DIDYNAMIA— ANGIOSPERMIA. Scropluilaiia. 1S7 



8. A. Orontium. Lesser Snapdragon. 



Corolla scarcely tumid at the base. Flowers loosely spiked. 

 Calyx finger-shaped, longer than the corolla. 



A. Orontium. Linn. Sp. PI. 8G0. Willd. v. 3. 258. Fl. Br. 662. 



Engl. Bot. V. \7.t.\ 155. Curt. Lond.fasc. 4. t. 45. 

 A. n.334. Hall. Hist. v.XAAA. 

 A. angustifolium sylvestre. Raii Syn. *2S3. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2. 



464./. 

 A. minus. Ger.Em.540.f. 

 A. minimum. Lob. Ic. 405./. 

 A. arvense. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 82./. 2. 

 A. quartum. Maith. f'algr. v. 2. 540./. Camcr. EpU. 923./. 



hi dry sandy, gravelly, or ciialky, fields. 



Annual. Juhj, August. 



^V'hole herb slightly hairy, more or less branched, about a foot 

 high, with a wavy leafy stem. Leaves lanceolate, somewiiat 

 stalked, alternate, except a few of the lowermost. Fl. axillary, 

 nearly sessile, composing loose leafy spikes. Cat. in 5 dee]) li- 

 near segments, just equal in length to the opening corolla, but 

 soon extended much beyond it. Cor. of a purplish rose-colour, 

 with a yellow paZo^e; the tube occasionally varying to white. 

 Caps, ovate, with 3 pores^ each opening by a lid. When nearly 

 ripe it resembles the face of a Monkey, or Bat. Seeds bordered 

 and furrowed. 



310. SCROPHULARIA. Flgwort. 



Linn. Gen. 3\2. Juss. WO. Fl. Br. 062. Tourn. t. 7i. Lam. 

 t. 533. Gcertn. t. 53. 



Nat. Ord. see w. 309. 



Cal. with 5 rounded, rather unequal, marginal segments, 

 much shorter than the corolla. Cor. tubular, luiequal, 

 reversed; tube ovate, or globular, large, inflated; limb 

 very small, in 5 deep segments ; the upper one, (turned 

 downward,) short, slightly notched, reflexed, 2 lateral 

 ones spreading, 2 lower ones, (turned upward,) largest, 

 halt' combined, erect, often accompanied by a small inte- 

 rior lobe. Filam. declined towards the reversed upper 

 lip, linear, shorter than the corolla. Anth. terminal, 

 abrupt, of 2 valves. Germ, ovate. Style the length of 

 the stamens. Stigma simple. Caps, ovate or globular, 

 pointed, of 2 cells and 2 valves, the partitions double, 

 irom the inflexed margins of the valves. Seeds numerous, 

 small, angular, attached to a globose central receptacle. 



Fetid hcrbSi smooth or downy, sometimes thrubby, some- 



