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Corolla 15-20 mm. long. Anthers 

 triabrous. Capsule ensiform, un- 

 equally two-celled, splitting only on 

 posterior side. Seeds 1 mm. long, 

 oblong, cylindric, not winged. Sep- 

 als less than one half length of 

 capsule, on each side united to 

 apex. Leaves bipinnatifid-lobed. 

 Perennials. 

 Corolla white, the anterior lip raised into 

 a yellow densely pubescent palate. 

 Seeds maturing two to four to a cap- 

 sule. Sepals united at base only, the 

 two postero-laterals longer. Leaves 

 lanceolate, entire or setaceous-toothed 

 near base. 



20. Pediailaris. 



Melampyrnm. 



i. Verbascum L., Sp. PI. 177. 



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Type species, V. Thapsus L. of Europe. 



Leaves glabrous. Stem above and calyx with simple glandular 

 hairs. Corolla yellow or white. Filaments all densely lanose 

 with knobbed purple hairs. Pedicels 10-15 mm. long. Cap- 

 sule subglobose, glandular-puberulent. Seeds .8-. 9 mm. 

 long, dark-gray. 1. V. Blattaria. 



Leaves, stem and calyx more or less pubescent with stellately- 

 branched non-glandular hairs. Corollas always yellow. 

 Filaments: three posterior lanose, two anterior sparingly 

 lanose to glabrous, with filiform yellow hairs. Pedicels 

 less than 10 mm. long. Capsules ovoid or oblong, stellate- 

 pubescent. Seeds .4-. 7 mm. long, brownish-gray. 

 Leaves dark and becoming glabrate above, whitened be- 

 neath, sessile or the lower petiolate, not decurrent. Pedi- 

 cels reaching 10 mm. long, clustered three to twelve in an 

 axil. Sepals linear, 2-2.5 mm. long, much shorter than 

 the mature capsule. Corolla 18 mm. wide. Capsule 4 

 mm. long. Seeds 6-7 mm. long. 2. V. Lychnitis. 



Leaves dull- or yellowish-green and permanently pubescent 

 above, scarcely paler beneath, sessile, more or less 

 decurrent. Pedicels reaching 5 mm. long, one to five 

 in an axil. Sepals ovate, 6-8 mm. long, slightly shorter 

 than to equaling the mature capsule. Corolla 20-35 

 mm. wide. Capsule 6-8 mm. long. Seeds .4-. 5 mm. 

 long. 

 Stem-leaves broadly ovate, strongly crenate, dull-green, 

 moderately pubescent. Pedicels reaching 5 mm. long, 

 three to five to an axil. Inflorescence interrupted. 

 Corolla 30-35 mm. wide. 3. V. phlomoides 



