DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 329 



SCROPHULARIA. Gen. pi. 756. 



CaL 5-fidus. Cor. fubglobola^ refupinata. Caps. 2- 



locularis. 



nodofa. i, SCROPHULARIA foliiscordatlstrinervatis caule. 



obtufangulo. Lin. fyft. nat. p. 413. Sp, pi. 863. 



Ger.em. yi6.f. i. Rivin. t. 107. Backwell, t. 87. 



Moris, hifi. f. 5. /. 8. /. 3. ordinis inferior is. Pet. 



herh.t Q,^.f.(^.) 

 Knobby* rooted Fig-wort. Anglis. 

 jn woods and moift ground not unfrequcnt. %. 



VII. 

 The root is tuberous : the ftalks are 4 or 5 ittx. 



high, and branched towards the top : the leaves 



heart fhap'd, ferrated, and acute. The flowers 



are of a dark red color, fhaped like a cap or 



helmet, the lower lip greenifh : they grow in loofe 



dichotomoLis fpikes or Racemi. At the top of 



the branches. 

 The leaves have a foetid fmell, and bitter tafte. 



A deco6tion of them is faid to cure hogs of the 



nieafles. 

 An ointment made of the root has been formerly 



ufed to cure the piles and fcrophulous fores, but 



is at prefent out of practice. 



aquatica 2 SCROPHULARIA foliis ccrdatis cbtufis petiola- 

 tis dccurrcntibus, caule membranis angulato, ra- 

 cemis terminalibus. Lin. fxft. nat. 413. Sp. pL 

 864. Ger. em. 715. Loes. Flor. Frufs. 248. ic. 75. 

 Blackwell t. Z6. Moris hijf.f. 5, /. 9./. 4. ordinis 



infcrioris. 



