114 
Corolla 15-20 mm. long. Anthers 
giabrous. Capsule ensiform, un- 
equally two-celled, splitting only on 
posterior side. eds I mm, long, 
oblong, cylindric, not winged. Sep- 
als less than one half length of 
apex. Leaves bipinnatifid-lobed. 
Perennials. 20. Pedicularis. 
Corolla white, the anterior lip raised into 
a yellow densely pubescent palate. 
Seeds maturing two to four toa cap- 
sule. Sepals united at base only, the 
two postero-laterals longer. Leaves 
lanceolate, entire or setaceous-toothed 
ba 
near base. 21. Melampyrum. 
I. VERBASCUM L., Sp. Pl. 177. 1753 
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. 
Leaves, stem and calyx more or less pubescent with stellately- 
ranched 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 aig stellate- 
pubescent. Seeds .4-.7 mm. long, brownish-gr 
Leaves dark and becoming glabrate above, oxic 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 
m. lon Seeds 6—7 mm. long. 
Leaves dull- or yellowish-green and permanently pubescent 
ve, scarcely paler beneath, sessile, more or less 
decurrent. Pedicels reaching 5 mm. long, one to five 
inanaxil. 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. 
1. V. Blattaria. 
a.V:i Lychnitis. 
3. V. phlomoides 
