THE FIGWORT FAMILY 
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and inspired the Greek and Roman sculptors with many of their finest conventional 
designs for enriching the capitals of pillars and other parts of their magnificent buildings. The 
Ruellias and Justicias grown in greenhouses are also members of the Acanthus Family. 
Stamens 5, protruding. 
I. Mullein (Verbas'cum). Corolla circular (rotate), 5-lobed, gaping ; stamens hairy ; capsule 
opening by 2 valves. 
Stamens 4, usually included. 
II. *Monkey-flower (Mim'ulus). Calyx 5-angled ; corolla tubular, 2-lipped, gaping ; capsule 
opening by 2 valves. 
III. Snapdragon (Antirrhinum). Corolla 2-lipped, gaping, pouched; capsule opening by 
pores. 
IV. Figwort (Scrophularia). Corolla nearly globular, usually shortly 2-lipped, gaping; capsule 
opening by 2 valves. 
V. Mudwort (Limosel'la). Corolla minute, bell-shaped, gaping, with 5 nearly equal lobes; 
flowers and leaves all from the root ; capsule opening by 2 valves. 
VI. Cornish Money-wort (Sibthorp'ia). Flowers minute, circular (rotate), with, in the only 
British species, 4 sepals, and 5 petals ; capsule opening by 2 valves. 
VII. Foxglove (Digitalis). Calyx unequally divided ; corolla bell-shaped, gaping, contracted 
at the base and inflated above ; capsule opening by 2 valves. 
VIII. Toadflax (Linaria). Corolla 2-lipped, spurred, the tube usually closed by the palate; 
capsule opening by teeth or pores. 
IX. Eye-bright (Euphrasia). Calyx 4-lobed ; corolla tubular, gaping, 2-lipped, lower lip with 
3 deeply notched lobes ; capsule 2-valved. 
X. Bart'sia. Calyx 4-lobed ; corolla tubular, arched, 2-lipped, upper lip erect, arched, entire or 
slightly notched ; capsule 2-valved. 
XI. Red-Rattle (Pedicular'is). Calyx inflated ; corolla tubular, arched, gaping, 2-lipped ; 
capsule 2-valved. 
XII. Yellow-Rattle (Rhinan'thus). Calyx inflated, 4-lobed ; corolla tubular, arched, gaping, 
2-lipped; capsule 2-valved. 
XIII. Cow-wheat (Melampy'rum). Calyx 4-toothed; corolla tubular, arched, 2-lipped; the 
corolla-tube closed by the palate ; capsule 2-valved. 
Stamens 2, protruding. 
XIV. Speedwell (Veron'ica). Corolla circular (rotate) with 4 unequal spreading lobes ; capsule 
2-valved. 
I. MULLEIN. (VERBAS'CUM. Linn.) — Flowers yellow, white, or rarely purple, solitary or in 
little clusters, with small bracts at the base, forming erect showy spikes. Calyx of five sepals 
united at the base, free from and inserted below the seedcase (inferior) ; corolla circular (rotate), 
of 5 petals, united at the base into a very short gaping tube and spreading into a circular limb 
of 5 broad, slightly unequal lobes, inserted below the seedcase (hypogynous) ; stamens 5, 2 longer 
than the other 3, with hairy filaments or with 3 hairy and the other 2 smooth (glabrous), inserted 
in the corolla-tube (epi-petalous) ; carpels 2, with 1 style, and a pin-head-like (capitate) stigma ; 
fruit a roundish capsule, 2-celled, with many small seeds attached to a central column, opening 
