. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. 252 THE FLORA. 2 0. parviflo'ra. SmaU-jhwered I. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx, blue. Plant small. 6. MIM'ULUS. Monkey-flower. Calyx priamatio, 5-aiigled and S-toothed. Co- rolla tubular, upper lip reflexed or erect, 2-lobed, lower lip spreading, with a prominent palate, 8-lobed. Pod '2-oelled, many-seeded. — Herbs prostrate or erect, with square stems, opposite leaves, and axillary solitary flowers. July. * Species from California, cultivated in ga
. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. 252 THE FLORA. 2 0. parviflo'ra. SmaU-jhwered I. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx, blue. Plant small. 6. MIM'ULUS. Monkey-flower. Calyx priamatio, 5-aiigled and S-toothed. Co- rolla tubular, upper lip reflexed or erect, 2-lobed, lower lip spreading, with a prominent palate, 8-lobed. Pod '2-oelled, many-seeded. — Herbs prostrate or erect, with square stems, opposite leaves, and axillary solitary flowers. July. * Species from California, cultivated in gardens.:.. 8, 4 * Species growing wild, in fields, road-sides, ifeo. Fls. blue 1, 2 1 M. rin'gens. Ringent M, Stem not at all winged. Leaves sessile. Peduncles longer than the flower, c. t, M. ala'tus. Wing-stem M. Stem slightly winged. clea shorter than the calyx. S M. lu'tea. Yellow M. Flowers yellow, often Fig. 578. Collinsia verna. Fig. 579. Section of a flower, full Bize. Leaves petiolate. Pedun- Leaves round-ovate. + 4: M. eardina'lis. Cardinal M. Fls, scarlet, large and brilliant. Leaves ovate, t T. OHELO'lsrE. Turtle-head. Oalyx deeply 5-parted, or the sepals distinct. Corolla inflated, upper lip broad, concave, lower 3-lobed, bearded in the throat. Stamens 4, woolly, with a 5th sterile filament shorter than the others. Seeds many, broadly wing-margined.—1[ Plants about 2f. erect, with opposite serrate leaves. 1 a purpu'rea. Purple T. Leaves lanceolate, petiolate. Flowers purple. Probably a variety of the next. W. M. 2 O. gla'bra. White T. Leaves lanceolate, sessile or nearly so. Flowers white or purplish. By brooks and wet places. 8 0. Lyo'ni. LijorCs T. Lvs. ovate, petiolate, rarely cordate. Fls. purple or white. S. 8. GERAE'DIA. Purple G^ardia. Oalyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed, valvate in the bud. Corolla tubular, swelling above, with 5 unequal, spreading lobes, which ai-e shorter than the tube. Stamens 4, quite unequal by pairs, included, hairy.
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