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Stems 4 — 6 inches high. Flowers solitary, axillary, upon rather long 

 peduncle, small, purplish, with the lower lip yellow. 



*** Corolla merehj gibbous al the base. 

 5. A. 7najiis (great Snapdragon), leaves lanceolate alternate 



those of thc^ branches oppo'site, flowers spiked, segments of 



the cal. ovate obtuse. E. B. t. 129. 

 Hab. On old walls, as Mugdoch castle, Hopk. — Introduced. Fl. 



July, Aug. % . 

 One to two feet high. Flowers very large, mostly purplish red, but 



often varying to u-hite. 



26. &CROPHULARIA. 



1. S. nodosa {knotiy-rooted F/fr/t/m-^), leaves cordate acute .ser- 

 rated glabrous, stem with 4 rather obtuse angles. Light/. 

 p. 329. E.B.t.XaU. 



Hab. Woods and moist ground, not uncommon. K.July. 7/. 

 Root large, thick and knotty. Stem 2 — 3 feet high. Flowers in dicho- 



tomous axillary and terminal panicles, bracteated. Cor. greenish 



purple, with a scale in the upper lip. 



2. S. aquatica {Water Fiswurt), leaves elliptical cordate at the 

 base obtase serrated glabrous decuireiit, stem winged at the 

 angles. Light/, p. 329. E. B. t. S54. 



Hab. Sides of rivulets and other wet places. Dr. Parsons and Sihbald. 

 Rare about Glasg. ; ditch in Carmyle wood, Hopk. F/. July. 1/. 



Three to four feet high. F/ouers terminal, in dichotomous bracteated 

 panicles, without leaves, greenish purple, with a scale in the up- 

 per lip. 



3. S. vernalis {yellow Figivorl), leaves broadly cordate doubly 

 serrated pubescent acute, peduncles axillary solitary diclioto- 

 mous leafy. Light/ p. 'S'M. E.Bt.biH. 



Hab. Road-.sidcs and waste places. Hoddam castle, Annandale, 

 Lighff. Walls of Bothwell castle. Dr. V/alker. Road-side near 

 the hill of Moncrietf, in the greatest abundance ; and old walls 

 near Hatton, Edinb., Mangh. Perthshire, occasionally ; old wall 

 near Balmano castle , also in the village of Meithlie, Aberdeen- 

 shire, Mr. Mnrraij. Road-side by the inn at Clunie, Mr. liorrer 

 and Hook. Fl. May. c? • 



Stem 4, angular, sliarp-edged. Floicers yellow, orifice very small, 

 almost equally 5 -cleft. No scale within the cor. 



27. DIGITALIS. 



1. D. purpurea {purple Fox-glove), segments of the cal. ovate 



acute, cor. obtuse its upper lip undivided, leaves ovate crcnate 



downy. Light/ p. 33 1 . E, B. t. 1 297- 

 Hab. Dry hilly places, abundant. F/. July. $. 

 Three to four feet high. Leaves large, veined. Spike very showy, of 



large drooping purple (sometimes white) flowers, spotted within. 



— Aflbrds a medicine of great value. 



