THE FLOWERING PLANTS 



OF 



GREAT BRITAIN 



Order LXI. SCROPHULARINEiE— FIGWORT TRIBE. 



Calyx 4 — 5-lobed, not falling off; corolla generally irregular, often 

 2-lipped, overlapping when in bud ; stamens usually 4, 2 long and 2 short, 

 sometimes 2 or 5 ; ovary 2-celled ; style 1 ; stigma 2-lobed ; capsule 

 2-celled, 2 — 4-valved, or opening by pores ; seeds few or numerous. This is 

 a large and important order, consisting chiefly of herbaceous, but, in some 

 cases, of shrubby plants, inhabiting all parts of the world. Many powerful 

 medicinal plants are contained in it, as the Foxglove and the Hedge-hyssop 

 (Ch-atiola officinalis) ; while it contributes many beautiful flowers to our 

 gardens, and makes our waysides gay with its Mulleins, Speedwells, and 

 other lovely wild flowers. 



* Stamens 2, 



1. Speedwell {Verdnica). — Corolla wheel-shaped, unequally 4-cleft, lower 

 segment the narrowest ; capsule 2-celled. Named from Veronica, a saint of 

 the Roman Catholic Church. 



* * Stamens 4, iisualli/ 2 long and 2 short. 



2. Bartsia (Bdrtsia). — Calyx tubular, generally coloured, 4-cleft ; corolla 

 gaping, with a contracted throat, upper lip arched, entire, lower lip 3-lobed ; 

 lobes bent back ; capsule flattened, pointed, 2-celled ; seeds numerous, angular. ' 

 Name in honour of John Bartsch, a Prussian botanist. 



3. Eye-BRIGHT (Euphrasia). — Calyx tubular, 4-cleft; corolla gaping, 

 upper lip divided, lower lip in 3 nearly equal lobes ; anthers spurred at the 

 base ; capsule flattened, blunt, or notched ; seeds ribbed. Name from the 

 Grreek, euphraino, to gladden, in allusion to its supposed useful properties. 



4. Yellow- RATTLE (Bhindnthus). — Calyx inflated, 4-toothed ; corolla 

 gaping, upper lip flattened vertically, lower lip plane, 3-lobed; capsule 

 flattened, blunt ; seeds numerous, flat and bordered. Name in Greek signi- 

 fying Nose-flower, from the peculiar form of the corolla. 



5. Cow-WHEAT {Melampp-v7n).— Calyx tubular, with four narrow teeth ; 

 corolla gaping, upper lip flattened vertically, turned back at the margin, 

 lower lip 3-cleft ; capsule oblong, obliquely pointed, flattened ; seeds one 



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