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the valves bent in ; opening at the top : the 

 seeds very many, small: the receptacle roundish, 

 insinuating iuell into earn cell. 



The species cultivated are: I. S. Jrutescens, 

 Shrubby Figwort; '2. S. trifbliata, Three-l 

 Figwort ; 3. S. sambucij'olia, Elder-leaved Fig- 

 wort ; ■). S. lucida, Shining-leaved Figwort. 



'I he first h:is the stem perennial, (or becoming 

 woody,) four-cornered, acute-angled, brachiate 

 below: the kaees ovate, toothed, shining, 

 smooth, small, opposite: (be lower obovate ; the 

 upper oblong: the raceme terminating, leafy, 

 with quite entire bractes, and opposite uilid pe- 

 duncles, the length of the bractes : corollas small, 

 verv dark purple, with the lateral segments while, 

 and the lowest very .small. A native or Portugal. 



The second species has the stem simple or 

 sparingly branched, erect, smooth, tour-cor- 

 nered, striated : the leaves cordate, smooth and 

 even, shining, veined, obtuse, unequally and 

 obtusely double-toothed, petioled ; the lower 

 ones often eared at the base: the raceme inter- 

 rupted : the peduncles alternate : the flowers 

 pedicellcd, in raceme-lets. According to l'luke- 

 net, they are beautifully variegated with red a:rd 

 yellow. It is a native of Corsica and Africa, 

 and is biennial or perennial. 



In the third the stem is erect, four-cornered 

 from the de-current petioles: the leaves pinnate, 

 with five or seven leaflets, (besides the smaller 

 ones placed between them) cordate, wrinkled, 

 smooth above, serrate, with the end one larger: 

 the raceme terminating, composed of verv short, 

 subdiehotomous, axillary peduncles in pairs : 

 flowers large, purple with the lower lip greenish. 

 It is a native of Portugal, flowering from July 

 to September, and perennial. 



The fourth species, according to Miller, is a 

 biennial plant, with stalks fifteen inches high, 

 thick, smooth, and having scarcely any corners: 

 leaves pinnate, narrow, of a lucid green, thick, 

 succulent, and divided into many leaflets, which 

 are again divided (bipinnate): flowers in loose 

 bunches on the sides and at the top of the stalk, 

 of a dark brown colour with a mixture of green. 

 It is a native of the kingdom of Naples. 



Culture. — These plants may be increased by 

 seeds, which should he sown in autumn in the 

 borders or other places where the plants are to 

 remain. The plants should be kept free from 

 weeds; when the roots continue several years, 

 unites destroyed by severe frosts. It is there- 

 fore a good practice to have some in pots pro- 

 tected by a frame and glasses: and as the young 

 plants flower the strongest, a proper sue 

 should be sown annually. They may also be 

 sometimes raised from the parted roots; and the 

 shrubby sorts by cuttings in the summer. 



They afford ornament in the clumps, ccc. 



Vol. II. 



SCULL-CAP. Set Scdtrli i 

 SCU I ELLARIA, a genus containing plant.? 

 of the hardy herbaceous perennial kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Did) • xifria 

 Gymnospermia, and ranks in the natural ord 

 i . I', : !irtl lata-. 



Tile characters ate: that the calyx is a oik - 

 baled perianth, very short, tubular: mouth 

 almost entire; after flowering closed with a lid ; 

 the corolla One-petal led, ringent: tube very si, 

 bent backwards : throat long, compressed: upper 

 lipconcave, trifid ; middle little segment concave, 

 emarginate; side ones Cat. sharpish, King under 

 the middle one; lower lip wider, emarginate: 

 the stamina have four filaments, concealed be- 

 neath the upper lip, of which two are longer: 

 anthers small: the pistillum is a four-parted 

 germ: style filiform, situation and length of the 

 stamens: stigma simple, curved in, acuminate: 

 there is no pericarpium : ealvx closed by a lid, 

 helmet-shaped, doing the office of a capsule, 

 three-sided, opening by the lower margin : the 

 seeds four, roundish. 



The species are: 1. S. integrifolia, Entire- 

 leaved Skull-cap; 8. 5. peregrina, Florentine 

 Skull-cap; 3. S. altissima, Tall Skull-cap. 



The first has the stems two feet high, sending 

 out many side branches: the lower leaves heart- 

 shaped and serrate, standing upon pretty long 

 foot-stalks; upper leaves ovate and entire: the 

 flowers in very long loose spikes at the end of 

 the branches; they are of a purple colour, and 

 appear at the end of June. It is a native of 

 North America. 



The second species has the stem hairy, two 

 feet high: the (lowers are purple or white.' It is 

 a native of Italy, See. 



The third has the stems three or four feet 

 high, sending out a few slender branches: the 

 ilowers are purple, with longer tubes than those 

 of any of the other sorts. It is a native of the 

 Levant. 



Culture. — These are all raised from seed, 

 which should be sown in the autumn or spring, 

 but the former is the better season, in the places 

 where they arc to remain, or in a border to be 

 removed afterwards. When the plants are up 

 they should he properly thinned out and kept 

 free from weeds. 



They afford variety in the borders, clumps, 

 and other parts of pleasure-grounds. 



SEA CABBAGE. See BBASSICA and 

 Cbambb. 



SKA DAFFODIL. See I'ancratm m. 



SKA GRAPE. Sec Coccoloba. 



SEAHOLLY. SeeERYHGiow. 



SEA EAI IREL. See I'hyi.i. \nti. 



SF.A ONION. SeeScitiA. 



SEA l'EA. See Pisum. 

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