LXXV. 



SCROPHULARIA AQUATIC A, 



Water Figwort, or Water Betony. 



Class XIV. DiDYNAMiA. — Order II. Angiospekmia, 



Nat. Ord. ScROPHULARINEiE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx five-lobed, or deeply five-cleft. Co- 

 rolla subglobose, bilabiate ; lirnb contracted ; upper lip 

 with two lobes and frequently a small scale about the 

 middle, the lower three-lobed. Capsule two-celled, 

 two-valved, the margins of the valves turned inwards. 



Spec. Char. Leaves elliptical, ovate, nearly cordate, 

 toothed, crenate. Stem winged at the angles. 



SYNONYMES. 



r Scrophularia aquatica major. Bauh. Pin. 235. Rati Syn. 283. 

 Betonica aquatica. Ger. Em. 715. Park Theatr. 613. 

 Latin -^ Scrophularia foemiua. Cam. Epit. 867- 



I Scrophularia aquatica. Lin. Sp. PI. 864. Eng. Fl. v. iii. p. 



[ 137. Eng. Bot. t. 1544. 

 French .... Scrofulaire ; Scrofulaire aquatique ; Betoine d'eau. 

 Italian .... Scrofularia acquatica . 

 Spanish . . . Escrofularia aquatica. 

 Portuguese. Escrofularia dos rios. 



German Wasser-Braunwurz ; Wasser Kropfwurz. 



Dutch Water Specnkruid. 



Belgic St. Anthonis kruid ; Beekschuim ; Water Betonie. 



Russ Naryschnik , 



Description. — The root is composed of slender tufted fibres, 

 somewhat fasciculate, without tubercles. The stem is erect, 

 smooth, branched, quadrangular, winged at the angles, and rises 

 to the height of three or four feet. The leaves are opposite, 

 petiolate, ovate-oblong, cordate at the base, rather obtuse, 

 crenate and somewhat toothed, nerved, smooth, and of a deep 

 green colour, paler beneath. The flowers form naked terminal 

 panicles, remotely branched, funiislied with small lanceolate 



