266 SCROPHULARINE^;. [SIBTJIOKPIA. 



6. SIBTHOR'PIA, L. 



Slender, creeping, hairy herbs. Leaves petioled, alternate or fascicled, 

 reniform, lobulate. Flowers yellow or pink, very small, axillary, solitary, 

 ebracteate. Calyx 4-8-fid. Corolla subrotate, 5-8-fid. Stamens as many 

 as the corolla-lobes or one fewer ; anthers sagittate, cells contiguous at the 

 top, not confluent. Stigma capitate. Capsule membranous, comprc.ssed. 

 loculicidally 2-valved. Seeds dorsally convex, flat or concave on the 

 ventral face, hilum ventral. DISTRIB. Europe, N. and W. trop. Africa, 

 Andes ; species 4 or 5. ETYM. Dr. H. Sibthorp, an Oxford Professor of 

 botany. 



1. S. europse'a, L.; leaves 7-9-lobed, pedicels short. 

 Moist shady banks, very rare ; S. Wales, and from Sussex (formerly) to 

 Cornwall, Channel and Scilly Is.; Kerry in Ireland; fl. July-Oct. // ,Y.< 

 flaccid, jointed. Stem 6-14 in., filiform, creeping. Leaves J-f in. diam., 

 membranous ; lobes broad, rounded or retuse. Flowers minute ; peduncle 

 short. Calyx-lobes lanceolate. Corolla pink, two smaller lo'oes yellowish. 

 Capsule very small. DISTRIB. W. France, Spam, Greece, Turkey, Azores. 



7. DIGITA'LIS, L. FOXGLOVE. 



Tall, biennial or perennial herbs, rarely shrubs. Lower leaves crowded, 

 petioled ; upper alternate. Flowers in a long terminal raceme, purple 

 orange yellow or white, spotted inside ; throat bearded. Calyx 5-partitf. 

 Corolla 'declinate, tube campanulate or ventricose, constricted above the 

 base ; upper lobe short, spreading, notched or 2-fid ; lower longer, horizon- 

 tal. Stamens 4, ascending ; anthers in pairs, cells diverging confluent. 

 Stigma, 2-lobed. Capsule septicidally 2-valved, valves entire with in- 

 flexed margins, separating from the seed-bearing column. Seeds minute, 

 oblong, angled. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia; species 18. 

 ETYM. digitus, & finger. 



1. D. purpu'rea, L. ; leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate crenate. 

 Copses, banks, &c., ascends to near 2,000ft. in the Highlands ; fl. July-Sept. 

 Glandular-pubescent and hoary. Stems 2-4 ft., stout, erect, rarely 

 branched. Leaves} 6-12 in., rugose above, radical petioled ; upper cauline 

 sessile. Raceme 1-2 ft., elongate, secund, dense-flowered; bracts leafy; 

 pedicels short, 1-flowered. Flotrers pendulous. Calyx-lobes oblong-lan- 

 ceolate. Corolla l-2i in., purple spots, speckled with ocellated rarely 



white ; lobes ciliate. Capsule ovoid, exceeding the calyx. Seeds alveolate. 

 DISTIUB. Europe, excl. Greece and Turkey. A well-known drug. 



8. VERON'ICA, L. SPEEDWELL. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves lower or all opposite, rarely whorled. F /'> n 

 in axillary or terminal racemes, rarely solitary, usually blue, never yellow. 

 Calyx 4-5-partite. Corolla rotate or subcampanulate : limb 4-fid, spreading, 

 lateral lobes usually narrower. Stamens 2, inserted on the corolla-tube at 

 the sides of the upper lobe, exserted ; anther-cells diverging, or parallel 

 and confluent at their tips. Stigma subcapitate. Capsule compressed <>r 

 turgid, septi- or loculicidal. Seeds ovoid or orbicular, peltate, smooth or 



rugulose. DISTRIB. North temp, regions, Australia, New Zealand ; sj ies 



about 160. ETYM. obscure. 



