SCROPHULARIACE^E 



THE LEAVES: mostly alternate; linear; one half inch to 

 one and a half inches long; acute at both ends; sessile; 

 entire. 



THE FLOWERS: in dense racemes, upright on short stems, 

 one inch long or more; the spur somewhat darker, nearly 

 as long as the body of the corolla; the middle lobe of the 

 lower lip shorter than the other two; the throat orange- 

 coloured. 



THE FRUIT: a capsule. 



Handsome, irregularly-shaped flowers, that have the 

 spur and the two lobes to the petals, which are character- 

 istic of the family. In close array they run up the stem 

 that is thickly draped with slightly drooping, light green, 

 narrow leaves. Yellow and yellow-orange in their coloring, 

 they suggest scrambled eggs as much as Butter and Eggs. 



From this plant is obtained a valuable drug. 



SCROPHULARIACE^: FIGWORT FAMILY 



Gratiola aurea, Muhl. 



Yellow Golden Hedge Hyssop, 



Golden Pest. 

 July-August 



Gratiola: named from Latin for favour from supposed 

 medicinal properties. 

 Aurea: Latin derivative for golden. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: wet, sandy borders of ponds. 



THE PLANT: low-lying, creeping or erect, four inches to 

 twelve inches high; the stems simple or branched, with very 

 fine, short hairs or hairless above, somewhat four-sided. 



THE LEAVES: opposite; lanceolate; without hairs; obtus- 

 ish at the apex; narrowed at the base; sessile and some- 

 what clasping; with few very fine round teeth or entire. 



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