2IO COROIXIFLORTE 



ful medicinal properties. The powdered leaves of Foxglove {Digi- 

 talis -purpurea) lower the pulse, and, if taken in large doses, are 

 poisonous. Euphrasia (Eye-bright), the " Euphrasy " of Milton, 

 makes a useful eye-water. Among foreign species, Gratiola is said 

 to be the active ingredient in the famous gout medicine, " Eau 

 medicinale." Fox-glove, Snapdragon, Mullein, and Toad-flax have 

 showy and ornamental flowers ; and several kinds of Speedwell 

 (Veronica) are deservedly admired for their small but elegant blue 

 flowers. 



Stamens 4, 2 long and 2 short 



1. Digitalis (Foxglove). — Calyx in 5 deep, unequal segments ; 

 corolla irregularly bell-shaped, with 4-5 shallow lobes ; capsule egg- 

 shaped. (Name from the Latin digitale, the finger of a glove, which 

 its flowers resemble.) 



2. Antirrhinum (Snapdragon). — CflZy*- 5-parted ; coraZ/a person- 

 ate, swollen at the base (not spurred), its mouth closed by a palate ; 

 capsule oblique, opening by pores at the top. (Name in Greek 

 signifying opposite the nose, from the mask-like appearance of the 

 flowers.) 



3. LiNARiA (Toad-flax). — Like Antirrhinum, except that the 

 corolla is spurred at the base. (Name from Linum, Flax, which the 

 leaves of some species resemble.) 



4. ScROPHULARiA (Fig-wort). — Calyx 5-lobed ; corolla nearly 

 globose, with two short lips, the upper 2-lobed, with a small scale 

 within, the lower 3-lobed ; capsule opening with 2 valves, the edges 

 of which are turned in. (Name from the disease for which the plant 

 was formerly thought a specific.) 



5. LiMOSELLA (Mud- wort). — Calyx 5 -cleft ; corolla bell-shaped, 

 5-cleft, equal ; capsule globose, 2-valved. (Name from the Latin, 

 linius, mud, from the character of the places in which the plant 

 grows.) 



6. Melampyrum (Cow-wheat). — Calyx tubvilar, with 4 narrow 

 teeth ; corolla gaping, tipper lip flattened vertically, turned back at 

 the margin ; lower lip 3-cleft ; capstde oblong, obliquely pointed, 

 flattened ; seeds i or 2 in each cell. (Name in Greek signifying 

 black wheat, the seeds, when ground and mixed with flour, being 

 said to make it black.) 



7. Pedicularis (Red-rattle). — Calyx inflated, its segments some- 

 what leafy ; corolla gaping ; upper lip arched, flattened vertically ; 

 /ower lip plane, 3-lobed ; capsule flattened, oblique ; seeds angular. 

 (Name in allusion to the disease produced in sheep which feed in 

 places where it grows.) 



8. Rhinantiius (Yellow-rattle). — Calyx iriflated, 4-toothcd ; cor- 

 olla gaping ; upper lip flattened vertically ; lower lip plane, 3- 



