176 POPULAR FLORA. 



CJoroIIa ovoid, small, dull greenish purple, with 4 short unequal erect lobes, and one small 



recurved one (the lower). Stamens 4 and a rudiment, (Scrc^hularia) Figworx 

 Corolla shaped like a turtle's head, the mouth closed or nearly so, without a palate. Sta- 

 mens 4 with woolly antliers; and a sterile filament besides, {Chelone) Turtleiiead. 

 Corolla open at the irregular or 2-lipped mouth. Stamens 4, and a sterile filament besides 



(Fig. 434, 435), (Pentstemon) Pentstebion. 



Corolla 2-lipped; the upper Up with the sides turned back, the lower lip turned down. 

 Stamens 4, no vestige of the fifth. Calyx elongated, 5-angled, 5- 

 toothed. Stigmas with 2 broad lips, {Mimulus) JIo>key-flowek. 



Corolla somewhat 2-lipped, open. Stamens only 2 perfect. Calyx 5-parted. 



Sterile filaments included, or none. Corolla yellow or whitish, (Graiwla) Hedge-Hyssop. 



Sterile filaments long, protruding from the purple or blue corolla, (Ilysdnihes) False-Pimpeunel. 

 -t- -«- Lower lip or the side lobes covering the others in the bud. 

 Corolla (large, purple or white) tubular, open; the border slightly 5-lobed, [Dlyiialis) *Foxglove. 

 Corolla salver-shaped. Flowei's in a spike. 



Stamens 2, projecting, longer than the 4 lobes of the corolla, { Veronica Virginica) Culver' s-root. 



Stamens 4, included: lobes of the corolla 5: caiyx tubular, 5-toothed, {Biuhnera) Blue-hearts. 



Corolla bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, somewhat irregularly 5-lobed. Stamens 4, (GerdrcUa) Gekardia. 



Corolla tubular, decidedly 2 lipped, the narrow upper lip erect or arched, enclosing the 4 



stamens. Flowers In a spike. Pod many-seeded. 



Bracts large and colored, scarlet in our species. Calyx tubular, ( Castilleia) Painted-cup. 



Bracts green, small. Leaves pinnatifid, (Pediculans) Lousevvokt. 



Mullein. Verbascum. 

 Flowers in a long terminal spike or raceme. Corolla 5-parted, almost regular. Stamens 5, unequal, 

 but generally all with anthers. Root biennial. 



1. Common M. Tall, woolly throughout; the simple stem winged by the prolonged bases of the leaves; 



flowers yellow, in a long thick spike; two of the filaments smooth. Fields, »S:c. V. Thapms. 



2. Moth M. Green, smoothish; stem 2° or 3° high; leaves toothed ; flowers yellow or white in a kose 



raceme; filaments all bearded with yellow wool. Road-sides. V. BlaiiaHa. 



Speedwell. Veronica. 

 Flowers small; one or two of the lobes of the 4-parted border of the corolla always smaller than the 

 others. Stamens 2, protruding. Pod flattened, many-seeded in the common species. 



§ 1. Corolla salver-shaped, the tube longer than the border. Pod not notched at the end. 



L CuLVER's-RooT S. A tall perennial, with lance-shaped pointed leaves in whorls, and whitish flowers 



crowded in clustered spikes. Woods, W. and S., and cultivated In gardens. V. Virginica. 



\ 2, Corolla wheel-shaped, tube very short, pale blue or white. Pod notched at the end. Leaves opposite. 



* Flowers in single racemes from the axils of the leaves. 



2. Water S. Smooth; stems rooting at the creeping lower part, then erect; leaves sessile by a heart- 



shaped base, ovate-lanceolate; corolla pale blue with darker stripes. Brooks. V. Anagdllis. 



3. Brook S. or Brooklime. Leaves ovate or oblong, on petioles; otherwise like the last. V. Americana. 



4. Marsh S. Smooth, slender; leaves sessile, linear, acute; raceme zigzag, loose. V. scutellaia. 



5. Common S. Downy; stems creeping; leaves wedge-oblong, serrate; raceme dense. Dry ground, 



in open woods. V- officinalis. 



