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SCROPHULARINE^E. III. SCROPHULARIA. 



Far. |3, chrysanthemifolia (Wydler, scroph. p. 44.) flowers 

 small, purple, margined with white. I/. H. Native of Tau- 

 ria. S. chrysanthemifolia, Bieb. fl. cauc. 2. p. 78. and 3. p. 

 416. Willd. hort. berol. t. 59. S. canina, /3, Willd. spec. 3. 

 p. 277. exclusive of the syn. of Tourn. S. pinnkta, Mill. diet. 

 no. 155. ? S. orientalis, chrysanthemifolia, flore minimo varie- 

 gato, Tourn. cor. 9. 



Far. y, nana (D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 582.) stem more humble ; 

 leaves very narrow; racemes short; flowers dense. If.. H. 

 Native of Mount Jura, in many places. S. pratensis, Schleich. 

 cent, exsic. no. 67. 



Var. S, pubescens ; stems downy. Tf.. H. Native of the 

 valley of Boden, near Windisch-Bleiberg, Hoppe. S. canina, 

 Hoppe, cent. 4. S. canina, var. y, D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 582. 



Var. e, albiflbra (Wydler, scroph. p. 45.) flowers white ; 

 leaves broader, with rounded segments. I/ . H. 



Dog's Figwort. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1683. PI. 2 to 3 

 feet. 



53 S. PYRAMIDA'LIS (Wydler, scroph. p. 45.) stems very 

 long ; leaves alternate : lower ones lanceolate, denticulated : 

 upper ones pinnatifid ; thyrse very long. If. . H. Native about 

 the Black Sea, near Donnums Bercy. Perhaps only a variety 

 of S. canina; the peduncles are longer, and the capsule ovate- 

 roundish, acuminated, small. 



Pyramidal-fiowered Figwort. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



54 S. CALYCI'NA (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 18.) glabrous or 

 downy ; stem angular ; leaves broad-ovate, toothed : lower 

 ones cordate at the base : rameal ones roundish ; thyrse short, 

 dense, almost leafless ; calyx 5-parted, with lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, downy segments, which are longer than the capsule ; 

 genitals inclosed ; anther or tip of sterile filament ovate-acute. 

 I/. H. Native of Kamaon. Veronica thyrsiflora, Wall. cat. 

 no. 6393. Leaves wrinkled. Calyxes not membranous. Seg- 

 ments of the corolla short, nearly equal. Capsule large, acumi- 

 nated. 



Large-calyxed Figwort. PI. 1 foot. 



2. Thyrse simple ; cymes fen-flowered from the abortion of 

 the pedicels. 



55 S. RAMOSI'SSIMA (Lois. fl. gall. 2. p. 381. D. C. fl. fr. 

 suppl. 406. exclusive of the synonymes) stems rather woody, 

 much branched ; leaves opposite, subpetiolate, ovate-oblong, 

 deeply toothed or pinnatifid; peduncles 1-2-flowered. 7/ . H. 

 Native of Corsica, by the sea side ; also of Provence, by the 

 sea side, &c. S. frutescens, D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 729. but not of 

 Lin. 



Much-branched Figwort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1821. PI. 2 

 to S feet. 



56 S. CJESIA. (Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. t. 604. prod. 1 . p. 438.) 

 stems humble, numerous, tufted ; leaves opposite, glaucescent, 

 lyrately pinnatifid, cut ; peduncles simply dichotomous, 2-3- 

 flowered. 1.H. Native on rocks about Athens, &c. S. ori- 

 entalis minor melissae folio, Tourn. cor. p. 9. Buxb. cent. 5. 

 10. t. 17. f. 2. ex Smith. Stems a span high, glabrous. Per- 

 haps distinct from the preceding. Corolla greenish ; upper lip 

 dark purple. Genitals exserted. 



Grey Figwort. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



57 S. DENTA'TA (Royle, mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 19.) 

 humble, tufted, downy ; leaves alternate, thick, oblong, narrowed 

 at the base, deeply toothed at the apex ; thyrse simple, few- 

 flowered ; peduncles 1-3-flowered ; genitals exserted; tip of 

 sterile stamen oblong, acute, %. H. Native of Kinnour. 

 Margins of the calyxes membranous. Very nearly allied to 

 S. cretacea, but distinct. 



Tooled-leaved Figwort. PI. | to 1 foot. 



58 S. CRETA'CEA (Fisch. in Spreng. syst. 2. p. 788. Wydler, 

 scroph. p. 46. t. 4.) leaves alternate, on short petioles, lanceo- 



late, serrated, attenuated at both ends ; peduncles 1-2-flowered. 

 If.. H. Native of Siberia, on cretaceous mountains, at the river 

 Don. Stem simple, clothed with white, glandular, powdery 

 down. Leaves 5 inch long, generally running into the petioles, 

 glabrous. Corolla small, dark purple. Capsule brown, size of 

 a pea. 



Cretaceous Figwort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1827. PI. 1 to 2 

 feet. 



59 S. HYPERICIFOLIA (Wydler. scroph. p. 46. t. 5.) stem 

 woody ; leaves opposite, ovate, quite entire, running into the 

 short petiole; peduncles 1-2-flowered. y.. H. Native of 

 Arabia, in deserts. Branches with whitish bark, sometimes 

 spinescent. Leaves small, glabrous, full of pellucid dots. 

 Abortive pedicels spinescent. Segments of calyx roundish, with 

 white margins. Corolla small, purple. Genitals exserted. 

 Capsule roundish, large in respect to the size of the flower. 



St. John' s-wort-leaved Figwort. Shrub. 



3. Florvers capitate. 



60 S. MI'NIMA (Bieb. fl. cauc. 2. p. 79.) humble ; stems 

 quite simple ; leaves petiolate, ovate, sublobate, toothed ; heads 

 of flowers terminal, dense, nearly globose. If.. H. Native of 

 Iberia. S. orientalis minima, folio subrotundo, Tourn. cor. p. 

 9. ex Bieb. Flowers size of those of S. vernalis, rose-coloured ; 

 the lip paler. Tip of sterile stamen unknown. 



Least Figwort. PI. \ foot ? 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



61 S. MICRA'NTHA (Herb. Desv. ex Hamilt. prod. fl. ind. 

 occ. p. 47. but not of d'Urv.) stem nearly simple ; leaves 

 ovate, acute, deeply toothed, quite glabrous ; flowers in loose 

 almost terminal spikes. Tf.. ? H. Native of Hispaniola. 



SmaU-jlonered Figwort. PI. ? 



62 S. SUBVERTICILLA'TA (Moris, stirp. sard. fasc. 3. p. 8.) 

 stem tetragonal, full of glandular dots ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, doubly toothed : lower ones pinnate ; racemes terminal, 

 almost leafless ; peduncles opposite, distant, short, densely cy- 

 mose. 11 , H. Native of Sardinia, near rivulets about Ozieri 

 and Bono, &c. Corolla deep purple. Leaves pilose beneath. 



Whorled Figwort. F). May, July. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



63 S. RIVULA V RIS (Moris, 1. c. p. 7.) stem tetragonally wing- 

 ed ; lower leaves ovate : upper ones oblong-lanceolate, crenate 

 toothed, glabrous, running into the petioles ; racemes terminal, 

 nearly naked; peduncles branched. 11. II. Native of Sardi- 

 nia, on mountains, near rivulets. Corolla obscure purple ; lip 

 green. Habit of S. aqudtica, but the stems and petioles are 

 more conspicuously winged ; the leaves are bluntish, and more 

 bluntly toothed. 



Rivulet Figwort. Fl. May, June. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



64 S. OBLONGIFOLIA (Lois. not. in mem. soc. Lin. par. vol. 

 6.) glabrous ; stem tetragonal ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, ser- 

 rated, tapering into the petioles ; racemes terminal, naked ; pe- 

 duncles branched. 74. H. Native of Corsica. 



Oblong-leaved Figwort. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



65 S. NUDICAU'LIS (Wydler. scroph. p. 48.) stem almost sim- 

 ple, leafy at the base, but almost leafless above ; leaves pinna- 

 tifid, strigose ; racemes simple. 7. H. Native of Asia Minor, 

 on Mount Elwend. Root woody. Stem clothed with stipitate 

 glands. Lower leaves deeply pinnatifid, beset with adpressed 

 hairs, rather glaucous ; segments alternate, acute, toothed, finely 

 ciliated. Cauline leaves small, pectinately pinnatifid. Calyx 

 glandular ; segments ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, not mem- 

 branous. Corolla and capsule not seen. Perhaps belonging to 

 a distinct genus. 



Naked- stemmed Figwort. PI. ? 



66 S. SCKE'LLII (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 783.) stem quadrangu- 

 lar, smooth ; leaves lanceolate, acute, glabrous, equally serrated, 



