510 



SCROPHULARINE^E. III. SCROPHULARIA. 



Corolla, stamens, and sterile anther and capsule as in S. aqudtica. 

 Smitli considers this to be a variety of S. Scorodbnia, but 

 Wydler considers it a variety of S, aqudtica. 



/luricled-lenved Figwort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1772. P). 

 2 to 3 feet. 



29 S. AQUA'TICA (Lin. spec. p. 864.) glabrous ; angles of 

 stem acute, membranous ; leaves ovate, or elliptic, subcordate 

 at the base, crenate-toothed : lower leaves usually appendicu- 

 Jate ; lobes of calyx margined with red ; genitals inclosed. 

 If.. H. Native throughout Europe, and in Caucasus, in moist 

 places by the sides of ditches, &c. ; plentiful in Britain. 

 Blackw. herb. t. 86. Schkuhr, handb. 2. p. 195. t. 173. 

 Smith, engl. bot. t. 854. Oed. fl. dan. 507. Hayne, arz. 5. t. 

 36. Chaumet, fl. med. t. 321. S. Balbisii, Horn. hort. hafn. 

 577. Balb. cat. hort. taur. 1813. p. 69. exclusive of the syn. 

 of All. S. appendiculata, Balb. herb. S. auricul&ta, Loefl. 

 itin. p. 292. ? Asso. arr. p. 81. ? Schkuhr, handb. 2. p. 195. 

 t. 173. Water Figwort, Petiv. brit. 2. t. 33. f. 10. Mor. 

 hist, pract. p. 147. t. 68. f. 1. Mor. hist. 2. p. 482. sect. 5. t. 

 78. f. 4. Loes. pruss. p. 248. t. 75. Lob. icon. t. 533. Leaves 

 sometimes without auricles, but always full of pellucid dots. 

 Cymes usually dense-flowered. Corolla blood red. The plant 

 is called Water Betony, Brownwort, and Bishop leaves. The 

 leaves are recommended medicinally for the same purposes as 

 those of S. nodbsa ; in taste and smell they are similar, but 

 weaker. M. Marchant has reported, in the memoirs of the 

 French Academy, that this plant is identical with the Equetaia 

 of the Brazilians, celebrated as a corrector of the ill flavour of 

 senna : the Edinburgh college, in their common infusion of 

 that drug, directed two thirds of its weight of water Figwort 

 leaves to be joined ; but as they have since discarded this ingre- 

 dient, we may presume that it was not found to be of much 

 use. The disagreeable smell which attends this plant when 

 bruised makes it rejected by cattle in general. Bees collect 

 much honey from the flowers. 



Var. ft ; stem simple ; leaves lanceolate-elliptic ; flowers less 

 dense. Tf.. H. Native of ditches about Geneva. Wydler, 

 scroph. p. 37. 



Var. y, thyrse leafy. Tf.. H. Wydler, scroph. p. 37. 



Water Figwort, or Water Betony. Fl. May, Sept. Britain. 

 PI. 3 to 5 feet. 



30 S. LYRA'TA (Willd. enum. p. 545. hort. berol. t. 55.) 

 leaves hairy on both surfaces : lower ones lyrately and inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate : superior ones ternate : upper ones simple, 

 auricled ; terminal lobe large, oblong-ovate, subcordate, bluntly 

 and doubly toothed. If.. H. Native country unknown. Brae- 

 teas beset with glandular hairs. Corolla brownish purple. 

 Genitals inclosed. 



Lyrate-\eaved Figwort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 2to4feet. 



31 S. EBULIFOLIA (Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 270. Wyd- 

 ler, scroph. p. 37. but not of Bieb.) glabrous ; lower leaves 

 lyrate : segments somewhat duplicately, acutely, and deeply 

 crenated : superior leaves deeply pinnatifld : segments den- 

 tately crenated. I/. H. Native of Portugal, on the sea- 

 shore near Setuval. Nearly allied to S. lyrata. 



Var. ft; leaves shining. %. H. Native of Portugal, on 

 Serra de Gerrez. 



Danervort-leaved Figwort. PI. 2 to 3 feet. ? 



32 S. TANACETIFOLIA (Willd. hort. berol. t. 56. Link, enum. 

 2. p. 140.) glabrous; leaves interruptedly pinnate; leaflets 

 petiolate, oblong-ovate, deeply toothed, the terminal lobe the 

 largest ; genitals exserted. I/ . H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica. Anther or tip of sterile stamen nearly orbicular. Fertile 

 anthers dark purple. Segments of calyx with white membra- 

 nous edges, usually shining. Root and stem often woody. 

 Leaves more or less fleshy, rarely undivided, but usually pinna- 

 tifid, or pinnate. Corolla brownish purple. 



Tansy-leaved Figwort. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1804. PI. 2 

 to 4 feet. 



33 S. VERBEN^FOLIA (Desf. cat. hort. par. p. 77. Poir. 

 suppl. 5. p. 117. Wydler, scroph. p. 38.) stem simple, gla- 

 brous, herbaceous ; leaves cordate-oblong, laciniately pinnatifld, 

 unequally crenated and serrated, lower segments the deepest, 

 often auricled ; genitals exserted. "U. . H. Native of Croatia, 

 on calcareous rocks. S. laciniata, Waldst. et Kit. hung. 2. p. 

 185. t. 170. Segments of calyx margined with white. Corolla 

 size of that of S. nodosa, greenish ; upper lip purple. 



Vervain-leaved Figwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. PI. 

 ]J to 2 feet. 



34 S. PATRINIA'NA (Wydler, scroph. p. 39.) stem simple, 

 glabrous, herbaceous ; leaves ovate, acute, deeply and acutely 

 toothed : lower ones pinnatifid at the base : lobes acute. If. . H. 

 Native of Dauria. Stem striated. Leaves glabrous, on short 

 petioles. Peduncles 2-3-flowered. Lobes of calyx broad, 

 ovate. Corolla as in S. cariina. Sterile anther roundish, white. 



Patrin's Figwort. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



35 S. INCI'SA (Weinm. ind. pi. hort. dorp. 1810. p. 136. 

 Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 156. fl. alt. 2. p. 442.) leaves 

 oblong, attenuated at both ends, petiolate, deeply serrated, 

 thickish, glabrous ; panicle elongated, clothed with glan- 

 dular villi : lower branches 3-5-flowered : superior ones 2-3- 

 flowered. 1. H. Native of Altaia, on rocks among the 

 mountains of Arkaul and Tschingistau ; and on the borders of 

 the river Tschuja, &c. Said to be nearly allied to S. laciniata, 

 but the leaves are never cordate at the base. Stem and branches 

 bluntly quadrangular. Corolla and anthers dark purple. Geni- 

 tals exserted. Margins of calyxes white, and membranous. 



Cut-leaved Figwort. Fl. May, June. PI. 2 feet. 



36 S. DIVARICA'TA (Led. ind. sem. hort. dorp. 1822. p. 17. 

 Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 121. fl. alt. 2. p. 440.) leaves cordate, 

 acuminated, doubly serrated, downy on both surfaces : racemes 

 axillary, dichotomous ; calycine segments acutish, adpressed ; 

 genitals inclosed. 7. H. Native of Iberia, near Tiflis. 

 Stem and branches bluntly tetragonal, beset with glandular 

 hairs, and longer simple ones. Margins of the segments of the 

 calyx membranous. Corolla yellowish-green. Capsule nearly 

 globose, acuminated. The thyrse of this species being leafy, it 

 ought to have been placed in the preceding section : the leaves 

 of the thyrse are deeply jagged. 



Divaricate Figwort. Fl. May, Oct. PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



37 S. OLIVIERIA'NA (Wydler, scroph. p. 39.) stem glabrous ; 

 leaves ovate, deeply and dentately crenated, more or less pin- 

 nate at the base ; segments or leaflets petiolate, roundish. If.. 

 H. Native of the Levant. Stem nearly simple, woody at the 

 base, striated, dark purple. Upper leaves roundish, subcordate. 

 Lobes of calyx roundish. Corolla form, size, and colour of S. 

 canlna. Sterile anther white. This is very nearly allied to S^ 

 Urvilleana, but differs in the lobes of the calyx being broader, 

 and in the petioles being dilated. 



Olivier's Figwort. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



38 S. MICRA'NTHA (D'Urv. enum. arch. p. 75.) stem branched 

 at the base, glabrous, ascending ; branches weak ; leaves petio- 

 late, oblong, obtuse, auricled at the base, coarsely toothed ; 

 flowers small. 1. H. Native of the Island of Ferasia, near 

 Thera. Wydler, scroph. p. 39. 



Small-fonered Figwort. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



39 S. URVILLEA'NA (Wydler, scroph. p. 40. t. 11.) stem sim- 

 ple, glabrous ; leaves roundish-cordate, lobed, rarely crenated. 

 If.. H. Native of the Island of Melos, and at Thera, on walls 

 and on rocks, d'Urville. Stems numerous, dark purple. Lower 

 bracteas like the leaves. Peduncles alternate ; cymes 3-6- 

 flowered. Segments of calyx margined with white. Corolla 

 small, purple. Capsule roundish. This species hardly differs 

 from the preceding, and might with propriety be joined to it. 



