SCROPHULARIACE^. (FIGWORT FAMILY). 571 



3. H. reticulatus, L. @ .4 to .5, Fig. 263. 



villous with cobtcebhy hairs ; stem stout, erect, 

 branchiug from neck or above. Leaves ob- 

 long to lanceolate, more or less piimatijid to 

 pi7inntipnrtite, the radical petioled, the cau- 

 line sesiiile hut not clasping, the floral entire, 

 longer than flower. Corolla nearly i-egular, 

 .025 long, ^H/?7)?w7i-iu'o/e^, reticulate, with 

 rounded lobes one-fourth as long as tube ; 

 fruiting calyx .025 long, .01 broad, not con- 

 tracted above middle, icith recurved, lanceo- 

 late, pricUy-pointed teeth, about half as long ^^^^^^ ^^ ^ reticulatus. 

 as tube — Spring — Fields ; common. 



Var. iiitegrifolius, Boiss. Leaves sinuate, irregularly toothed 

 or entire — Coelesyria ; Antilebanou ; Gilead ; Hems ; Aintab. 



4. If. all>us, L. 1|! .3 to .6, mllous-mscid ; stems erect, branch- 

 ing. Leaves petioled, ovate-orbicular, cuneate to cordate at base, 

 coarsely and ol)tusely dentate-lohed ; floral leaves cordate-ovate, dentate, 

 or oblong, entire, tapering at base. Corolla pale yelloio, purijle or green 

 at throat, .015 to .025 long, with oblique limb, and unequal lobes ; 

 stamens slightly longer than tube ; fruiting calyx .02 long, .008 broad, 

 with short, triangular, acute teeth, one-sixth to one-eighth as long as 

 tube — March to July — Walls, roadsides, and waste places ; common, 

 (isj^ecially along coast. 



Var. cle§ertoruin, Ascherson. Flowers small ; lower pedun- 

 cles often twice to thrice as long as calyx ; calyx teeth very short — 

 Palmyrene Desert ; around Dead Sea. 



Var. rcpandus, Post. Seiherdn. Leaves small, .02 to .03 long, 

 rhombic-ovate, repand or entire — Sinai. 



5. H. aureus, L. % .3 to .6, villous-viscid ; stems decumbent 

 or pendulous, brittle. Leaves petioled, ovate-orbicular, cordate at base, 

 triangular -lobed a7id acutely dentate; floral leaves triangular-ovate to 

 oblong, acutely dentate. Flowers all peduncled ; corolla bright yellow, 

 purple at throat, .025 long, tube exserted, limb obliquely cleft, the 

 upper two lobes much smaller ; stamens and style long-exserted ; fruit- 

 ing calyx ascending or nodding, .03 long, .01 broad, with triangular- 

 lanceolate, long-acuminate, scarcely prickly teeth, one-fourth as long as 

 tube — March to July — Walls and banks ; common. 



Var. parvifoliiis. Post. Leaves .01 to .03 long, doubly ser- 

 rate-denticulate — Castle of Banias ; Es-Salt. 



Among the cultivated plants of this Order are Nicotiana Tabacum, 

 L., Tobacco, Arabice Ti^wn ; Nicotiana rustica, L.. Arabic6 Ternbeh ; 

 Atropa Belladonna,' L., Deadly Night-shade ; and Capsicum anniium, 

 L., Cayenne Pepper, A.YBh\QQ WuleQileh. 



Ordek LXXII. SCROPHULARIACEiE, Lindl. 



(FiGwoRT Family.) 



Herbs or shruls, loith perfect, more or less irregular 



flowers / stamens 2, or 4 didynamous (loith rarely a fifth, 



perfect or imjyerfect), inserted on the tuhe of the corolla, al- 



