370 DIDYNAMIA ANG10SPERMIA 



lobcd, lower lip 3-lobed, villosc within. Stamens smooth; the sterile filamtnt 

 declined, longer than the fertile ones, densely bearded on the upper side from the 

 apex more than half way to the base. Style rather shorter than the stamens, 

 somewhat persistent. Capsule ovoid, acute, smooth. 



llab. Hills along Schuylkill; Black Rock; not common. Fl. June. Fr. August. 



Obs. Our plant appears to be the rar. an gust (folia, of Ait. <$• Pursh; and is 

 somewhat rare, except on the N. Eastern side of the County. Six or cLht addi- 

 tional species are enumerated in the U. States. 



301. 8CROPHULARIA. L. Mutt. Gen. 528. 

 [So named from its supposed virtue in curing Scrojthula.'] 



Calyx 5-cIeft ; segments obtuse. Corolla subglobose ; limb contracted 

 irregularly bilabiate ; the upper lip longer, 2-lobed, often with an inter- 

 mediate scale or abortive stamen, within ; the lower lip 3-lobed, middle 

 or lower lobe rcflexed. Capsule roundish-ovoid, 2-celled, 2-valved ; 

 valves with inflexed margins at base, opening at apex. 



Herbaceous, or rarely frutescent : leaves mostly opposite; flowers in terminal 

 panicles, or spikes, with the peduncles mostly opposite, axillary, or bracteate at 

 base. Nat. Or J. 211. Lindl. Scrophularine.l*. 



1. S. marilaxdica, L. Leaves lance-ovate, acute, serrate, mostly 

 rounded or subcordato at base, petioles ciliate ; panicle oblong ; pedicels 

 loosely sub-fasciculate. Beck, Hot. p. 263. 

 S. nodosa, var. amcricana* Mx. Am. 2. p. 21. 



Mahylaxd ScuopiicLAUiA. Vulgo — Fig-wort. Carpenter's Square. 



Root perennial. Stem 3 to 5 or 6 feet high, herbaceous, quadrangular, with a 

 slight wing or ridge on the angles by the decurrence of the petioles, branched 

 above, minutely pubescent, the panicle sprinkled with glandular or capitate hairs. 

 Leaves 3 to 5 inches long, and 1 to 2 or 2 and a half inches wide, often unequallj 

 or doubly incised serrate, thin, smoothish, mostly obtuse at base ; petioles half an 

 inch to near 2 inches long, more or less ciliate-pubescent. Panicle 9 to 13 inches 

 long (those terminating the branches shorter), and 2 to 4 inches in diameter, dark 

 greenish purple, the branches short, opposite, or alternate, somewhat trichoto- 

 mously and cymoseiy subdivided, with lance-linear or subulate bracts at base. 

 Calyx subcampanulate, smooth; segments equal, erect, roundish-ovate, with a 

 scarious purplish margin. Corolla dull purplish brown tinged with green, smooth; 

 tube about twice as long as the calyx, globose, contracted at throat ; limb unequal' 

 ly 5-lobed, sub-bilabiate, with a green spatulate scale within, at the base of the 

 upper lip, resembling an abortive stamen with the grooved filament adnate to the 

 corolla. Stamens conspicuous in the throat of the corolla, a little longer than the 

 tube (involute before the flower expands); filaments broad and thick, minutely pu- 

 bescent, pale green ; anthers yellow, 1-celled, opening transversely on the summit. 

 Style a little longer than the stamens, often curved over the lower rcflexed lobe 

 of the corolla; stigma obtuse. Capsule ovoid, acute, somewhat compressed and 

 bisulcate, smooth. Seeds numerous, roughish-punctate. 



Hab. Woodlands ; fence-rows, <&c. frequent. Fl. June— August. FY. Aug— Octo. 



Obs. The root of this, bruised iuto the form of a Cataplasm, is a popular appli- 

 cation to phlegmons, <fcc. with a view to promote suppuration. One or two other 

 species have been enumerated in the U. States ; but I have a suspicion they will 

 prove to be scarcely more than varieties of this. 



