SCROPHULARIACE^. 235 



There is little doubt but that the Plymouth plant mentioned m the 

 Flora Anglica was really V. virgatum. Dr. Pulteney, in his Catalogue 

 of thejnore Rare Plants of Dorsetshire, says, under V. Blattaria, "Mr. 

 Lightfoot observed it about Plymouth m situations that inclined him to 

 believe it of natural growth." Probably it was V. virgatum that Light- 

 foot also found, and not the plant to which the name Blattaria is now 



restricted. 



SCROPHULARIA, Tournef. 



475. S. Balbisii, Hornem. Common Water Betony. 



Native ; m damp spots by streams, ditches, and ponds, and in 



waste places by roadsides. Very common. June to September. 



Area general. 



Frefjuent in damp spots around Plymouth, and over the enclosed 



country. It sometimes, however, occurs in dry places, as on the limestone 



at Cattedown and elsewhere. A variety with greenish-white or yellowish 



flowers and light foliage in a roadway behind the villas above Pounds, 



Pennycross (District iii.) ; also between Marsh Mills and Plympton St. 



3Iary Church, by the turnpike road. 



Wasps are very fond of the nectar contained in the flowers of both 

 this and our other species, and consequently mucli frequent them. 



476. S. nodosa, Z. Knotty-rooted Figwort. 



Native ; in waste spots and on banks. Very common. June to 

 September. Area general. 

 Grows on hedge-banks close to Plymouth ; Cemetery Road, Furze Hill, 

 &c. ; and extends to the semi-moorland parishes; Buckland jNIonachorum, 

 &c. A variety with greenish-white or yellowish flowers, corresponding 

 to that named under S. Balbisii, at Shalaford and near Plymstock (Dis- 

 trict IV. ) ; and between Battisborough and Lambside (v.) ; at the last 

 place two plants growing near an ordinary one. 



*S'. Scorodonia, L. Specimen in Hei'b. Plymouth Institution, labelled 

 ' S. aquatica, near Devonport.' It was collected by Dr. Jacob. There 

 is no date, and probably it came from some other locality ; very likely 

 from the neighbourhood of Kingsbridge, Avhere S. Scorodonia grows in 

 abundance. 



S. vernalis, L. Casual. A stray from a garden. Ham Wood ; a few 

 plants, May, 1861. Phyt. v. N.S. 256. 



DIGITALIS, Tournef. 



477. D. purpurea, L. Foxglove; '■ Flajxlock,^ or '' Flappadock^ 



Native ; on banks, in the open parts of hilly woods and copses, 

 and on stony or bushy hillsides in both the open and enclosed 

 country. Very common. Near the end of May to July. Area 

 general. 



