454 SCROPHULARIACE^E. 



the famous gout medicine, "Eau me"dicinale." Fox- 

 glove, Snapdragon, Mullein, and Toad-flax, have showy 

 and ornamental flowers ; and several kinds of Speedwell 

 (Veronica) are deservedly admired for their small "but 

 elegant blue flowers. 



* Stamens 4, 2 long and 2 short (didynamous). 



1. DIGITALIS (Foxglove). Calyx in 5 deep, unequal 

 segments ; corolla irregularly bell-shaped, with 4 5 

 shallow lobes ; capsule egg-shaped. (Name from the 

 Latin digitals, the finger of a glove, which its flowers 

 resemble.) 



2. ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon). Calyx 5-parted ; 

 corolla personate, swollen at the base (not spurred), its 

 mouth closed by a palate ; capsule oblique, opening by 

 pores at the top. (Name in Greek signifying opposite 

 the nose,- from the mask-like appearance of the flowers.) 



3. LINARIA (Toad-flax). Like Antirrhinum, except 

 that the corolla is spurred at the base. (Name from 

 Linum, Flax, which the leaves of some species re- 

 semble.) 



4. SCROPHULARIA (Fig-wort). Calyx 5-lobed ; corolla 

 nearly globose, with two short lips, the upper 2-lobed, 

 with a small scale within, the lower 3-lobed ; capsule 

 opening with 2 valves, the edges of which are turned in. 

 (Name from the disease for which the plant was 

 formerly thought a specific.) 



5. LIMOSELLA (Mudwort). Calyx 5-cleft; corolla 

 bell-shaped, 5-cleft, equal ; capsule globose, 2-valved. 

 (Name from the Latin limus, mud, from the character 

 of the places in which the plant grows.) 



6. MELAMPYRUM (Cow-wheat). Calyx tubular, with 4 

 narrow teeth ; corolla gaping, upper Up flattened verti- 

 cally, turned back at the margin, lower Up 3-cleft ; 

 capsule oblong, obliquely pointed, flattened ; seeds 1 or 

 2 in each cell. (Name in Greek signifying black wheat, 

 the seeds, when ground and mixed with flour, being said 

 to make it black.) 



