WILD FLOWEHS. 



BROWN- WORT, KNOTTED FIG-WORT, 

 KERNEL-WORT. 



Scrophuldria nodosa. 



Welsh, Deilen dda, or Deilen ddu dda, Craith unos. French, 

 Scrophulaire, Herbe du siege. German, Braunwurtz. 

 Dutch, Skrofebruid. Italian, Scrofolaria. Spanish and 

 Portuguese, Escrofularia. Russian, Naryschnik. 



LINN^EAN. NATURAL. 



Didynamia Angiospermia, Scrophularinece . 



THE fig-worts are not plants of any beauty, yet, 

 when we look closely into their little helmet-shaped 

 blossoms, we find that the colours which appear so 

 dull in the general mass, are in reality clear and 

 well defined, and that therefore like all things 

 which possess these characteristics they are not 

 without grace and attractiveness. These colours, 

 in three out of the four English species, are a pale 

 yellow green, bordered and marked with a rich and 

 deep claret ; while the remaining species is of a 

 bright yellow, exhibiting, says Sir J. Smith, a close 

 affinity to the Peruvian Calceolaria. 



The growth, too, of the tribe is both handsome 

 and characteristic, more especially in the case of 

 the water fig-wort (8. aqudtica). 



The whole of the fig-worts are described as being 

 foetid and acrid to such an extent as to be refused 

 by cattle, but I have frequently seen cows browsing 



