SCROPHULARIA. 



hairy beneath. Fh'wer-Jlalht all axillary, about as long as 

 the leaves, bearing fome fmall oppofite ferrated leaves, and a 

 few lanceolate entire iJra&aj'. i^/oOTfrj numerous, pale yel- 

 low, with a large globofe tube, contrafted at the mouth, 

 and a very minute limb, the length of whofe fegments is not 

 nearly equal to the diameter of the tube. Segments of the 

 eahx deep, elliptical, obtufe, downy, without any membra- 

 nous border. A ftriking refemblance between the habit and 

 flowers of this plant, and the Peruvian genus Calceolaria, is 

 pointed out in Englifh Botany. 



15. S. arguta. Slender Upright Fig-wort. Ait. n. 12. 

 Willd. n. 15. — Leaves heart-fhaped, doubly ferrated, 

 fmooth. Flower-ftalks axillary, folitary, forked, leaflefs. 

 Brafteas linear. Calyx obtufe. Limb of the corolla nearly 

 equal to the tube. — Gathered by Mr. MafTon in Madeira and 

 TenerifFe. An annual greenhoufe plant at Kew, flowering 

 in May and June. Root fibrous. Stem two feet high, ereft, 

 angular, fmooth in the lower part. Leaves an inch or inch 

 and half long, (harply and deeply ferrated. Flo'-jier-Jlalhs, 

 and upper part of the ftem, downy and rather vifcid. Floiuers 

 fmall, red, their limb bearing its ufual proportion to the 

 tube. Capfule ovate, pointed, as in the laft, but fcarcely 

 half fo large. 



16. S. tr'ifoliata. Three-leaved Axillary Fig-wort. 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 86y. Willd. n. 16. Ait. n. 13. (S. 

 fambuci-folia, . flora rubro luteo vario pulchro ; Grid. 

 Virid. Lufit. 75. Pluk. Almag. 338. Phyt. t. 313. 

 f. 6. S. fubrotundo crafTo et nigricante folio, flore luteo 

 pallido, capfula turgida ; Bocc. Muf. Q^. t. 60. J?, 

 indica, capitulis maximis ; Chabr. Ic. 472.) — Leaves 

 fmooth, roundifli, coarfely ferrated ; the lower ones ternate. 

 Stalks axillary, about three-flowered. Segments of the 

 calyx orbicular, with a wavy membranous margin. — Native 

 of Barbary, Corfica, and Portugal. A hardy biennial, fome- 

 times met with in curious gardens, flowering in fummer. 

 Stem about a foot high, fcarcely branched, leafy, nearly 

 fmooth, thick, with four blunt angles. Leaves oppofite, 

 {talked, flefhy and glaucous, about two inches long, and 

 nearly as broad, bluntifli, veiny ; many of the upper ones 

 quite iimple ; the refl: accompanied each by a pair of fmaller 

 leaflets, more or Ids diltinft or remote, at the top of the fool- 



^alk, which is about an inch long. Floiuers all axillary, 

 large, two or three on each (talk, which is (horter than the 

 footllalk, rough, with glandular hairs, and bears leveral 

 linear-lanceolate Iradeas. Calyx glaucous, fmooth, with 

 peculiarly round, deep, broad-bordered fegments. Corolla 

 half an inch long, pale yellow, with an orange or rofe- 

 coloured limb. 



17. S. nppend'iculata. Three-leaved Cluftered Fig-wort. 

 .Tacq. Hort. Schonbr. v. 3. 19. t. 286. Willd. n. 5. (S. 

 laevigata ; Vahl. Symb. v. 2. 67. S. trifoliata ; Desfont. 

 Atlant. V. 2. 54.) — Leaves fmooth, hcart-fliapcd, doubly 

 and bluntly ferrated ; the lower ones ternate. Cluilors ter- 

 minal, leaflefs, compound. Segments of the calyx orbicu- 

 lar, with a wavy membranous margin. — Native of the bor- 

 ders of fields, and the neighbourhood of the fea-fliore, in 

 Barbary. We gathered it in Augutl 1786, in the royal 

 garden at Paris, where it wai raifed from feeds brought by 

 profelfor Desfontaincs, but have not fecn the plant in England. 

 The root is faid to be perennial. Plant entirely fmooth, of 

 a light glaucous green, larger than the laft, to whicli it is moft: 

 nearly akin, though efl'entially different ; particularly in its 

 racemofe compound inflorefcence, and heart-fliaped, doubly 

 toothed or ferrated, leaves, with longer footjlalks. The 

 floiuers are very fimilar. 



18. S. friitcfcens. Shrubby Fig-wort. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 866. Willd. n. 10. Ait. n. 9. (S. lufitanica frutcfcens, 



Vol. XXXn. 



verbenacs foliis ; Tourn. Inft. 167. S. peregrina fhiteC 

 cens, foliis teucrii crafllufculis ; Herm. Lugd. Bat. 54J. 



t-547-) 



(2. Sm. Prodr. Fl. Grsec. Sibth. n. 1459. (S. hetero- 

 phylla ; Willd. n. 12. S. cretica frutefcens, folio vario 

 craffiori ; Tourn. Cor. 9.) 



Leaves fmooth, rather glaucous ; the lower ones cut, 

 lobed, or pinnate ; the floral ones elliptic-lanceolate, entire, 

 duller cylindrical ; branches fimply forked, racemofe. — 

 Native of Portugal, Barbary, and the Levant. Gathered 

 by Dr. Sibthorp in Crete and Zante ; the variety ^ on 

 mount Athos. The^f/n is (hrubby. two or three feet high, 

 branclied, angular, fmooth, purplifh, leafy. Leaves oppo- 

 fite, or partly alternate, coriaceous, fmooth, of a deep 

 glaucous hue, ftalked ; the upper ones moft^ undivided, 

 fharply ferrated ; the reft deeply cut, lobed, pinnatifid, or 

 pinnate, in various degrees, and from one to four inches 

 long, duller terminal, long, cylindrical, ereft, with alter- 

 nate branches, each of which is fimply forked, its divifions 

 racemofe, bearing three or four alternate Jloivers ; the ftalks 

 angular, roughifh. BraSeas lanceolate. The lower part 

 of the clujler, and fome of its branches, are accompanied by 

 elliptic-lanceolate, perfeftly entire leaves, various in Cze. 

 Floiuers fmall, deep red ; the tube rather paler than the 

 limb. Segments of the calyx fmall, orbicular, fmooth, 

 with a briUiant white membranous edge. 



19. S. rupcjlris. Rock Fig-wort. Willd. n. 11. — 

 " Leaves oblong, ftalked, toothed, nearly fmooth. Clufter 

 terminal. Stalks three-flowered." — Gathered by the cele. 

 brated botanical traveller Marfchall von Bieberftein, on the 

 rocks of Taurida. Willdenow, to whom fpeciniens were 

 fent, fays this plant is very nearly related to S. frutefcens, of 

 which it is perhaps only a variety ; but it differs in having a 



fiem only half a foot high, and Very finely downy ; leaves 

 all ftalked, more rigid, and of a fmaller fize ; a terminal clufler, 

 compofed of three-cleft three-flowered ftalks ; and fmall, ob- 

 tufe, not acute, bradeas. 



20. S. cie/ia. Sea-green Dwarf Fig-wort. Sm. Prodr. 

 Fl. Gnec. Sibth. n. 1460. Fl. Grxc. t. 604, unpubli'hed. 

 (S. orient.alis minor, melifla: folio ; Tourn. Cor. 9 ? Buxb. 

 Cent. 5. 10. t. 17. f. 2 ?) — Leaves fmooth, rather glaucous, 

 lyrato-pinnatifid, cut. Stems numerous. Clulhr fhort ; 

 branches two or three- flowered. — Gathered by Dr. Sib- 

 thorp on rocks about Athens and Men"ena ; as well as in 

 Laconia. The root is perennial, thick and woody. Stems 

 very numerous, fomewhat flirubby at the bafc, fpreadiHg in 

 all direftions, a fpan high, leafy, fcarcely branched but at 

 the bottom, bluntly quadrangular, (mooth. Leaves oppofite, 

 ftalked, an inch and half long, ftiarply cut and toothed, of 

 three principal lobes, one of tnem very large and pinnatifid, 

 the others fmaller, befides one or two very fmall ones below, 

 moftly entire. Clujler or panicle two or three inches long, 

 with entire oblong* hraBeas ; its branches oppofite, fimply 

 forked, their lateral branches fingle-flowered, and one of them 

 often deficient. Segments of the calyx orbicular, fmooth, 

 with a white membranous edge. Tub: of the corolla inflated, 

 greenifli, brown on the upper fide ; two larger fegments of 

 the limb chocolate-coloured, the rell greenilli-whitc. Wc 

 can but guefs .it the fynonyms. The leaves are not much 

 like balm, Meliffa. Buxbaum's rude figure is not unfuitablq, 

 to our plant. 



21. S.fimbur folia. Elder-leaved Fig-wort. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 86j. Willd. n. 17. Ait. n. 14. Mill. Ic. t. 231. (Si- 

 deritis fambncifolia ; Alpin. Exot. 203. t. 202.) 



S. S. mcUifera; Ait. n. ij. Desfont. Atlant. v. 2. 53. 

 t. 143. Willd. n. 18. Vahl. Symb. v. 2. 68. 



Lower leaves interruptedly pinnate j upper ternate ; 

 \i leaQeti 



