DIDYNAMIA— ANGIOSPERMIA. Scrophularia. 137 

 310. SCROPHULARIA. Figwort. 



Linn. Gen.3\2. Juss. 1 19. Fl.Br.662. Tourn.t.74. Lam. 

 t.533. Gcertn.t.^3. 



Nat. Ord. see ?i. 309. 



Cal. with 5 rounded, rather unequal, marginal segments, 

 much shorter than the corolla. Cor. tubular, unequal, 

 reversed ; tube ovate, or globular, large, inflated ; limb 

 very small, in 5 deep segments ; the upper one, (turned 

 downward,) short, slightly notched, reflexed, 2 lateral 

 ones spreading, 2 lower ones, (turned upward,) largest, 

 half combined, erect, often accompanied by a small inte- 

 rior lobe. Filam. declined towards the reversed upper 

 lip, linear, shorter than the corolla. Aiith. terminal, 

 abrupt, of 2 valves. Germ, ovate. Style the length of 

 the stamens. Stigma simple. Caps, ovate or globular, 

 pointed, of 2 cells and 2 valves, the partitions double, 

 from the inflexed margins of the valves. Seeds numerous, 

 small, angular, attached to a globose central receptacle. 



Fetid herbs, smooth or downy, sometimes shrubby, some- 

 times only biennial, or annual. Stem tall, erect, more or 

 less acutely quadrangular, leafy, panicled. Leaves oppo- 

 site, serrated, simple, or variously pinnatifid, or pinnate. 

 Fl. numerous, usually with dark-coloured lips; sometimes 

 altogether yellow. 



1. S. nodosa. Knotty-rooted Figwort. 



Leaves heart-shaped, acute ; three-ribbed at the base. Stem 

 sharp-edged. Root tuberous. 



S. nodosa. Linn. Sp. PL 863. Willd. v. 3. 270. Fl. Br. 663. JSno-Z. 



Bot. V. 22. t. 1544. Hook. Scot. 1 89. Gunn. Norveg. v. 2. 87. 



n. 732. t. 4.f. ] — 3 ; not correct. 

 S. n. 326. Hall. Hist. v.\.]i\. 

 S. major. Raii Syn. *283. Ger. Em. 7l6.f. Brunf. Herb. v. 1, 



215./. 213. 

 Scrophularia. Matth. Falgr.v.2.474.f. Camer.Epit.866.f. 



Riv. Monop. Irr. t.\07.f.\. 

 S. minor. Riv. Monop. Irr. append./. 

 Galeopsis . Fuchs. Hist. 1 93 . /. 1 94 . 

 Brown Figwort. Petiv. H. Brit. t.3b.f. 9. 

 /3. Scrophularia major, caulibus foliis et floribus viridibus. Bobart 



in Raii Syti. *283. 



In hedges, woods and thickets. 



Perennial. Jul;/. 



Herbage nearly or ijuite smooth, fetid like Elder, when bruised. 



