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is usually shorter than the bract. St. erect, leafy —Old walls, 
an escape from gardens. P. VII. VIII.] E. 
7. L. repens (Ait.); glabrous, 1. linear scattered or partly 
whorled, fl. racemose, sep. lanceolate as long as the spur but 
shorter than the caps., seeds angular with transverse elevated lines. 
—E. B.1253. L. striata DC., Koch, R. I. t. 423.—F1. white with 
blue veins. St. erect, branched, leafy, 1—12 foot high, slender. 
Seeds much smaller than those of L. vulgaris. It is now gene- 
rally allowed that the L. italica and L. sepium (Man. ed. 2) are 
hybrids between this and L. vulgaris ——Calcareous soils, particu- 
larly near the sea, rare. P. VIT.—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 l. 
glabrous. Common and partial flower-stalks occasionally gla- 
brous.—The var. Peloria with 5 spurs and an equal and regular 
cor. is sometimes, though rarely, found. #. B.260.—8. latifolia 
(Bromf.) ; 1. narrowly lanceolate, fi.-l. often lanceolate very glau- 
cous, fl. twice as large in a few-fi. lax raceme, ped. glabrous, spur 
directed perpendicularly downwards. L. sepium Ten. ?—Hedges 
on a gravelly soil. 8. Isle of Wight. P. VI. VII. Yellow 
Toadflax. 
5. SCROPHULARIA Linn. 
* Cal. of 5 rownded lobes. Cor. purplish, upper lip with a scale 
on its inner side (staminode). 
1. S. nodosa (L.); l. 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. 1544. 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.); 1. ovate-lanceolate acute sub- 
cordate glabrous sharply serrate, lower serratures smaller, st. and 
petioles winged, cymes lax few (4—8)-flowered, sep. roundish 
with a broad membranous margin, staminode bifid with diverging 
lobes.—Stev. A.N. H.v.t 1. E. B.S. 2875. S. aquatica St. 
23. 15.—St. tall. Bracts leaflike, lanceolate, acute. Fl. dark 
purple. Caps. subglobose, obtuse—Wet places. P. oe 
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