_MONOPETALEZ—HYPOCOROLLES. os e 
lobes of the corolla. The Scrophularineee have opposite 
leaves, an irregular corolla, imbricated in estivation, and 2 
or 4 didynamous stamens. 
Mepicinat. Propertres.—These are various, but most 
of the plants in this family are somewhat acrid. The leaves 
of Brooklime (Veronica Beccabunga) are bitter, acrid, and 
Somewhat stimulant and diuretic; they are also deemed 
antiscorbutic. The leaves of Veronica officinalis are bitter 
and aromatic. V. Chamedrys, V. teucrium, and V. spicata 
have similar properties. The herbaceous, part of Hedge 
Hyssop (Gratiola officinalis) is an active emetic, diuretic, 
and cathartic, “ producing, in very large doses, all the effects 
of anirritative poison.”—Dr. A. T. Thomson. Its proper- 
ties reside in a bitter matter of aresinous character. Knot- 
ty-rooted Figwort (Scrophularia nodosa) has a place in the 
Pharmacoperias, as diuretic and sedative, and S. aquatica is 
gative: they are seldom, if ever, used. The most nota- 
e plant in this family is Purple Foxglove (Digitalis purpu- 
) : the leaves and seeds of this plant are powerfully sedative 
and diuretic, and the various preparations are deemed of 
great value when it is wished to diminish the force of the 
irculation, and lessen the heart’s action. Its properties are 
said to depend on an alkaline principle, which has received 
name of Digitaline. Eye-bright (Euphrasia officinalis) 
bitter and slightly aromatic, and was formerly used in 
of the eye. Linaria vulgaris ( Antirrhinum Linaria) 
and L. cymbalaria, have been used as diuretic ; the former 
48 purgative also, the latter as antiscorbutic. 
