Scrophularia.] SCROPHULARINE^!. 297 



S. verna'lis, L. ; glandular-hairy, stem obscurely 4-angled, leaves 

 broadly ovate or deltoid, petiole not winged, sepals not bordered. 

 Waste places, very local ; a denizen ; fl. April-June. — Pale green, flaccid, 

 Rootstock creeping. Stems l§-4 ft. Leaves 2-3 in., deeply double-crenate 

 or lobulate. Cymes subumbellate, on axillary peduncles arranged in a 

 terminal leafy panicle ; pedicels short or slender ; bracts and bracteoles 

 leafy. Corolla urceolate. Capsule broadly ovoid, acuminate. — Distkib. 

 Europe (excl. Spain, Greece). 



4*. MIM'ULUS, L. 



Erect or decumbent herbs. Leaves opposite. Flowers solitary, axillary. 

 Calyx tubular, 5-angled, 5-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped ; upper lip erect or 

 reflexed, 2-lobed ; lower spreading, 3-lobed ; petals usually with 2 swell- 

 ings ; lobes flat, rounded. Stamens 4 ; anther-cells subconfluent. Stigma 

 with 2 equal lamellae. Capsule loculicidally 2-valved, valves separating 

 from a seed-bearing column, many-seeded. Seeds minute, oblong. — 

 Distrib. American, a few Australian and New Zealand ; species 40. — 

 Etym. jutjuctj, an ape, from the form of the corolla. 



M. lu'teus, L. ; suberect, leaves ovate-oblong coarsely toothed. 

 River-sides, &c, ascending to 1,000 ft., from Skje southd.; Ireland ; natural- 

 ized from N. America; fl. July-Sept. — Glabrous, or glandular-pubescent. 

 Stems J-3 ft., with many prostrate barren shoots, stout, hollow, terete. 

 Leaves |-3| in., 6-9-nerved ; lower petioled with often a few lobes on the 

 petiole ; upper sessile. Flowers 1-2 in., yellow ; peduncles slender, exceed- 

 ing the leaves. Calyx-teeth short, upper longest. Stiymatic plates sensitive, 

 closing when touched on inner surface. Capsule enclosed in the inflated 

 calyx, ovoid, compressed, 



5. LIMOSEL'LA, L. Mudwort. 

 Small, tufted, creeping, glabrous, annual, aquatic herbs. Leaves narrow, 

 fascicled, rarely alternate, petiole dilated at the base. Flowers minute, 

 ebracteate, axillary, solitary. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla 

 subcampanulate, tube short, limb 5-fid. Stamens 4 ; anther-cells confluent. 

 Style short, stigma clavate. Capsule septicidally 2-valved, valves entire, 

 septum incomplete. Seeds grooved and transversely rugose. — Distrib. 

 Temp, and cold regions ; species 5-6. — Etym. limus, mud. 



L. aquat'ica, L. ; leaves narrow oblong-lanceolate or spathulate. 

 Edges of ponds from Forfar and Ayr to Somerset and Sussex ; ascends to 

 1,500 ft. in Yorks. ; fl. July-Sept. — Rootstock filiform. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 tufted ; petiole long. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, recurved in fruit. 

 Corolla T \j in., pink or white. Capsule globose. 



6. SIBTHOR PIA, L. 



Slender, creeping, hairy herbs. Leaves petioled, alternate or fascicled, 

 reniform, lobulate. Flowers yellow or pink, very small, axillary, solitary, 

 ebracteate. Calyx 4-8 -fid. Corolla subrotate, 5-8-fid. Stamens as many 



