588 SCROPHULARIACE^. (PIGWORT FAMILY.) 



Var. aiigfustifolium, Chav. Leaves narrowly-linear — Coast ; 

 Hasbeiya. 



3. A. tortuosuin, Bosc. et Chav. 21 .6 to 1, tortuous, branch- 

 ing at base ; branches straight, densely leafy. Leaves lanceolate to 

 linear, tapering at both ends. Racemes .05 to .1 long, glabrous; calyx 

 glabrous, v^ith ovate-oblong, obtuse lobes ; corolla .03 long, 5-6 times 

 as long as calyx — Summer — Walls of Castle of esh-Shuqtf. 



Probably a glabrous variety of the last. A. specimen from the 

 walls of Rumeli-Hissar, near Constantinople has the long raceme of A. 

 majus, with the glabrous inflorescence of A. tortuosum. 



6. SCROPHUL.ARIA, L. Figwort. 



_ Calyx 5-parted. Corolla-tube inflated, urn-shaped, rarely short- 

 cylindrical, with bilabiate limb, the upper four lobes erect, the lower 

 spreading. Stamens 4, didynamous, declined, with the anther-cells 

 transverse, confluent ; a mdimentary fifth stamen (sometimes wanting) 

 forms a scale-like appendage between the uppermost lobes of the 

 corolla. Capsule 2-celled, many-seeded, at length septicidal, wij;h 

 valves entire or bifid at apex. Seeds ovoid or oblong, transversely 

 wrinkled — Rank herbs, with small, greenish or lurid flowers, more or 

 less paniculate. 



* Pedicels usualhj longer than calyx. Leaves undivided^ with anastomos- 



ing wins. 



1 S. peregrina, 2 Scopolii, 3 Nusairiensis, 4 Antiochia, 5 alata, 

 6 macrophylla. 



* * Pedicels usually as long as or longer than calgx (in S. tagetifolia 3-4 

 times as long). Leaves withfeio or np anastomosing veins, generally more 

 or less cut oi^ divided, sometimes undivided. 



t Leaves, at least the lower, opposite. 



X Scale 07'dicular, half -orbicular, or renifoi^m. 



IF Biennials. 



7 S. scariosa, 8 tagetifolia, 9 Michoniana, 10 lucid a 11 sphsero- 

 carpa. 



IF IF Perennials. 



13 S. xylorrhiza, 13 heterophylla, 14 xanthoglossa, 15 deserti. 



X X Scale ovate-oblong, oblong, or oblong -linear. Perennials. 



16 S. Gileadensis, 17 Peyroni, 18 variegata, 19 Syriaca. 



1. S. peregrina, L. .5 to .8, glabrous, stem nearly doubly 

 simple-toothed. Leaves .03 to .06 long, coarsely serrate, sometimes 

 cordate-ovate, the uppermost truncate or cuneate at base. Cymes pe- 

 duncled, loosely 2-5-flowered, forming a loose, somewhat leafy panicle, 

 often .3 to .5 long ; pedicels twice to thrice as long as calyx ; bracts seta- 

 ceous ; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, not margined; corolla red; scale 



