SCROPHULARIACEAE— OROBANCH ACEAE 





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1 'edicularis I 'edicularis 



< I. pedicularia, lnusewort) 

 PI. 9, fig. A 

 Leaves pinnately parted; flowers yellow I', canadensis 



Synthyris Synth) ris 

 (Gr. »ynthyri«, doora together) 

 Leaves ovate; flowers greenish yellow S.bultii 



Veronica Speedwell 



Lined for Saint Veronica) 

 PI. 9, fig. B : 1, 2 



1. Flowers solitary, white V.peregrina 



2. Flowers in racemes, blue or bluish V . amcricdna 



( !astilleia— Painted-cup 



(Named for Castillejo, a Spanish botanist) 

 PI. 9, fig. C 



1. Bracts greenish C. sessiliflora 



2. Bracts red C. coccinea 



Scrophularia- -Figwi >rt 

 Coarse herb with square stem and toothed leaves 5". leporilla 



I 'entstemon — Beard-tongue 



(Gr. pente, five, itemon, stamen) 

 PI. 9, fig. D 



1. Flowers white P. dlbidus 



2. Flowers purple to blue 



a. Corolla throat nearly filled with hairs P.hirsutus 



b. Corolla throat open 



(1) Corolla an inch or less long P.grdcilis 



(2) Corolla 2 inches long P. grandifl6rus 



Linaria — Butter-and-Eggs 



(L. linum, flax, from the resemblance) 

 PI. 9, fig. E: 1, 2 



1. Plant creeping; leaves round; flowers blue L. cymbaliria 



2. Plant erect ; leaves lance-linear ; flowers yellow L. vulgaris 



Digitalis — Foxglove 



(L. digitalis, finger-like, from the corolla) 

 Flowers purple, in a spike D. purpurea 



Orobanchaceae — Broom-rape Family 

 Leafless parasitic herbs; sepals 5, petals 5, stamens 4. ot two lengths, ovary 1-cellcd ; flower 

 .rpous, sympetalous, hypogynous, irregular. 



Thalesia — Broom-rape 



ned for the Greek philosopher, Thales) 

 Stalks 1-flowered; flowers white to violet T.unifldra 



Plate 9: A, Pedicularis canadensis ; B. Veronica pcregrina. 1. flower. 2. fruit ; C, Castilleia 

 coccinea; D. Pentstemon gracilis: E. Linaria vulgaris. 1, flower, 2. fruit; F. Scutellaria 

 parvula, 1, flower, 2, fruit; G, Mentha piperita: H. Lamium album, 1. flower. 2. fruit. 



