ORD. XX. PERSONAT/. 
SCROPHULARIA NODOSA. KNOBBY-ROOTED FIGWORT. 
| SYNONYMA.  Serophularia. Matt. 1130.; Lob. Obs. 289—1, and Je. i. 
533. 2.; Park.610: 1. Scrophularia nodosa. Tourn. 74. Hook. Fl. Scot. 
i. p. 189. Sm. Engl. Fl. v. iti. p. 187. Hook. Br. Fl. p. 288. Willd. Sp. Pl. 
iii. 269. Smith, Flora Brit. 663. Eng. Bot. t. 1544. 
- Didynamia. Order Angiospermia. 
Nat. Ord, Personate, Linn. Scrophularine, Juss. 
Gen. Char. Calyx five-cleft. Corolla — resupinate. fae two- 
celled. 
Spec. Char. Leaves heart-shaped, acute, deeply serrated, glabrous, three- 
ribbed at the base. Stem rather obtusely four-angled. Root tuberous. 
THE genus Scrophularia commarings a pretty numerous family of plants, 
natives of almost every climate; near thirty species are cultivated in our 
botanic gardens, of which number, four, (including the one under considera- 
tion) are natives of Britain. The scrophularia nodosa is a perennial plant, 
frequenting groves and hedges, flowering in July.*. 
The root this species of scrophularia is tuberous, much granulated or 
knobbed, from which circumstauce it has derived its specific name.t The 
* We are told by Withering that it is supposed to yield much honey, and =e wasps 
resort greatly to its flowers. Goats eat it; but horses, cows, and sheep, re 
+ The knobs are said to disappear as the plant advances to maturity. 
