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Upper lip with 2 small, short, erect lobes. Lower lip broad, 3- 

 lobed, at least three times as long as the upper, and having a 

 white swelling near the throat that conceals the stamens and 

 pistil. Stamens 4. Pod many-seeded, the size of a pea, opening 

 by pores and forming up the stem as the plant continues to 

 blossom. March and April. Well drained hillsides. 



Antirrhinum anUrrMniflorum (Poir.) Small. 



Climbing Snapdragon. Monkey-flower. 

 {Antirrhinum maurandiaides A. Gray.) 



Smooth, trailing or climbing, slender-stemmed vines with 2- 

 lipped, pansy-violet, velvety-lobed flowers, strongly resembling 

 the cultivated snap dragon. Leaves simple, alternate. Blades 

 triangular to ovate, entire or 3-lobed, with more than 1 vein at 

 base. Flowers spring singly from the axils of the leaves. Upper 

 lip of corolla 2-lobed, the lobes recurved. Lower lip broader, 3- 

 lobed. Stamens 4. Pod several-seeded, size of a small pea. 

 Climbs up fences and over and in bushes. Blossoms throughout 

 the summer into late fall. This vine like the cultivated nastur- 

 tum is excellent for use with E vonymous in producing the 

 European ' 1 flowering hedge. ' ' 



Pentstemon cobaea Nutt. Beard-tongue. Dew-flowers. 



Pentstemon. 



This handsome erect plant grows 1 to 2 feet high, has stout, 

 shiny green stems and showy, bell-shaped, purplish, 2-lipped 

 flowers, clustered at intervals in the upper leaf axils. Upper 

 leaves simple, opposite. Blades sessile, shiny, deep green, entire, 

 or saw-toothed, oblong to ovate, sometimes lanceolate. Corolla 2- 

 lipped, about IV2" long, purplish or reddish purple or paler, 

 marked with purplish-red stripes within. Stamens 5, 2 long, 2 

 short, and one without an anther and bearded. March and April. 

 Dry rocky hills and hillsides. Children call these dew-flowers, 

 due to the habit of collecting drops of nectar from the base of the 

 corolla tube early in the morning. 



