724 SCEOPHULABIAOEAE (FIGWORT FAMILY) 



shaped, nearly sessile, equaling the peduncles ; calyx ovoid, inflated in fruit and 

 7-10 mm. long ; throat of corolla 1-2 cm. long, broad and open. (M. Jamesii 

 T. & G.) — In water or wet places, usually in springs, Ont. to 111., Wise, Mo., 

 and westw. 



4. M. Langsdorfii Donn. Smooth, suherect or decumbent ; stem-leaves 

 oval, the lowermost long-petioled, the upper much exceeded by the peduncles ; 

 fruiting calyx 1.5-2 cm. long; corolla 2.5-4 cm. long. (M. guttatus DC.) — 

 Locally naturalized in brooks and meadows, Ct. and N. Y. (Introd. from the 

 Pacific slope.) 



H- t- Leaves feather-veined, none clasping ; calyx-teeth nearly equal. 



5. M. moschHtus Dougl. (Musk Flower.) Villous and viscid, musk- 

 scented ; stems spreading or ascending ; leaves oblong-ovate, short-petiuled ; 

 corolla pale yellow. — Damp soil, especially by cold streams, Nfd. to N. Y., 

 e. Pa., Ont., and Mich.; abundant in the Rooky Mts., whence perhaps introd. 

 June-Sept. 



10. C0N6bEA Aublet. 



Upper lip of corolla 2-lobed, the lower 3-parted. Anthers approximate. 

 Stigma 2-lobed, the lobes wedge-form. Seeds numerous. — Low branching 

 herbs, with small solitary flowers. (Name unexplained.) 



1. C. multiflda (Michx.) Benth. Annual, diffusely spreading, much branched, 

 minutely pubescent ; leaves petioled, pinnately parted, divisions linear-wedge- 

 shaped ; peduncles naked ; corolla greenish-white, scarcely longer than the calyx. 

 — Along streams and shores, Ont. to Kan., and southw. ; also adv. below Phila- 

 delphia. July-Sept. 



11. BAC6pA Aublet. Water Hyssop 



Calyx 6-parted ; the uppermost division broadest, the innermost often very 

 narrow. Upper lip of the corolla entire, notched or 2-cleft, and the lower 

 3-lobed, or the limb almost equally 5-lobed. Style dilated or 2-lobed at the apex. 

 Seeds numerous. — Low herbs, flowering in summer ; ours rather succulent 

 perennials. (Said to be an aboriginal South American name.) Herpestis 

 Gaertn. f. Moniera B. Juss. ex P. Br. Monniera B. Juss. 



* Corolla plainly bilabiate, the 2 upper lobes united to form the upper lip; leaves 



many-nerved. 



1. B. acuminata (Walt.) Robinson. Erect or ascending, very leafy, gla- 

 brous ; leaves pinnately veined, oblong to cuneate-lanceolate, 2-5 cm. long, ser- 

 rate ; pedicels equaling and the upper surpassing the leaves ; corolla whitish or 

 purplish. (Gratiola Walt.; Monniera Ktze. ; Herpestis nigrescens Benth.) — 

 Wet places, Md. to Fla. and Tex., chiefly near the coast, inland to s. Mo. 



2. B. rotundlfblia (Mlohx.) Wettst. Nearly smooth, creeping ; leaves rou ml- 

 - obovale, half -clasping, 1-2.6 cm. long, entire, basally nerved ; peduncles twice 



or thrice the length of the calyx ; upper sepal ovate ; coroUa white or pale blue. 

 (Monniera Michx.; Herpestis Puvsh.) — Margins of ponds. 111. to Minn., Neb., 

 and southw. 



3. B. caroliniina (Walt.) Robinson. Stems hairy, creeping at base ; leaves 

 ovate, clasping, entire, basally nerved ; peduncles shorter than the calyx ; upper 

 sepal heart-shaped ; corolla blue. (Obolaria Walt.; Monniera Ktze.; Heipestis 

 amplexicaulis Pursh.) — Margin of ponds, pine barrens, N. J. arid Md. to La. — 

 Aromatic when bruised. 



** Corolla obscurely bilabiate, the limb subequally 5-lobed; stamens almost 



equal. 



4. B. MonniS.ia (L.) Wettst. Glabrous, prostrate and creeping; leaves 

 spatulate to obovate-cuneate, entire or somewhat toothed, nearly nerveless, 

 sessile; corolla pale blue. (Herpestis UBK.; Monniera Monniera Britton.)^ 

 River-banks anU shores near the sea, Md. to Tex. 



