ScHROPHULARiA AQJJATICA* WaTER-FiGWORT^ Of 



ter-Betony. 



CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, quinquefidum, ¥ CALY 

 perfiftens, laciniis corolla brevioribus, rotun- 1 



SCHROPHULARIA Lin, Gen. PL Didynamia Angiospermia. 



Cat. quinquefidus. Cor. fubglobofa, refupinata. Cap/, bilocularis. 

 Raii Syn. Gen. 18. Herbje fructu sicco singulari, flore monopictalo. 

 SCHROPHULARIA aquatica foliis cordatis obtulis petiolatis decurrentihus, caule fnembranis angulatd 



racemis terminalibus, Lin. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 468. Sp. PL p. 864. 

 SCHROPHULARIA caule alato quadrangulo paniculato, foliis ovato lanceolatis. Hall. Rift. 326. 

 SCHROPHULARIA aquatica. Scopoli Ft. Cam. n. jy6. 

 SCHROPHULARIA aquatica major. Bauh. Pin. 235. 

 BETONICA aquatica. Ger. emac. 715, 



BETONIC A aquatica major. Parkinjon. 613. Raii Syn. 28 3. Water- Betony, but more truly Water- 

 Figwort. Hud/on Fl. Angl. p. 27 5-.. Lightfoot Fl. Scot, p,- 329. 



RADIX perennis, craffa, flbris numerofis, majufculis, t ROOT perennial, thick, furniihed with numerous, 

 longis, albis, donata. | large, long, white fibres. 



CAULIS tripedalis, ad orgyalem, erectus, ramofus, ¥ STALK from three to fix feet In height, upright^ 

 laevis, quadrangularis, purpureus, angulis ala- 1 branched, fmooth, four-cornered, purple, the 



tis \ rami foliofi, cauli limiles. % angles winged, branches leafy, like the ftalk. 



FOLIA petiolata, oppofita, diftantia, decurrentia, fub- 1 LEAVES (landing on foot-ftaiks, oppofite, remote from 

 connata, cordato-oblonga, fubinde appendicu- % each other, uniting in fome degree at ihe bafe, 



lata, obtufa, venofa, crenata, nuda. | current, oblong heart-fhaped, having fome- 



y times little appendages, obtufe, veiny, crenated s 



I and fmooth. 



FLORES paniculato-fpicati, terminales. | FLOWERS terminal, growing in a panicle-like fpike. 



RAMI paniculae oppofiti, trichotomi, bractea lanceolata % BRANCHES of the panicle oppofite, trichotomous, ftip^ 

 fufFulti, pedunculislateralibus, multifloris, brac-| ported by a pointed floral-leaf, flower-ftalks 



taeatis, fubvifcidis, intermedio folitario. % lateral, many-flowered, furniihed with floral 



leaves, fomewhat vifcid, the middle one foli- 

 tary. 

 X : a Perianthium of one leaf, divided into.hVe 

 fegments and permanent, the fegments fhorter 

 datis, membrana fufca. lacera marginatis, fig. % than the corolla, round and edged with a rag- 



1. I ged brown membrane, fig. 1. 



COROLLA monopetala, inasqualis, atro-rubens. T#- f COROLLA monopetalous, unequal, of a deep red co- 

 bus globofus, magnus, inflatus, fig. 2. Limbus% lour. Tube globular, large inflated.^. 2. 



quinquepartitus, laciniis duabus majoribus fub- ^ Limb deeply divided into five fegments, the 



erectis, rotundatis, /g. 3. cum intermedia fqua- ¥ two uppermoft of which are largeff, fome- 



mula labrum parvum mentiente fubjec"ta,7%-. 4. | what upright, and rounded, fig. 3. with an 



duabus lateralibus patulis, fig. 5. tertia mi-¥ intermediate little fcale like a fmall lip placed 



nima fubinvoluta, fig. 6. | underneath them, fig. 4. the two fide ones 



¥ fpreading, Jig. 5. the third very minute and 



I rolled up, fig. 6. 



STAMINA: FilamentA quatuor, alba, linearia, fub- f STAMINA : four white, linear, {lightly vifcid Fila- 

 vifcida, declinata, longitudine corollae, quorum | ments, inclining downwards, the length of 



duo feriora. Anthers didymas, flavas, Jig. | the corolla, two of which are later than the 



7, 8. I others. Anthers double and yellow,7%". 7» 8. 



PISTILLUM: Germen fubconicum, glandula nectari-JPISTLLLUM : Germen fomewhat conical, fupported 

 fera cinctum, fig. 9, 10. Stylus fubulatus, ¥ . by a nectareous gland, fig. 9, 10. Style ta- 



apice fubincurvatus,j%. 11. Stigma obtufum, | pering, bending downwards a little at the top, 



flavum, fig. 12. % fig. 11. Stigma blunt and yellow, fig. 12. 



PERICARPIUM: Capsula fubrotunda, acuminata, bi- 1 SEED-VESSEL a roundifh pointed Capsule, of two 

 locularis, bivalvis, difTepimento e marginibus | cavities and two valves, partition formed by the 



valvularum inflexis conffructo, apice dehifcens, ¥ edges of the valves turning in, opening at top. 



fig. 13. I 



SEMINA plurima parva, fufca. | SEEDS numerous, fmall, and brown. 



RECEPTACULUM unum, fubrotundum in utrumque | RECEPTACLE fingle, roundifh, infmuating itfelf 

 loculamentum fe infmuans. | into each cavity or cell. 



The name of Water-Beiony (by which this plant is, perhaps, more generally better known than by its other 

 name of Water-Figwort) has been affigned it from the great limilitude which its leaves bear to thofe of the Wood- 

 Betony ; but as it differs from it totally in its fructification, and confequently in its generic character, the latter 

 name is certainly to be preferred. 



In its ufual ftate of growth it has little to recommend it as an ornamental plant ; but when variegated, few 

 exceed it in beauty. In this ftate it is not uncommon in the nurferies about London. 



It grows naturally by the fides of rivers, ponds, and wet ditches ; and flowers from June to September. 



Medicinally the leaves of this fpecies are recommended for the fame purpofes of thofe of the Scrophularia nodofa^ 

 to which they have by fome been preferred: in taffe and fmell they are fi mi la r, but weaker. Mr. Marchant 

 reports, in the Memoires of the French Academy, that this plant is the fame with the Iquetaia of the Brazilians, 

 celebrated as a fpecific corrector of the ill flavour of Sena. On his authority the Edinburgh College, in their 

 common infufion of that drug, directed two-thirds its weight of the Water-figwort leaves to be joined ; but as they 

 Jiave now difcarded this ingredient, we may prefume that it was not found to be of much ufe. Lewis's Mat. Med. 

 Ed. Aikin, p 598. 



The difagreeable fmell which attends this plant when bruifed makes it rejected by cattle in general ; neverthelefs, 

 both its leaves and flowers are much reforted to by different kinds of infects. The Tenthredo Schrophulari<z Lin. 

 feeds on its foliage, both in its caterpillar and perfect ftate. The beautiful caterpillar of the Phaiana Verbajci feeds 

 on this plant as well as on the Mullein. Both bees and wafps collect great quantities of honey from its flowers, 

 and as thefe continue to be produced for a great length of time, it is one of thofe plants which perhaps may be 

 made to grow near bee-hives with advantage. 



