304 57. SCBOPHTJLAKIACE^;. 



Rootstock fleshy, with thick scales. St. 3 8 in. high. Young 

 raceme decurved. Bracts ovate or lanceolate. Style straight 

 or curved. Upper lip nearly entire, or bifid. Woods and 

 thickets, parasitical upon Hazels &c. P. IV. V. E. S. I. 



Order LVII. SCROPHULARIACE.E. 



Cal. 4 5-cleft, persistent. Cor. irregular or 2-lipped or per- 

 sonate (subrotate in Verbascmn'), deciduous, imbricate in the 

 bud. Stain, on the cor., usually 4, didynanious, or 2 or 5. 

 Ovary free, 2-celled. Style simple ; stigma 2-lobed. Fr. cap- 

 sular, 2-celled ; placentas attached to the dissepiment or ulti- 

 mately central. Embryo straight, in axis of fleshy albumen. 

 No stipules. 



* Stamens 5. 



1. VEEBASCUM. Cal. of 5 sepals. Cor. rotate ; segments 

 unequal, spreading. Stain, unequal, 2 or more, hairy at the 

 base. 



** Stamens 4, didynamous. 



[ERINUS. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Cor. 5-parted with nearly 

 equal emarginate segments and a short tube. Caps. 2- 

 celled.] 



2. DIGITALIS. Cal. in o deep segments. Cor. bellshaped, 

 oblique, 4 5-fid. Caps, septicidal, 2-celled. 



3. ANTIRRHINUM. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. personate, gibbous 

 at the base (no distinct spur) ; lower lip 3-fid ; a prominent 

 palate closing the mouth. Caps, opening by 2 or 3 pores at 

 the top, 2-celled. 



4. LIN ARIA. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. personate , spurred ; lower 

 lip 3-fid ; a prominent palate closing the mouth. Caps, 

 with valves or teeth at the top, 2-celled. 



5. SCROPHULARIA. Cal. 5-lobed (in S. vernalis 5-cleft). Cor. 

 globose ; limb minute, of 2 short lips, upper 2-lobed often 

 with a scale (the rudiment of a fifth stam.) within, lower 

 3-lobed. Caps. 2-valved, the edges inflexed, 2-celled. 



6. LIMOSELLA. Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. 5-fid, bellshaped, equal. 

 Caps, globose, 2-valved, 1-celled ; placenta central, free or 

 connected with a short dissepiment below. L. radical. 



