604 THE SOROPHULARIA FAMILY. 



Upper lip of the corolla 2-lobed, spreading . . 11. Eyebrigut. 

 Upper lip of the corolla much compressed laterally. 

 Anther- cells obtuse. 

 Calyx much inflated, the teeth small .... 12. Rattle. 

 Calyx tubular or campanula te, toothed or lobed 14. Melampyre. 



These British genera belong to two of the three principal Tribes or 

 Suborders of the family, viz. : — 



Tribe AntirrhinecB. Upper lip or outer lobe of the corolla outside the 

 others in the bud. Genera : — 1 . Mullein j 2. Snapdragon ; 3. Linaria ; 

 4. Scrophularia ; and 5. Mimultjs. 



Tribe Rhinanthece. Upper lip or upper lobe of the corolla wholly or par- 

 tially inside the others in the bud. Genera : — 6. Limosel ; 7. Sibtuorpia ; 

 8. Foxglove ; 9. Veronica ; 10. Bartsia $ 11. Eyebright ; 12. Rattle ; 

 13. Pedicularis ; and 14. Melampyre. 



Among the exotic genera cultivated in our gardens may be men- 

 tioned, Broivallia, Brunsfelsia, Salpiglossis, and Schizanthus, be- 

 longing to the wholly exotic tribe Salpiglossidece ; and Calceolaria, 

 Alonsoa, Angelonia, Maurandia, Lophospermum, Paulownia, Collinsia, 

 Pentstemon, Torenia, and several others of the tribe Antirrhinece. 

 The exotic genera of Phinanthece, with the exception of a few allied to 

 Veronica and Foxglove, are mostly parasitical, and therefore, although 

 very handsome, not in cultivation. 



I. MULLEIN. VERBASCUM. 



Tall, erect, stiff herbs, often woolly ; with coarse, alternate leaves, 

 more or less toothed ; and yellow, white, or rarely purple flowers, 

 either solitary under each bract or in short dense cymes or branches, 

 forming terminal, simple spikes or branched panicles. Calyx deeply 

 5-cleft. Corolla rotate or concave, with a very short tube, and 5 broad, 

 rounded lobes. Stamens 5, with all the filaments woolly or the two 

 lower ones glabrous. Capsule ovoid, opening at the partition in two 

 valves, with very numerous small seeds. 



The genus extends over Europe and northern and central Asia, but 

 is most abundant in the Mediterranean region, where the species vary 

 much, besides frequently producing natural hybrids, so that their 

 distinction has become very complicated. The few British species 

 are however more easily recognized. 



Leaves decurrent on the stem, very woolly. Flowers in a dense, 



simple spike 1. Great M. 



Leaves not decurrent or the upper ones very slightly so. Flowers 

 in a raceme or panicle. 



