54. SCROPHULARIACE^E. 



sometimes with a cordate base; floral ones distant, toothed at the 

 base. Fl. in pairs, axillary, distant, all turned to one side, 

 spreading horizontally. Cor. pure yellow, lower lip projecting. 



Frequent. Woods and thickets. (B) A. 58. Falls of Clyde; Caldenvood 

 glen; Campsie glen; near Milngavie ; Gourock; Curnbrae and Arran. 



6. PEDTCULIRIS. Lousewort. 



1. P. PALUSTRIS, L. Marsh-Lousewort, Red-Rattle. Stem 

 erect, much branched from above the base, 1 2 ft. high. Le. 

 pinnatifid, segments bluntly lobed. Fl. crimson, in the axils of 

 leafy bracts. Cal. slightly hairy, ribbed, broadly ovate, lobes of 

 2 crenate, irregularly cut -or jagged segments. Cor. with 2 pro- 

 jecting teeth near the middle of the upper lip. 



Frequent. Marshes and wet meadows. (B) A. P. 59. Fossil marsh; Gourock 

 to Arran. 



2. P. SYLVATICA, L. Pasture- Lousewort. Stem prostrate or 

 spreading, branching from the base, 3 6 in. high. Le. pinnatifid, 

 segments deeply cut. Cal. quite smooth, reticulated with green 

 veins, unequally cut in 5 nearly leafy segments. Cor. rose- 

 coloured, sometimes nearly white, upper Up without any teeth in 

 the middle. 



Common. Moist heathy pastures. (B) P. 47. Possil marsh ; Cathkin hills ; 

 Gourock to Arran. 



7. SCROPHULAEIA. Figivort. 



1. S. NODOSA, L. Knotted-Figwort. Rhizome large, knotted. 

 Stem erect, sharply quadrangular, 2 3 ft. high. Le. large, 

 broadly ovate, subcordate, pointed, doubly crenate, or acutely 

 serrate. Panicle composed of loose cymes, with small lanceolate 

 bracteas. Sep. with a narrow membranous margin. Fl. greenish 

 purple, scale in the upper lip slightly notched. 



Frequent. Woods and moist hedges. (B) P. 68. Langside; banks of the 

 Cart, Clyde, and Kelvin ; Gourock to Arran. 



2. S. EHRHARTI, C. A. Stev. Ehrhart's-Figwort. Stem erect, 

 with 4 leafy wings, 2 5 ft. high. Le. ovato -lanceolate, or ob- 

 long, rounded at the apex, sharply crenate, serrate at the base. 

 Bracteas acute. Cymes lax. Sep. with a broad scariose border. 

 Fl. dark purplish green, scale in the upper lip of the cor. emargi- 

 nate, slightly crenate with diverging lobes, about three times broader 

 than long. Cap. nearly orbicular. 



Very rare. Banks of the Cart at Inchinnan bridge. (E) P. 7 9. 



3. S. AQTJATICA, L. Water-Figwort. " Cymes dense, corym- 

 bose, bracteas linear, obtuse, scale of the upper lip roundish - 

 reniform entire. Capsule pointed." 



Rare. Watery places. (E) P. 7 8. "Ditch at the old mansion-house, 

 Jerviston," Patr. 



