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5. L. repens (Pale blue Toad-flax). — A slender, erect plant 1-2 

 feet high, with glaucous, very narrow leaves and veined, purplish 

 blue flowers growing in spiked clusters. Stony calcareous places, 

 rare. — Fl. July to September Perennial. 



6. L. minor (Least Toad-flax). — A small, erect, much-branched 

 plant, with narrow viscid, downy leaves and solitary, small lilac 

 flowers, with a blunt spur. A cornfield weed, not uncommon. — 

 Fl. May to October Annual. 



Several other species occur as weeds in gardens and growing on 

 ballast near the sea, but they have no claim to be considered natives. 



4. SCROPHULARIA (Fig-WOrt) 



1. .9. nodosa (Knotted Fig-wort). — A tall herbaceous plant 3-4 

 feet high ; stem square, with the angles blunt ; leaves smooth, heart- 

 shaped, tapering to a point ; flowers in repeatedly forked, loose 

 panicles, dingy greenish-purple. The plant has a strong, unpleasant 

 smell. Damp bushy j^ilaces ; common. — Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



2. S. aquatica (Water Fig-wort). — Stem 

 square, with the angles winged ; leaves 

 smooth, heart-shaped, oblong, blunt ; 

 flowers in close panicles. Resembling the 

 last, but at once distinguished by the 

 winged angles of its stems, which, though 

 hollow and succulent, are rigid when dead, 

 and prove very troublesome to anglers, 

 owing to their lines becoming entangled in 

 the withered capsules. Sides of streams 

 and ditches; common. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



3. S.Scorodonia (Balm-leavedFig-wort). 

 — Very like the last, but distinguished by 

 its downy, wrinkled leaves ; the stems also 

 are not winged. Found only in Corn- 

 wall, Ireland, and the Channel Islands. 

 — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



SCROPHULARIA AgUATICA 



{Water Fig-wort) 



4. 5. vernalis (Yellow Fig-wort). — Well distinguished by its re- 

 markably bright green foliage and yellow flowers. It appears early 

 in spring, and is the only species found in Britain which can be 

 called ornamental. It is of local occurrence, but not indigenous. 

 — Fl. April to June. Perennial. 



