DIDYNAMIA— ANGIOSPERMIA. Scrophularia. 137 

 310. SCROPHULARIA. Figwort. 



Linfi. Gen. 3\2. Juss.WO. Ft. Br. 662. Tourn.t.74. Lam. 

 t. 533. Gar In. t. 53. 



Nat. Orel, see ??. 309. 



CaL with 5 rounded, rather unequal, marginal segments, 

 much shorter than the corolla. Co7\ tubular, unequal, 

 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, 

 half combined, erect, often accompanied by a small inte- 

 rior lobe. Filam. declined towards the reversed upper 

 hp, 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, 

 from the inflexed margins of the valves. Seeds numerous, 

 small, angular, attached to a globose central receptacle. 



Fetid herhs^ smooth or downy, sometimes shrubby, some- 

 times only biennial, or annual. Stem tall, erect, more or 

 less acutely quadrangular, leafy, panicled. Leaves oppo- 

 site, serrated, simple, or variously pinnatifid, or pinnate. 

 Fl. numerous, usually with dark-coloured lips; sometimes 

 altogether yellow. 



1. S. nodosa. Knotty-rooted Figwort. 



Leaves heart-shaped, acute ; three-ribbed at the base. Stem 



sharp-edged. Root tuberous. 

 S. nodosa, l.inn. Sp. PI. 863. mild. v. 3. 2/0. Fl. Br. 663. Engl. 



Bot. V. 22. t. 1544. Hook. Scot. 18D. Gunn. Norveg. v. 2. 87, 



n. 732. t. 4. /'. I — 3 ; not correct. 

 S. n. 326. Jlall.Ilist.v. 1. 111. 

 S. major. Raii Syn. *263. Gcr. Km. 7\6.f. Bruuf. Herb, v 1 



215.,/: 213. 

 Scrophularia. Mattli. I'algr. v. 2. i7\. f. Ccvucr. Epit. S66. f. 



Ric.Munop.Irr.t. 107./. I. 

 S. minor. 7^r. Monnp. Irr. append./. 

 Galeopsis. Fucks. I list. 193./. 194. 

 Brown Figwort. Petiv. II. lirit. /.35./. 9. 

 /3. Scrophularia major, caulibus foliis ct florihus viridihus. Boharl 



in Hall Sijn.*2H3. 



In hedges, woods and thiiKcts. 



Perennial. .Juh/. 



Herbage nearly or (pule sinootli, filid like ICldcr, when bruised. 



