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Stems 4 6 inches high. Flowers solitary, axillary, upon rather long 

 peduncle, small, purplish, with the lower lip yellow. 



*** Corolla merely gibbous at the base. 

 5. A. majus (great Snapdragon) 9 leaves lanceolate alternate 



those of the branches opposite, flowers spiked, segments of 



the cal. ovate obtuse. E. B. L 129. 

 HAB. On old walls, as Mugdoch castle, Hopk. Introduced. Fl. 



July, Aug. If.. 

 One to two feet high. Flowers very large, mostly purplish red, but 



often varying to white. 



26. SCROPHULARIA. 



1. S. nodosa (knotty -rooted Figwort), leaves cordate acute ser- 

 rated glabrous, stem with 4 rather obtuse angles. Lightf. 

 p. 329. E. B.t. 1544. 



HAB. Woods and moist ground, not uncommon. Fl. July. I/ . 

 Root large, thick and knotty. Stem 2 3 feet high. Flowers in dicho- 



tomous axillary and terminal panicles, bracteated. Cor. greenish 



purple, with a scale in the upper lip. 



2. S. aouaticq (Water Figivort), leaves elliptical cordate at the 

 base obtuse serrated glabrous decurrent, stem winged at the 

 angles. Lightf. p. 329. E. B. t. 854. 



HAB. Sides of rivulets and other wet places, Dr. Parsons and Sibbald. 

 Rare about Glasg. ; ditch in Carmyle wood, Hopk. Fl. July. I/. . 



Three to four feet high. Flowers terminal, in dichotomous bracteated 

 panicles, without leaves, greenish purple, with a scale in the up- 

 per lip. 



3. S. vernalis (yellow Figwori), leaves broadly cordate doubly 

 serrated pubescent acute, peduncles axillary solitary dichoto- 

 mous leafy. Lightf. p. 330. E. B t. 567". 



HAB. Road-sides and waste places. Hoddam castle, Annandale, 

 Lightf. Walls of Bothwell castle, Dr. Walker. Road-side near 

 the hill of Moncrieff, in the greatest abundance j and old walls, 

 near Hatton, Edinb., Maugh. Perthshire, occasionally ; old wall 

 near Balmano castle , also in the village of Meithlie, Aberdeen- 

 shire, Mr. Murray. Road-side by the inn at Clunie, Mr. Borrer 

 and Hook. Fl. May. $ . 



Stem 4, angular, sharp-edged. Flowers yellow, orifice very small, 

 almost equally 5 -cleft. No scale within the cor. 



27. DIGITALIS. 



1. D. purpurea (purple Fox-glove), segments of the cal. ovate 



acute, cor. obtuse its upper lip undivided, leaves ovate crenate 



downy. Lightf. p. 331. E. B. t. 1297. 

 HAB. Dry hilly places, abundant. Fl. July. . 

 Three to four feet high. Leaves large, veined. Spike very showy, of 



large drooping purple (sometimes white) flowers, spotted within. 



Affords a medicine of great value. 



