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acute teeth falling short of the cor.-tube, cor. tubular curved in 

 front, middle of tube compressed, lohes of lips acute with reflexed 

 edges, lower lip hairy within, antli. glabrous. — E. B. 423. All. 

 Fl. Par. t. 19. K. — Stig. scarcely 2-lobed, white. St., scales, 

 bracts, cal., and cor. glandular-pubescent. — Grassy pastures. 

 Herts. Norf. Isle of Wight. Chepstow. P. VI. VII. E. 



[O. ramosa (L.) ; cal. of 4 sep. tubular with triangular ovate 

 acuminate teeth, anth. glabrous, st. usually branched. — E. B. 

 184. — I have not seen living specimens.— Parasitical upon Hemp. 

 Very rare. A. VIII. IX,] 



2. LathRjEA Linn. Toothwort. 



1 . L. squamaria (L.) ; st. simple, fl. pendulous secund, lower 

 lip of the cor. 3-cMt.—E. B. 50. G. E. Smith S. Kent, t. 3.— 

 Bracts ovate or lanceolate. Style straight or curved. Upper lip 

 nearly entire, or bifid. — Woods and thickets, parasitical upon 

 Hazels, &c. P. IV. V. 



Order LVII. SCROPHULARIACEiE. 



Cal. 4 — 6-cleft, persistent. Cor. irregular or 2-lipped or per- 

 sonate, deciduous, imbricate in aestivation. Stam. on the cor., 

 usually 4, didynamous or 2 or 5. Ovary free, 2-celled. Style 

 simple; stigma 2-lobed. Fr. capsular, 2-celled; placentas at- 

 tached to the dissepiment or ultimately central. Embryo straight, 

 in axis of fleshy albumen. — Fig. of all the genera except Mimulus 

 and 1 1 and 13 are in G. F. G. Gam. i. 



* Stamens 5. 



1. Vekbascum. Cal. of 5 sepals. Cor. rotate; segments 

 unequal, spreading. Stam. unequal, 2 or more hairy at the 

 base. 



** Stamens 4, didynamous. 



2. Digitalis. Cal. in 5 deep segments. Cor. hellshaped, 

 oblique, 4 — 6-fid. 



3. Antirrhinum. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. personate, gibbous 

 at the base (no distinct spur) ; lower hp 3-fid with a promi- 

 nent palate closing the mouth. Caps, opening by 2 or 3 

 pores at the top, 2-celled. 



4. Lin aria. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. personate, spurred; lower 

 lip 3-fid, with a prominent palate closing the mouth. Caps, 

 with valves or teeth at the top, 2-celled. 



5. Scrophularia. Cal. 5-lobed (in S.vernalis 5-cleft). Cor. 



