304 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



lowish, with a purple upper lip, the spur slender, recurved. 

 — Cornfields. Fl. July, September. 



L. Elatine, also a weed of cultivation, closely resembles 

 this, but is still more slender ; leaves angular or hastate at 

 the base, the lowermost ovate, the peduncles more slender, 

 glabrous, and the spur of the corolla straight. 



(239) Antirrhinum. Snapdragon. 



A. majus : stems branched, erect, 1-2 feet high, glabrous ; 

 leaves narrow-lanceolate or linear, entire ; flowers large, pur- 

 plish-red, the corolla above an inch long. — Rocks, old walls, 

 and stony places. Fl. July to September. 



(240) Scrophularia. Figwort. 



S. nodosa : stems erect, 2-3 feet high, glabrous, sharply 

 quadrangular, the short stock emitting a number of green 

 knots or tubers ; leaves broadly ovate or heart-shaped, acute 

 serrated ; panicle loosely pyramidal or oblong, the corolla 

 lurid greenish -purple. — Moist hedges and thickets. Fl. June, 

 July. 



S. aquatica : stem 2-5 feet high, the angles projected into 

 narrow wings ; leaves cordate-oblong, obtuse ; panicle long, 

 narrow, the flowers dull purple. — Ditches and sides of streams. 

 Fl. July, August. [See also p. 60.] 



(241) Digitalis. Foxglove. 



D. purpurea : biennial ; leaves long-stalked, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, coarsely veined, downy ; flowering stems 2-4 feet 

 high, terminating in a long stately raceme of purple flowers, 

 the corolla IJ inch long, beautifully spotted and hairy inside. 

 — Dry hilly wastes, and roadsides. Fl. June to August. 



