SCROPHULARINEiE. 



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plant, and the angles of the stem are 

 never expanded into wings, and some- 

 times scarcely perceptible. 



A west European species, extending 

 southwards to Madeira, and northwards 

 to Jersey, the extreme south-west of 

 England and the south of Ireland. FL 

 summer* 



Fig. 737. 



4. Yellow Scrophularia. Scrophularia vernalis, 



(Fig. 738.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 567.) 



A hairy perennial, very different in 

 aspect from the three preceding species, 

 and not near so coarse. Stem seldom 2 

 feet high ; the leaves nearly orbicular, 

 cordate at the base, coarsely toothed, 

 and of a light-green colour. Peduncles 

 almost all axillary, bearing a small cyme 

 of yellow flowers ; the 4 upper lobes of 

 the corolla nearly of equal size, without 

 any scale or barren stamen inside ; the 

 lowest lobe rather larger. Stamens 

 longer than the tube of the corolla. 



On roadsides, and waste or stony 

 places, in the hilly districts of Europe, 

 extending from France to the Caucasus. 

 Occasionally found in England, but in 

 most cases supposed to have been in- 

 troduced. FL spring. -p- y 3 g 



Linn. 



Y. MIXKUI.US. MIMULUS. 



Herbs, with opposite leaves, and yellow, purple, or pink flowers, 



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