264 SCROPHULARINE^E. [ANTIRRHINUM. 



A. MA'JUS, L. ; tall, perennial, leaves lanceolate-oblong or linear, raceme 

 bracteate glandular-pubescent, sepals short. 

 Old walls; an alien, Watson; fl. July-Sept. Erect, branched, shrubby and 



glabrous below, above glandular-pubescent. Leaves 1-3 in., very variable. 



Racemes dense-flowered ; bracts ovate, acuminate ; pedicels erect. S< /'/> 



unequal, very obtuse. Corolla l^in., purple white yellow or crimson ; palate 



yellow. Capsule \ in., glandular. Seeds ribbed and muricate. DISTIUB. 



Europe from Holland southwards ; introd. in N. America. Seeds yield oil 



in Russia. Leaves, &c. bitter and stimulant. 



A. SCROPHULARIA, Tournef. FIG-WORT. 



Herbs, often foetid. Leaves opposite, or the upper alternate, entire or 

 divided, often with pellucid dots. Flowers in panicled thyrsoid cymes, 

 greenish-purple or yellow ; peduncles glandular -pubescent. Calyx 5-partite. 

 Corolla-tube oblong or ventricose ; lobes short, 4 upper erect, lowest spread- 

 ing. Stamens 4, 5th usually rudimentary, declinate ; anther-cells adnate 

 to the filaments, confluent, bursting transversely. Disk oblique. Stigma 

 notched. Capsule acute, septicidally 2-valved; valves entire or 2-fid. Seeds 

 ovoid, rugose. DISTRIB. Europe, temp. Asia, N. Africa, rare in America ; 

 species about 80. ETYM. In reference to its former use in Scrofula. 



SECTION 1. Scrophula'ria proper. Sepals obtuse. Corolla purplish, 

 thmit not contracted, upper lobes longer than the lateral. Stamens 4, 

 included, 5th reduced to a scale on the upper lip. 



1. S. nodo'sa, L. ; glabrous below, stem acutely 4-angled, leaves ovate 

 or triangular-cordate acutely doubly-serrate, border of sepals narrow. 

 Shady places, from Ross and Harris southwards, ascending to 1,500 ft. in 



Yorkshire ; fl. July-Oct. Rootstock tuberous, nodose. Stem 1-3 ft., simple. 

 Leaves 2-4 in., shortly petioled, acute or acuminate, nerves strong, teeth 

 largest near the base. Cymes lax ; bracts linear acute, lower leafy ; pedi- 

 cels erect, slender, glandular at the base. Flowers in., green or brownish ; 

 scale of upper lip notched. Capsule broadly ovoid, acuminate. Seeds rugose, 

 brown. DISTRIB. Europe, Siberia, W. Asia, N. America. 

 Sub-sp. ALA'TA, Oilili. (sp.); laxer, upper part of stem broadly winged, bracts 

 foliaceous. S. wmbrosa, Dumort ; <S. EMiarti, Stev. 



2. S. aquat ica, L. ; glabrous below, stem 4-winged, leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate obtuse or acute doubly crenate-toothed, petiole winged, border 

 of sepals broad. S. Balbisii, Hornem. 



Ditches and edges of ponds, &c. from the Clyde and Berwick southwards ; 

 local in Ireland; fl. July-Sept. Rootstock stout, creeping. Stems 2-4 f t. , 

 petioles winged and lobed or leaves pinnatisect below. Leaves 3-8 in., 

 lower cordate at the base, glabrous or pubescent, teeth largest upwards. 

 Panicles large, erect ; cymes opposite, dichotomously branched, densely 

 many-flowered ; lower bracts small, linear. Corolla %-\ in., greenish below", 

 brown above ; upper lip 2-fid with a broad entire scale. Capsule small, 

 ovoid, acuminate. DISTRIB. Europe from Denmark southwards, N. Africa,. 

 Siberia, W. Asia to the Himalaya. 



3. 8. Score-do ma, L. ; glandular-pubescent, stem obscurely 4-angled, 

 leaves ovate or triangular-ovate doubly crenate, petiole not winged, border 

 of sepals broad. 



