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branched, l°-2° high. Leaves broadly oval or ovate in outline, deeply 
pinnately-lobed or parted. Racemes few-flowered. Calyx very prick¬ 
ly, becoming enlarged, enclosing the fruit. Corolla bright yellow, 
about 1' broad. 
On prairies. May-September. Common. 
7. Solanum Dulcamara L. Climbing or Bitter Nightshade. 
Perennial, with simple hairs or glabrate. Stems shrubby, long, and 
climbing. Leaves heart-shaped, or with ear-like leaflets at the base. 
Flowers blue to purple, cyme. Berries showy, of many shades of 
orange and red in the same cluster. 
In waste places. May-September. 
FAMILY 79. SCROPHULARIACEiE. Figwort Family. 
Herbs, shrubs or trees, with opposite or alternate, ex- 
stipulate leaves, and perfect, mostly complete, and ir¬ 
regular flowers. Calyx inferior, persistent, 4-5-toothed, 
cleft, or divided, or sometimes split on the lower side, or 
on both sides. Corolla gamopetalous, the limb 2-lipped, or 
nearly regular. Stamens 2, 4 or 5, didynamous, or near¬ 
ly equal, inserted on the corolla and alternate with its 
lobes. Pistil 1, entire or 2-lobed. Ovary superior, 2- 
celled, or rarely 1-celled. Style slender, simple. Stigma 
entire, 2-lobed or 2-lamellate. Fruit mostly capsular. 
Corolla spurred, saccate, or gibbous on the lower side 
at the base. I. Linaria. 
Corolla neither spurred, saccate, nor gibbous on the 
lower side. 
Anther-bearing stamens 4, the fifth sterile or rudi¬ 
mentary. 
Corolla tubular, 2-lipped, the lobes of the lower 
lip flat. II. Pentstemon. 
Corolla 2-cleft, declined; middle lobe of the lower 
lip conduplicate. III. Collinisia. 
