. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. SCKOPHULARIACE^ 375 6. P£NTST£M0N. Beard-Tongue. Perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, the upper sessile or clasping: flowers showy: calyx 5-parted: corolla irregular, with tube more or less inflated and two-lipped, the lower lip 3-lobed: stamens 5, 4 in two pairs each bearing an anther, the fifth filament conspicuous but sterile, sometimes longer than the others and bearded: fruit a globose capsule with many wing- less seeds. P. pub6scenB, Solander. Stems hairy, rather viscid above, 1-2 feet: leaves narrow-oblong to lanceolate, minutely tooth
. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. SCKOPHULARIACE^ 375 6. P£NTST£M0N. Beard-Tongue. Perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, the upper sessile or clasping: flowers showy: calyx 5-parted: corolla irregular, with tube more or less inflated and two-lipped, the lower lip 3-lobed: stamens 5, 4 in two pairs each bearing an anther, the fifth filament conspicuous but sterile, sometimes longer than the others and bearded: fruit a globose capsule with many wing- less seeds. P. pub6scenB, Solander. Stems hairy, rather viscid above, 1-2 feet: leaves narrow-oblong to lanceolate, minutely toothed or entire; panicle open: corolla about 1 in. long, two-lipped, with a bearded palate in the throat, dull bluish violet or purplish. Dry situations. May to July. 7. COLLtN()IA. Innocence. Blue-eyed Mary Pretty little annuals or biennials, branching and diffuse with opposite or verticillate leaves, and irregular flowers, blue and white, on pedicels, whorled or solitary in the axils of the upper leaves: corolla two-lipped with the upper lip 2-cleft, the lower lip 3-cleft, with the middle lobe keeled and saccate, enclosing the 4 stamens and the style: a fifth stamen reduced to a mere rudiment. C. v6ma, Nutt. Stem 8-16 in., branching: leaves small, various, the lower ovate, the upper more lanceolate and clasping, margins crenate or toothed: flowers on long peduncles, in whorls of 4-6: corolla K to % in., twice longer than calyx: 3 lower petals sky-blue or pink, upper two petals, white. An extremely attractive plant in woods, blooming April to June. 8. MfMITLUS. Monkey-flower. Small herbs with opposite leaves, with usu- ally showy solitary flowers on axillary pedun- cles: calyx 5-angled and 5-toothed: corolla tubu- lar, the 2 lobed upper lip erect or spreading: stamens 4: stigma 2-lobed. M. ringens, Linn. Wild monlcey-floiver. Erect perennial, with square stem and oblong or lanceolate clasping serrate leaves: flowers blue or light purple, somewhat personate. Wet places. M. Idteu
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