298 LXIL SCKOPITULAKIACE^. ■ ' 



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A. Stamens 2. 



1. Veronica. 



2. Bahtsia. Upper lip of cor. entire or emarginate, arched, not com- 

 pressed laterally. 



II. g 



!• L. sqitamdria L. (^greater T.); stem simple, flowers pen- 

 dulous in one-sided racemes, lower lip of tlie corolla 3-cleft 

 -E. B. t. 50. 



Woods and coppices, apparently parasitic on the roots of Hasels 

 * Elms, and other trees, in various parts of England, Scotland, and I ^ 



Ireland. 2/.. 3 — 5. — Branching from the very base. Whole plant 

 succulent, with many fleshy, tooth-like scales. Bracteas broadly ovate 

 or lanceolate. Flowers purplish. 



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Orb. LXIL SCKOPHULARIACE^ Juss. \ C^^ 



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Calyx 4— 5-Iobe(l, persistent. Corolla monopetalous, rre- \'s^^\ 



iiei^ally irregular, deciduous, with an imbricutive a3Stivation. I Vb'f 



Stamens 4, didynamous, rarely equal, sometimes 2 or 5. Style J \m^ 

 1. Stigma 2-lobed, rarely undivided. Capsule (very seldom ' te^' 



fleshy) 2-celIed, 2— 4-valved, or opening by pores; the valves Lcel) 



entire or bifid, with a dissepiment either double from the in- 

 flexed margins of the valves, or simple, parallel and entire, oi 



opposite and bipartite. Receptacle of the seeds central, united 

 to tlie dissepiment, or eventually separating. Seeds few or 

 numerous, ascending. 'Emhryo straight or slightly curved, ho- i V. 



motropal, enclosed in a fleshy allnimen. Radicle inferior pointino- J . '.^ p 



to the hilum. — Herbs, sometimes Shrubs iisualhj imtJi opposite i tlrdsi 

 leaves, Br. In this order are many medicinal plants, as the 



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B. Stamens 4, didynamous or equal, I . t ' i 



* Calyx with 4 teeth or divisions. 



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3. EuPHUASTA. Upperlip of cor. bifid, not compressed laterally. 



4. Ehtnantiius. Upper lip of cor. compressed laterally. Anthers ob- 



tuse. Calyx inflated. 



5. Melampyku.m. Upper lip of cor. compressed laterally. Anthers ] tbiyle 

 obtuse. Calyx tubular, ' | ^<^' 



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** CaL with 5 teeth or divisions, or 2—3 lobed. J *• 



6. Pedicularis. Cal. inflated, 5-toothed (or 2— 3-lobed), teeth some- | ^^^^"*'- 



times leafy. Cor. ringent, open at the throat. Upper lip com- ] ^'^-^Tl 



pressed. . i r r j ^.^^^^^ 



6^ MiAiuLus. Cal. prismatical, 5-toothed. Cor. ringent, upper lip ' ^refc 



folded back at tne sides, not compressed, ^ t n i J "'^ 



7. ScRoniuLARiA. Cal. 5-lobed or 5-cleft. Cor. nearly globose, un- I M\i 



equal, j |;i^.gj V 



8. Digitalis. Cal. 5-partite, Cor. campanulate, unequal, Ce^e L 



9. A^JII^IUIINUH Cal. 5-partite. Cor. personate, gibbous at the base. m1 ^ 

 10. LixARiA. Cal. 5 -partite. Cor. personate, spurred at the base. 



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