FIGWORT FAMILY OT, 
2. P. nyctaginiflora Juss. Wire Perunra. Leaves somewhat 
petioled. Tube of corolla long and slender. Flowers white. Culti- 
vated from South America. This and the preceding species much 
mixed by hybridization. 
90. SCROPHULARIACEAR. Fiaworr Fairy 
Mostly herbs, with flowers not actinomorphic. Calyx free 
from the ovary and persistent. Corolla often 2-lipped. Sta- 
mens usually 2 long and 2 short, or only 2 in all, inserted on 
the corolla tube, often 1 or 5 of them imperfectly developed. 
Pistil consisting of a 2-celled and usually many-ovuled ovary, 
with a single style and an entire or 2-lobed stigma. 
Corolla wheel-shaped, stamens 5. Verbascum, I 
Corolla wheel-shaped or salver-shaped, nearly actinomorphie, 
stamens 2. : Veronica, VI 
Corolla 2-hpped, the mouth closed by a palate, tubular below, a 
spur at the base Linaria, II 
Corolla 2-lipped, the mouth closed by a palate, tubular below, a 
short, broad pouch at the base. Antirrhinum, III 
Corolla decidedly 2-lipped. 
Stamens with anthers 2. Gratiola, V 
Stamens +, with a fifth antherless filament. Pentstemon, IV 
Stamens 4, the anther cells unequal. Castilleja, VII 
Star-ens 4, the anther cells equal. Pedicularis, VIII 
I. VERBASCUM L. 
Biennial; stem tall, erect. Leaves alternate. Flowers in 
spikes, racemes, or panicles. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla 
wheel-shaped, 5-lobed, the lobes nearly equal. Stamens 5, 
unequal, declined; some or all of the filaments bearded. 
Style flattened at the apex. Fruit a globose capsule; seeds 
roughened.* 
1. V. Blattaria L. Morn MvuLiern. Stem erect, slender, simple 
or sparingly branched, smooth below, downy above, 2-4 ft. high. 
Leaves oblong to lanceolate, acute at the apex, obtuse or truncate at 
the base, dentate to pinnately lobed, the lower petioled, the upper 
