242 57. SCROPHULARIACE^. 



blue veins. St. erect, branched, leafy, 1 — H foot high, slender. 

 Seeds much smaller than those of L. vulgaris. L. italica and 

 L. sepium, may be hybrids between this and L. vulgaris. — Cal- 

 careous soils, particularly near the sea, rare. P. "VII. — IX. 



8. L. vulgaris (Mill.) ; glabrous, rachis and peduncles glan- 

 dular-hairy, 1. linear-lanceolate scattered crowded, fl. racemose 

 imbricated, sep. ovate acute glabrous shorter than the caps, or 

 spur, seeds tubercular-scabrous with a smooth orbicular margin. 

 ~E. B. 658. St. 18. 13.— Fl. large, yellow, rarely milk-white 

 with an orange palate. St. erect, 2 feet high, as well as the 1. 

 glabrous. Common and partial flower-stalks occasionally gla- 

 brous. — The var. Peloria with 5 spurs and an equal and regular 

 cor. is rarely found. E. B. 260. — /3. latifolia (IJromf.)'; 1. nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, fl.-l. often lanceolate very glaucous, fl. twice as 

 large in a few-fl. lax raceme, ped. glabrous, spur directed per- 

 pendicularly downwards. L. speciosa Ten. ? — Hedges on a 

 gravelly soil. /3. Isle of Wight. P. VI. VII. Yellow Toadflax. 



5. ScROPHULARiA Linn. Figwort. 



* Cal. of b rounded lobes. Cor. purplish j upper lip with a scale 

 on its inner side [staminode). 



1. S. nodosa (L.); I. ovate acute subcordate glabrous doubly 

 and acutely serrate, lower serratures largest, st. acutely 4-angu- 

 lar, cymes lax, sep. roundish-ovate with a narrow membranous 

 margin, staminode transversely oblong slightly emarginate.' — 

 E. B. 1 544. St. 23. 14.— Root tuberous, thick, knotty. St. 2—3 

 feet high. Bracts small, lanceolate, acute. Fl. greenish-purple, 

 lurid, sometimes milk-white. Caps, ovate. — Moist hedges and 

 thickets. P. VI. VII. Knotted Figwort. 



2. S. Ehrharti (C. A. Stev.) ; I. ovate-lanceolate acute sub- 

 cordate glabrous sharply serrate, lower serratures smaller, st. and 

 petioles winged, cymes lax few (4 — S)-flowered, sep. roundish 

 with a broad membranous margin, staminode bifid with diverging 

 lobes.— E.B.S. 2875. S. aquatica St 23. 15.— St. tall. Bracts 

 leaflihe, lanceolate, acute. Fl. dark purple. Caps, subglobose, 

 obtuse.— "Wet places. P. VIII. IX. E. S. 



3. S. aquatica (L. !) ; I. cordate-oblong rounded-obtuse gla- 

 brous crenate-serrate, st. and petioles winged, cymes dense corym- 

 bose many (8 — \5)-flowered, sep. roundish obtuse with a broad 

 membranous margin, staminode roundish-reniform e7itire. — E. B. 

 854. S. Balbisu Horn., Koch.— St. 2—5 feet high. Bracts 

 linear, obtuse. Fl. dark purple, occasionally rfiilk-white. Caps, 

 ovate, pointed. — In wet places. P. VII. VIII. 



4. S. Scorodonia (L.) ; I. cordate-triangular with large double 



