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SCROPHULARIN^. 



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with a spreading limb, the segments of which 

 are plaited, that is, each bears the crease of a 

 fold in the middle, as may be seen in the Petu- 

 nia. In the order Verbascinse, the corolla is 

 rotate, and the segments are not plaited ; the 

 anthers also are only one-celled. Most of the 

 plants belonging to Solanacese are poisonous in 

 a raw state ; but they lose their deleterious 

 qualities when cooked. 



ORDER CXLI.— SCROPHULARINjE. 



The Foxglove is generally taken as the type 

 of this order, and it has a tubular corolla (see a 

 in fig. 140) with a short limb (c*), and a spread- 

 ing calyx (c). There are four stamens of un- 

 equal length inserted on the base of the corolla 

 and hidden in its tube; and 

 an oblong ovary (J), with 

 a long style, and a two- 

 lobed stigma {e). The 

 fruit is a dry capsule with 

 two cells, and numerous 

 seeds, ^he flowers of the 

 other genera are very irre- 

 gular. In the Snapdra- 

 gon, the corolla is what is 

 called personate ; and in 

 the Calceolaria the lower lip is curiously inflated. 



FxG. 140.— Foxglove 

 (Digitalis). 



