verna, 2f high, with larger, 

 showy fls. Cor. 8 to 10" long, rose-violet, upper lip white, f California. 



13. PAULOW'RIA, Siebold. Calyx deeply S-cleft, fleshy; corolla tube 

 long, deolinato, enlarged above, limb oblique, with rounded segments; 

 stamens 4, arched downwards, with no rudiment of a fifth ; capsule lig- 

 neous, acuminate, valves septiferous in the middle ; seeds co, winged. 

 — Tree, native of Japan. 



P. imperialis Sieb. — A splendid tree, in parks, with the habit of Catalpa. 

 Branches crooked, nearly horizontal. Lvs. 7 to 12' by 4 to 9', opposite, petiolate, 

 broad-cordate above, entire or somewhat trilobate, viUous-canescent both sides, 

 smoothish above when full grown. Panicles very large, terminal, many-flowered. 

 Cor. IJ to 2' long, between violet and rose-color, striped and spotted within, f 



14. MIM'ULUS, L. Monkey Flowek. (Gr. fuiiu, an ape ; from 

 the resemblance of tlio ringent or grinning corolla.) Calyx tubular, 5- 

 anglod, 5-toothed; corolla ringent, the upper lip reflected at the sides, 

 palate of the lower lip prominent; capsule 2-celled, many-seeded; stig- 

 ma thick, bifid. — Herbs prostrate or erect, with square stems and oppo- 

 site lvs. Ped. axillary, solitary, 1-flowered. 



§ Lenves pinnjite-veincd. Flowers bluo (wild) or yellow (cultivated) Nos. 1,2, 6 



§ Leaves palmate-veined. Flowers yellow or scarlet Nos. 3, 4, 5 



1 M. ringens L. I/vs. sessile, smooth, lanceolate, acuminate; ped. axillary, 

 longer than the flowers. — y A common Inhabitant of ditches and mud soils. Can. 

 and U. S., with large, blue, ringent flowers. Stem erect, square, smooth, about 

 2f high. Leaves sessile, opposite, serrate, acute, lanceolate. Peduncles about as 

 long as the leaves, square, curved upwards, axillary and opposite. Calyx tubu- 

 lar, 5-augled and 5-toothed. Corolla pale bluo, yellow within. Jl., Aug. 



2 M. alatus. Lvs. petiolate, smooth, ovate, acuminate ; ped. axillary, shorter 

 than the flowers ; st. winged at the 4 corners. — 11 In N. T. to Ind. (Plummer), and 

 S. States. This, like the last species, inhabits ditches and other wet places, 

 and grows to nearly the same height. The square stem, erect, smooth, and 

 winged at tlie 4 angles, affords an adequate distinction. ' Leaves stalked, ovate. 

 Plowers ringent, on short stalks, light purplo. Calyx teeth rounded, mucronate. 

 Aug. 



3 M. OTamSsii Torr. St. decumbent, rooting at the lower joints ; lvs. subentire, 

 roundish-reuiform, the lower on long petioles, 5 to 7-veined ; ped. about as long 

 as the leaf; cal. ovate, upper tooth largest ; cor. tube scarcely exserted. — Shores 

 of L. Superior, Min., Nebr. Ms. small, yellow. 



4 M. liiteus L. Ascending or erect; lvs. orbicular-ovate or oblong, totcer 

 long-petiolate, sublyrate, upper sessile or clasping, many-veined ; ped. longer than 

 the lvs. ; cal. tube ovoid, upper tooth largest ; cor. ttibe broad, itHce longer than 

 the calyx. — 'A Pis. yellow, often spotted with rose or purple, large and very 

 showy, f California. — Varies greatly. 



5 M. Cardinilis Dougl. Erect, branched, villous ; lvs. ovate, erose-dentaie, 

 narrowed and a/mplexicaul at base, many-veined ; ped. longer than the lvs. | cah 

 tube large, inflated; cor. lobes reftexed. — '^1- St. loosely branched, 2 to 3f high. 

 Cor. scarlet, the tube hardly longer than the calyx, limb large and brilliant 

 •j- California. 



