240 57. SCROPHTJLARIACE^. 



*** Leaves all decurrent j flowers solitary or in pairs. 



6. V. Blattaria (L.) ; 1. erenate glabrous, lower 1. ovate-oblong 

 obtuse sinuate at the base attenuated, upper 1. oblong or sub- 

 cordate semiamplexicaul, pedicels solitary nearly twice as long 

 as the bract, stam. and anth. unequal. — IS. B. 393. — Panicle 

 glandular pilose. Fl. yellow. Filaments with purple hairs, the 

 2 longer hairy only on the inside. — On gravelly banks, rare. B. 

 VIII. Moth Mullein. E. 



7. V. virgatum (With.) ; 1. doubly serrate slightly glandular- 

 haii'y, lower 1. oblong-lanceolate sublyrate lobate-crenate-serrate 

 the base attenuated, upper 1. oblong acuminate semiamplexicatil, 

 pedicels 1 — 5 together shorter than the bracts, stam. nearly equal. 

 — E. B. 550. — Panicle glandular-pilose. Fl. yellow. Filaments 

 with purple hairs, 2 rather longer and hairy only within. — On 

 gravelly banks, rare. B. VIII. E. I. 



2. Digitalis Linn. Foxglove. 



1. D. purpurea (L.); 1. ovate-lanceolate erenate downy be- 

 neath, lower 1. attenuated into footstalks, sep. ovate-oblong acute 

 3-veined dovray, cor. obtuse glabrous externally, upper lip 

 scarcely cloven, segments of the lower lip ovate rounded. — E. B. 

 1297. St. 11. — L. often crenate-dentate or -sei-rate. Fl. some- 

 times white or flesh-coloured. St. 3 — 4 feet high. — Hedge- banks 

 and woods. P. VI.~VIII. 



3. Antirrhinum Linn. Snapdragon. 



*1. A. majus (L.); 1. lanceolate opposite or alternate glabrous, 

 fl. racemose, sep. ovate obtuse much shorter than the cor., upper 

 lip bifid.— i;. B. 129.— Height 1—2 feet. Cor. U in. long, 

 purplish-red or white. — Old walls and calcareous cliffs. P. VII. 

 — IX. Great Snapdragon. 



2. A. Orontium (L.); 1. linear-lanceolate opposite or alternate, 

 fl. loosely spiked distant, sep. linear longer than the corolla. — 

 E. B. 1155. St. 27.— About a foot high. Fl. purple.— Dry 

 sandy and gravelly fields. A. VII. VIII. E. I. 



4. LiNARiA Mill. Toadflax. 



*1. L. Cymbalaria (Mill.); 1. roundish-heartshaped 6-lobed 

 glabrous, st. procumbent. — Antirrhinum Sm., E. B. 502. St. 70. 

 10. — Stems slender, rooting. Fl. solitary, axillary, upon long 

 stalks, pale blue. — Old walls. P. V. — X. Ivy-leaved Toadflax. 



2. L. Elatine (Mill.); I. ovate-hastate, lower 1. ovate, spur 



