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589. VERBASCUM. 



Stalks covered with short bristly hairs. FL- 

 stalks as long as calyx. Hairs of Fil. violet. 

 b. 6, 7. Uncult. VaU. 



590. CELSIA. 

 1. cretica. Anthers of longer Fil. decur- 



rent. Fl. nearly sessile. Div. of Cal. broad, 

 sen-ate. Lower L. stalked, lyrato-pinaatifid ; 

 upper amplexicaul, cordate at base. b. 4, 5. 

 Uocky hills. Sic. Sard. 



LXX. SCEOPHULAEIACE.E. 



Calyx 4-5-cleft, persistent. Corolla of one irregular, inferior petal, 

 which 2 are longer. Style 1, simple. Fruit 2-celled. Placenta central. 



Stamens 2, or 4, of 



1. SCROPHULARINE^.— Anthers, according to Koch, of 1 cell, placed 



transversely on the Filament, or obliquely adnate to it. There is usually, 

 in the only Eui-opean genus, the Rudiment of a fifth Stamen, and the 

 Flowers are in centrifugal cymes ....... Gen. 591. 



2. ANTIRRHINEiE.— Anthers of 2 cells, without an appendage at the base. 



Inflorescence centripetal Gen. 592-603. 



3. RHINANTHE^.— Anthers with a spine or mucro at base . . . Gen. 604-613. 



Tribe I. SCROPHULABINE^. 



591. SCROPHULARIA. 



A. Cali/.r; without a scariose harder. 



1. vemalis. L. cordate, acute, downy. 

 Rac. leafy. Staminode 0. Fl. yellow, inflated. 

 Div. of Cal. oblong, somewhat acute, recurved 

 at top. b. 5, 6. Moist thickets, occ. 



2. peregrina. L. cordate, coarsely and 

 somewhat doubly crenato - serrate, smooth. 

 Div. of Cal. ovato-lanceolate, acuminate. Fl. 

 dingy pm-ple. Staminode rounded, p, 4, 5. 

 Thickets and rough. Istr. mdt. Fr. It. 



B. Calyx with a scariose border. L. simple, 

 or, if jjinnate, with the terminal Lobe 

 large and broad. 



i. Raceme leafy. 



3. mellifera. L. pinnate ; lowest of 7 Lts.; 

 floral L. of 3. AD Lts. ovate, or oblong. 

 Cymes falling short of floral L., disposed in 

 a long, leafy raceme. Two broad nectariferous 

 Glands on the base of corolla, p. 4, 5. Moist 

 mountains. Sard. Cors. 



4. subverticillata. L. lyrate, doubly ser- 

 rate. Lateral Lts. lanceolate, with small in- 

 termediate ones. Floral L. lanceolate, very 

 small. Cymes very short, in a long interrupted 

 raceme, p. 5, 6. Streams. Sard. 



5. trifoliata. Lower L. Ip'ato -pinnate or 

 teruate; upper temate or undivided, the termi- 

 nal Div. much largest. Cymes about 5 -flowered, 

 nearly sessile. Fl. large, with black glands. 

 p. 6. Sard. Cors. 



6. pyrenaica. Hirsute. L. broadly cor- 

 date. Cymes stalked, many-flowered. Stami- 

 node renifonn, quite entire. Cor. yellowish. 

 p. Rocks. St. Beat and above Eaux -bonnes 

 in Pyrenees. 



7. Scorodonia. Hairy. L. ovate or cor- 

 date, prolonged ; lower somewhat triangular. 

 Bracts subulate. Staminode nearly round. 

 Cor. brown pui-j)le. p. 7. Irel. Cornw. Jersey. 



w. Fr. Nice. 



ii. Raceme not leafy, or with only a few L. 

 at base. 



8. alpestris. Hairy. Stem not winged. 

 L. broadly cordate, toothed. Div. of Cal. 

 rounded, ^ith narrow margin. Staminode re- 

 niform. Cor. greenish yellow, p. Pyr. 



9. Scopolii. Stem not winged. L. ovate 

 or cordate, prolonged, dentato-crenate. Div. 

 of Cal. rounded, mth broad mai'gin. Stami- 

 node round. Cor. greenish, p, b. 6, 7. Moun- 

 tain woods, e. G. Apenn. 



10. grandidentata. " Stem not winged. 

 L. cordato-oblong, downy beneath, deeply and 

 somewhat doubly toothed. Teeth divergent. 

 Div. of Cal. rounded ovate. Staminode ob-. 

 cordate, p. or a. 5, 6. Shade. Sic." — Guss. 



11. nodosa. Stem not winged. L. ovate 

 or cordate, serrate, smooth ; upper acute. Div. 

 of Cal. broadly ovate. Margin very narrow. 

 Staminode broad obcordate. Root knotty. 

 M. greenish purple, p. 6, 7. Moist thickets 

 and hedges. 



