Verbascum. 



SCROPHULARIACE^E. 



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Tribe 4. GRATIOLEiE. Corolla nearly equal, or 2-lipped ; the lobes flattish. Fertile stamens 2 or 4, ascending: 

 anthers 2-cellcd. Dissepiment of the capsule bearing the placental, and at length free. 



7. Mimultjs. Calyx prismatic, 5-toothed. Corolla ringent : upper lip reflexcd at the sides; lower 3-cleft; the palate 



prominent. 



8. Gratiola. Calyx 5-parted, with two bractcoles at the base. Corolla tubular, slightly 2-lipped. Fertile stamens 



usually only 2 ; the other two abortive or wanting, 



9. Lindernia. Calyx 5-parted, without bractcoles. Corolla 2-lipped; the upper lip short and reflcxed. Stamens 4; 



the two longer forked and sterile ; the two shorter fertile. 



Tribe 5. BUCHNEREiE. Corolla 5- or unequally 4-lobed, never 2-lipped ; the lobes flat. Stamens usually 4 : 

 anthers onc-cclled. 



10. Buchnera. Corolla somewhat salver-form, with a long and slender tube ; the limb almost equally 5-lobcd ; the lobes 



cuneate-obcordate. 



Tribe 6. VERONICEiE. Corolla rotate, funnel-form, or rarely somewhat 2-lipped. Stamens 4, or often only 2, 

 without rudimentary sterile ones. Capsule loculicidal ; the valves usually also splitting at the dis- 

 sepiment. 



11. Limosella. Corolla rotate-campanulate, equally 4 - 5-lobed. Stamens 4, nearly equal : anthers 1-celled. Capsule 



globose, 1-celled. 



12. Veronica. Calyx 4-parted. Corolla rotate. Stamens 2. Capsule obcordate. 



13. Pjederota. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla tubular, 4 - 5-lobed, or somewhat 2-lipped. Capsule ovoid. 



Tribe 7. GERARDIEjE. Corolla campanulale, funnel-form or tubular, somewhat spreading; the lobes flat and 

 rounded. Stamens 4, all fertile, ascending : anther-cells distinct. Capsule 2-cellcd, either loculicidal 

 or septicidal. Seeds commonly with a loose reticulate testa. 



14. Gerardia. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed or -cleft. Corolla somewhat campanulate ; the border almost equally 



5-lobed. Stamens included. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds with a loose testa. 



Tribe 8. RHINANTHEyE. Corolla 2-lipped ; the upper lip concave, galeate or linear. Stamens 4 (rarely 2), 

 ascending : anther-cells distinct. Capsule loculicidal ; the valves commonly entire. 



15. Castilleja. Calyx ventricos^, spathe-like. Corolla 2-lipped; the upper lip very long and narrow. Stamens 4: 



anther-cells divaricate. Seeds with a loose testa. 



16. Pedicularis. Calyx ventricose, unequally 5-toothcd, or 2-lipped. Corolla ringent ; the upper lip galeate, and often 



rostrate. Seeds with a closely adhering (esta. 



17. Melampyrum. Calyx 4-cIeft, 4-toothed, campanulate. Corolla ringent or personate ; upper lip laterally compressed, 



with the sides reflexed ; the lower with two gibbosities. 



Tribe I. VERBASCEJE. Benth. 



Tube of the corolla short, or somewhat globose ; the limb rotate and somewhat equally 

 5-lbbed, or 2-lipped ; not ringent. Fertile stamens 2 — 5, mostly declined : anthers 

 approximated or cohering, mostly 2- (rarely 1-) celled; the cells divaricate, confluent. 

 Capsule 2-valved, septicidal. Testa of the seed solid. 



1. VERBASCUM. Linn. ; Endl. gen.. 3878. mullein. 



[Altered from Barbascum ; the leaves being covered with a barba or beard ] 



Calyx 5-parted, nearly equal. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed ; the lobes nearly equal. Stamens 5, 

 all perfect, declined, often hairy ; the anterior ones longer. Capsule ovoid or globose, 

 septicidal ; the valves 2-cleft at the summit. — Herbs, often woolly, with alternate leaves 

 and the flowers in spikes or paniculate racemes. 



