POPULAR FLORA. 175 
61. FIGWORT FAMILY. Order SCROPHULARIACER. 
Herbs with a 2-lipped or more or less irregular monopetalous corolla, and 4 stamens 
in pairs (2 long and 2 short), or only 2 perfect stamens; 
rarely all 5 present: style 1: the ovary 2-celled and 
making a many-seeded pod (few-seeded in some Speed- 
wells and Cow-wheat). Flowers often showy. Two lobes 
always belong to the upper lip, three to the lower. 
\wtllidiyyy 
434, Corolla of a Pentstemon, 
laid open, showing the 4 perfect 
etamens and the filth ae a sterile 
naked filament. 
435. Stamens (with a-piece of 
the corolla) of another Peotste- 
mono, with the sterile filament 
bearded. 
436. Piece of Purple Gerardia. 
437. Corolla laid open, showing 
the 4 etamens in pairs. 
438. Style and calyx of the same, 
439, Part of a pod. 
440. Flower of Toadflax, 
441. Plant of Hedge-Hyssop. 
442, Flower laid open ; one pair 
of good stamens; one pair of ster- 
ile filaments, Zi 
* Corolla wheel-shaped or with a very short tube, the lobes more or less unequal. 
Calyx and corolla 5-cleft: stamens 5, some of them rather imperfect, (Verbdscum) MutueEqn. 
Calyx and corolla 4-parted: stamens 2, (Verdnica) SPEEDWELL. 
%* * Corolla more or less tubular, bell-shaped and irregular, or 2-lipped. 
+ Upper lip or lobes covering the lower in the bud (except sometimes in Monkey-flower). 
Corolla with its 2-lipped mouth closed by a palate, i. e. an inward projection of the lower 
lip: stamens 4. 
Corolla with a slender spur at the base on the lower side, : (Linaria) ToApDFLAX. 
Corolla sac-like at the base on the lower side, _. (Antirrhinum) SNAPDRAGON. 
Corolla 2-parted: the lower lip sac-shaped in the middle; the short tube with a protuber- 
ance at the base on the upper side: stamens 4, ( Collinsia) CoLLinsia. 
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