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2. P. nyctaginiflora Juss. ^\'itite Petunia. 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. SCROPH0LARIACEJE. Figwort Family 



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 3 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 actinomorphic, 

 stamens 2. Veronica, XI 



Corolla 2-lipped, the mouth closed by a palate, tubular below, a 

 spm' at the base. Liuaria, 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 4, with a fifth antherless filament. Pentstemon, IV 



Stamens 4, the anther cells unequal. Castille]"a, VII 



Stamens 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, 6-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. Moth Mullehst. 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 



