FIGWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariacex. 



and P. Icevigatus have been found in the fields and rocky 

 hills of Vermont by Wild, in Roxbury, Conn., by C. K. 

 Averill ; P. Icemgatus has been found by H. G. Palfrey 

 in Haverhill, Mass. ; and P. Icevigatus var. Digitalis has 

 been found in Middlesex Co., Mass., by Mabel P. Cook. 



A smooth perennial with an upright 

 ftower y " square stem often considerably branched, 



Mimulus an d light green, smooth, lustreless leaves 



ringens with irregular obscure teeth, lance-shaped 



Purple or oblong, opposite-growing and clasping 



the stem. The flowers are a rich clear 

 purple ; the corolla two-lipped, the upper 

 lip erect and two-lobed, the lower with three wide- 

 spreading lobes ; there are two yellow spots near the 

 .narrow throat. The pistil and four stamens are white ; 

 the five-pointed, green calyx is stained with dull purple. 

 The few flowers are long-stalked and spring from the 

 angles of the upper leaves. 1-3 feet high. In swamps 

 and beside brooks, generally in meadows, from Me., 

 south to Va. and Tenn., and west to S. Dak., Minn., 

 Neb., and Tex. Rai-ely the flowers are white. Found 

 near Langdon Park, Plymouth, N. H. The name from 

 the Greek for ape, or buffoon, in allusion to the fancied 

 grin on the face of the corolla. 



A branching and spreading little annual 

 with rounded ovate or oblong, smooth 

 llysanthes leaves, scarcely toothed, the upper ones 

 riparia stemless and clasping the plant-stem 



Pale dull lilac slightly. The pale dull lilac flowers inch 

 long ; the upper lip of the corolla two- 

 lobed, the lower three-lobed and flaring 

 not unlike Mimulus. 4-9 inches high. Common in low, 

 wet ground, everywhere. 



A very tall, smooth, perennial species, 

 Veronica ' commonest in the west, with simple, 

 Virginica straight stem , and lance-shaped or oblong 



White leaves growing in circles about the plant- 



Jul y- stem, sharply toothed and smooth. Flow- 



ers small, white or pale lavender, with 

 rather a long tube to the corolla, and with prominent 

 stamens, in dense terminal spikes 3-6 inches long. 8-7 

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