No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 35I 



ANTIRRHINUM L. Snapdragon. 



Antirrhinum Orontium L. 



Small Snapdragon. 



Rare. Bridgeport, one plant in waste ground (Eames). 

 June. Fugitive from Europe. 



SCROPHULARIA L. Figwort. 



Scrophularia marilandica L. 



Scrophularia nodosa L., var. marilandica Gray. 

 Figwort. Scrofula Plant. 



Fields and thickets. Rare east of the Connecticut River : 

 Franklin (R. W. Woodward). Occasional or frequent in the 

 western part of the state. July — Sept. 



The herb and root are medicinal in both this and the 

 following species. 



Scrophularia leporella Bicknell (a little hare). 



Occasional or frequent. Fields, thickets and fence-rows. 

 Late May — early July. 



A. form of this with deeply laciniate leaves occurs at 

 Bridgeport (H. S. Clark). 



PENTSTEMON Ait. Beard-tongue. 

 Pentstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd. (hairy). 

 Pentstemon piihescens Ait. 



Dry fields and banks. Frequent in Litchfield County ; 

 rare, occasional or local in other parts of the state. Late 

 May — early July. 



Pentstemon tubiflorus Nutt. (tubular-flowered). 



Rare. Pastures and grassland: Granby (L Holcomb), 

 Sharon (Bissell), Kent (H. Mosher), SaHsbury (Mrs. C. S. 

 Phelps). June — July. Adventive from the West. 



Pentstemon laevigatus Ait. (smoothed). 

 Pentstemon Pentstemon Britton. 



Rare or occasional. Wet or dry grassland and waste 

 places. June — early July. Adventive from the West. 

 Pentstemon laevigatus Ait., var. Digitalis (Sweet) Gray (like 

 Digitalis, the Foxglove). 

 Pentstemon Digitalis Nutt. 

 Pentstemon calycosus Small. 



