Verbena.'] didynamia — angiosper.mi a. 225 



** Calt/x 5-cleft, {in Pedicularis irregular). 



27. Pedicularis. Cal. inflated, 5-cleft, or unequally 2 — 3- 

 lobed, jagged, somewhat leafy. Upper lijy of the Cor. laterally 

 compressed, arched ; lower one plane, 3-lobed. Caps, oblique, 



compressed, 2-ceIled. Seeds angular Nat. Ord. Scrophu- 



larine.e, Juss. — Name derived from its supposed property of 

 producing the lousy disease in sheep that feed upon it, but which 

 rather arises from the wet pastures where such plants grow. 



28. Antirrhinu^i. Ca/. 5-partite. Cbr. personate, gibbous 

 at the base, (no distinct spur;) its mouth closed by a projecting 

 palate. Caps. 2-celled, oblique, opening by three pores at the 



extremity. — Nat. Ord. Scrophularine.e, Juss Name, — av-/, 



resembling, pv, a nose, muffler or masli, from the appearance of 

 the flowers. 



29. Linaria. Cal. 5-partite. Cor. personate, spurred at 

 the base ; its moulli closed by a projecting palate. Capsule ven- 

 tricose, 2-celled, opening by valves or teeth. — Nat. Ord. Scro- 

 PHULARiNE^, Juss. — Named from Linum,fiax, which the leaves 

 of some species resemble. 



30. Scrophularia. Cal. 5-lobed, (or in ^S*. vernalis deeply 

 5-cleft). Cor. subglobose ; its limb contracted with 2 short 

 lips; the upper with 2 lobes and frequently a small scale or 

 abortive stamen within it ; the lower 3-lobed. Caps. 2-celled, 

 2-valved, the margins of the valves turned inwards. — Nat. Ord. 

 ScROPHULARiNEyE, Juss. — Named from the Scrophula, a disease 

 which this plant was supposed to cure. 



31. Digitalis. Cal. in 5, deep, unequal segments. Cor. 

 campanulate, inflated beneath ; limb obliquely 4 — 5-lobed, 

 unequal. Caps, ovate, of 2 cells and many seeds. — Nat. Ord, 

 Scrophularine.i:, Juss. — Name, — digitale, ihejinger of a glove, 

 which its flowers resemble. Hence Fox-glove in English, and 

 doigts de la Vierge, gants de tiotre Dame, &c. in French. 



32. LiMOSELLA. Cal. 5-cleft, equal. Cor. shortly 5-cleft, 

 campanulate, equal. Stam. nearly equal. Stigma capitate. 

 Caps, globose, 2-valved. — Nat. Ord. Scrophularink^, Br. — 

 Named from limus, mud : the plant growing in muddy places. 



33. SiBTHORPiA. Cal. in 5, deep, spreading segments. Cor. 

 5-cleft, rotate, the two lowermost segments the narrowest. 

 Stigma dilated. Capside nearly orbicular, compressed, 2-celled, 

 2-valved. — Nat. Ord. Scrophularine^e, Juss. — Name given 

 in honour of Dr Humphrey Siblhorpe, the successor of Dillenius 

 in the botanical chair at Oxford. 



34. Verbena. Cal. tubular, with 5 teeth, one of them 

 generally siiorter than the rest. Cor. tubular, with the limb 

 rather unequal, 5-cleft. Stamens included, (sometimes only 2), 



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