280 SCKOPHULAKINE2E. 



2. V. peregrina, L. Annual, 3—10 in. high, erect, sparingly branch- 

 ing, only the lower leaves opposite, linear-oblong, obtuse, entire or 

 toothed; the upper gradually smaller: fl. short-pedicelhd in the axils: 

 corolla very small, white: capsule round-obcordate, many-seeded. — Com- 

 mon in wet fields. April, May. 



3. V. abvensis, L. Annual, simple and erect, or with few decumbent 

 branehes K 3— 6 in. high, pubescent: leaves ovate, crenate-serrate, the 

 lowest petiolate, the bract-like floral ones linear-lanceolate: spike-like 

 raceme at length loose: corolla very small, deep blue: capsule much 

 shorter than the sepals, obcordate, the short style not exceeding the 

 notch. — European weed, escaping from lawns and gardens. 



4 V. Buxbatjmii, Ten. With many weak assurgent branches from 

 the base; these 6 — 10 in. long: herbage somewhat pubescent, the hairs 

 not gland-tipped: leaves round-ovate, petiolate (the floral alternate), 

 coarsely serrate or crenate-serrate, % in long or less: peduncles nearly 

 1 in. long: corolla bright blue, 4 — 5 lines wide: capsule of 2 rhomboid-oval 

 widely divergent lobes sparingly beset with small gland-tipped hairs and 

 reticulate-venulose. — A pretty weed from Asia, plentiful in gardens at 

 Berkeley, flowering from midwinter to early summer. 



16. WULFENIA., Jacquin. Perennials, with flowers and capsules of 

 Veronica, except that in our species the anther-cells are not confluent; 

 but in habit quite different; all the leaves being radical and long- 

 petioled. Flowers in a simple raceme or spike. 



1. W. cordata. Scarcely rhizomatous, the tuft of rather coarse 

 fibrous roots attached to the base of an elongated but upright leafy 

 crown: herbage slightly rusty-hairy, especially the petioles and lower 

 face of leaves; the latter ovate- to deltoid-cordate, 1 — 2% in. long, 

 obtuse, doubly crenate; petioles 2 — 3 in. long: scapes several, not equal- 

 ling the leaves, few-flowered: fl. long-pedicellate, the pedicels and calyx 

 with fairly abundant brownish deflexed hairs: corolla nearly rotate, 

 light blue: capsule not known.— Northern slope of Mt. Tamalpais and in 

 Mendocino Co. ( Synthyris reniformis cordata, Gray). 



17. CA.STILLEIA, Mutis (Painted Cup). Herbs or suffrutescent 

 plants, with alternate sessile leaves, the floral ones, or their tips, and the 

 calyx-lobes, colored like petals. Flowers in terminal spikes. Calyx 

 tubular, cleft in front or behind, or both; lobes 2 and lateral, or 4. 

 Tubular corolla laterally compressed, especially the long conduplicate 

 upper lip: lower lip short and minute, 3-toothed. Stamens £■; anthers 

 2-celled, the cells unequal. Capsule loculicidally 2-valved; valves bear- 

 ing the placenta on their middle. Seeds oo , with loose favose testa. 



1. C. altinis, Hook. & Am. Annual, strict, simple 1 — 3 ft. high: 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, entire: lower fl. somewhat scattered; upper spi- 



