FIG WORT TRIBE 2ii 



lobed ; capsule flattened, blunt ; seeds numerous, flat, and bor- 

 dered. (Name in Greek signifjdng nose-flower, from its peculiar 

 shape.) 



9. Bartsia. — Calyx tubular, 4-cleft ; corolla gaping, with a con- 

 tracted throat ; upper lip arched, entire ; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes 

 bent back ; capsule flattened, pointed ; seeds numerous, angular. 

 (Name in honour of John Bartsch, a Prussian botanist.) 



10. Euphrasia (Eye-bright). — Calyx tubular, 4-cleft ; corolla 

 gaping ; upper lip divided ; lower lip in 3 nearly equal lobes ; 

 anthers spurred at the base ; capsule flattened, blunt, or notched ; 

 seeds numerous, ribbed. (Name from the Greek, Euphrosyne, glad- 

 ness, from the valuable properties attributed to it.) 



11. Sibthorpia (Cornish Money-wort). — Calyx in 5 deep, spread- 

 ing segments ; corolla wheel-shaped, 5-cleft, nearly regular ; capsule 

 nearly round, flattened at the top. (Name in honour of Dr. 

 Sibthorp, formerly professor of botany at Oxford.) 



12. MiMULUS (Monkey-flower). — Calyx S-\ohed; corolla 2-lrpped, 

 gaping ; seeds numerous. (Name from the Greek, miino, an ape, 

 from a supposed resemblance which the flower bears to that fan- 

 tastic quadruped.) 



Stamens 2 



13. Veronica (Speedwell). — Corolla wheel-shaped, unequally 4- 

 cleft, lower segment the narrowest. {Verotiica is the naiue of a 

 saint in the Romish Church, but why given to this plant is unknown.) 



Stamens 5 



14. Verbascum (Mullein). — Calyx 5 -parted ; corolla wheel- 

 shaped, 5-cleft, irregular ; stamens hairy. (Name from the Latin, 

 barba, a beard, from the shaggy leaves of some species.) 



I. Digitalis {Foxglove) 

 I. D. purpurea (Purple Foxglove). — The only British species. A 

 stately plant 2-6 feet high, with large wrinkled, somewhat downy 

 leaves and a tall stem, bearing a long raceme of numerous purple 

 bell-shaped flowers, which droop after expansion. On the inside the 

 flowers are beautifully spotted, and occasionally an elegant white 

 variety is found. The name Foxglove is a corruption of folk' s-glove ; 

 that is, Fairies' gloves. The powdered leaf, though poisonous in 

 large doses, is a valuable medicine in cases where it is desired to 

 lower the pulse. Common in dry, hilly places and in woods, but 

 never on limestone. — Fl. June, July. Biennial. 



2. Anthirrhinum {Snapdragon) 



I. A. majus (Great Snapdragon). — Leaves narrow, tapering; 

 spikes many-flowered ; sepals egg-shaped, Wunt, much shorter than 



