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POPULAR FLORA. 
Corolla ovoid, small, dull greenish purple, with 4 short unequal erect lobes, and one small 
recurved one (the lower). Stamens 4 and a rudiment, ( Scrophularia ) Figwort. 
Corolla shaped like a turtle’s head, the mouth closed or nearly so, without a palate. Sta¬ 
mens 4 with woolly anthers; and a sterile filament besides, ( Chelone) Turtlehead. 
Corolla open at the irregular or 2-lipped mouth. Stamens 4, and a sterile filament besides 
(Fig. 434, 435), ( Pentstemon ) Pentstemon. 
Corolla 2-lipped; the upper lip with the sides turned back, the lower lip turned down. 
Stamens 4, no vestige of the fifth. Calyx elongated, 5-angled, 5- 
toothed. Stigmas with 2 broad lips, ( Mimulus ) Monkey-flower. 
Corolla somewhat 2-lipped, open. Stamens only 2 perfect. Calyx 5-parted. 
Sterile filaments included, or none. Corolla yellow or whitish, ( Gratiola) Hedge-Hyssof. 
Sterile filaments long, protruding from the purple or blue corolla, ( Ilysantlies) False-Pimpernel. 
-t- Lower lip or the side lobes covering the others in the bud. 
Corolla (large, purple or white) tubular, open; the border slightly 5-lobed, ( Digitalis ) ^Foxglove. 
Corolla salver-shaped. Flowers in a spike. 
Stamens 2, projecting, longer than the 4 lobes of the corolla, ( Veronica Virginica) Culver’s-root. 
Stamens 4, included: lobes of the corolla 5: calyx tubular, 5-toothed, (.Buchneva) Blue-hearts. 
Corolla bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, somewhat irregularly 5-lobed. Stamens 4, ( Gerardia) Gerardia. 
Corolla tubular, decidedly 2-lipped, the narrow upper lip erect or arched, enclosing the 4 
stamens. Flowers in a spike. Pod many-seeded. 
Bracts large and colored, scarlet in our species. Calyx tubular, ( Castillexa) Painted-cup. 
Bracts green, small. Leaves pinnatifid, ( Pedicularis ) Lousewort. 
Mullein. Verbascum. 
Flowers in a long terminal spike or raceme. Corolla 5-parted, almost regular. Stamens 5, unequal, 
but generally all with anthers. Root biennial. 
1. Common M. Tall, woolly throughout; the simple stem winged by the prolonged bases of the leaves; 
flowers yellow, in a long thick spike; two of the filaments smooth. Fields, &c. V. Thapsus. 
2. Moth M. Green, smoothish; stem 2° or 3° high; leaves toothed; flowers yellow or white in a loose 
raceme; filaments all bearded with yellow wool. Road-sides. V. Blattaria. 
Speedwell. Veronica. 
Flowers small; one or two of the lobes of the 4-parted border, of the corolla always smaller than the 
others. Stamens 2, protruding. Pod flattened, many-seeded in the common species. 
§ 1. Corolla salver-shaped, the tube longer than the border. Pod not notched at the end. 
1. Culver’s-root S. A tall perennial, with lance-shaped pointed leaves in whorls, and whitish flowers 
crowded in clustered spikes. Woods, W. and S., and cultivated in gardens. V. Virginica. 
k 2. Corolla wheel-shaped, tube very short, pale blue or white. Pod notched at the end. Leaves opposite. 
* Flowers in single racemes from the axils of the leaves. 
2. Water S. Smooth; stems rooting at the creeping lower part, then erect; leaves*sessile by a heart- 
shaped base, ovate-lanceolate; corolla pale blue with darker stripes. Brooks. V Anagdllis. 
3. Brook S. or Brooklime. Leaves ovate or oblong, on petioles; otherwise like the last. V Americana. 
4. Marsh S. Smooth, slender; leaves sessile, linear, acute; raceme zigzag, loose. V. scutellala. 
5. Common S. Downy; stems creeping; leaves wedge-oblong, serrate; raceme dense. Dry ground, 
in open woods. F officinalis. 
