ScROPHtJLARIA. 



SCROPHULARIACEjE. 



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2. SCROPHULARIA. Tourn. ; Wydl. mon. Scroph. in mem. soc. phys. fyc. Genev. 4. 



p. 129 ; Endl. gen. 3883. FIG WORT. 



[ So named from its supposed power of healing scrophula.] 

 Calyx 5-lobed (rarely 5-cleft). Corolla nearly globose ; the limb contracted, with two short 

 lips : upper lip 2-lobed, and often with a scale or abortive stamen within ; the lower 3-lobed. 

 Capsule 2-celled, globose or ovoid, septicidaL — Herbs, or rarely suffrutescent plants, with 

 mostly opposite leaves, and the flowers in panicles or cymes. 



1. Scrophularia Marilandica, Linn. Figivort. 



Leaves ovate or lanceolate-ovate, acute, serrate, mostly rounded or cordate at the base ; 

 petioles ciliate ; panicle oblong ; the branches and pedicles loosely cymose-fasciculate. — 

 Linn. sp. 2. p. 619 ; Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 419 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 106 ; Bigel. Jl. Bost. p. 242 ; 

 Wydl. I. c. ; Beck, hot. p. 263 ; Darlingt. Jl. Cest. p. 370. S. nodosa, var. Americana, 

 Michx. fl. 2. p. 21. S. lanceolata, Pursh, I. c. 



Root perennial. Stem 2-5 feet high, rather obtusely 4-angled, nearly smooth, branching 

 above. Leaves 2-4 inches long, varying from ovate to nearly lanceolate, unequally and 

 sharply serrate, slightly pubescent underneath. Panicle large and loose ; the subdivisions 

 3 - 6-flowered. Calyx with ovate obtuse equal lobes. Corolla greenish externally, brownish 

 purple inside ; the upper lip with a small abortive scale-like stamen attached to its base within. 

 Stamens declined, longer than the tube of the corolla ; the filaments pubescent, dilated above : 

 anthers one-celled, opening transversely at the summit. Style exserted, and curved over the 

 reflexed lower segment of the corolla. Capsule globose-ovoid. Seeds black, rough and 

 punctate. 



Borders of woods and along fences ; common. June - September. Very nearly allied to 

 S. nodosa of Europe. The bruised root is employed as a poultice for reducing inflammation 

 in tumors. 



Tribe II. ANTIRRHINEjE. Chavan. ; Benth. 



Corolla tubular; the limb personate or ringent, rarely equal. Stamens A, didynamous : 

 anthers 2-celled, approximated by pairs. Capsule 2-celled, opening by teeth or by a lid, 

 sometimes bursting irregularly . Testa of the seed solid, or loose and arilliform. 



3. LINARIA. Tourn. ; Endl. gen. 3891. TOAD-FLAX. 



[ From the Latin, linum, flax ; which the leaves of some species resemhle.] 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla personate ; the upper lip 2-cleft and reflexed , lower 3-cleft ; the 

 throat closed by the prominent palate ; the tube inflated, with a spur at its base. Stamens 

 4, didynamous. Capsule thin, nearly globose or ovoid, usually opening at the summit by 

 several valves. Seeds with a dilated margin. — Herbaceous plants, with the leaves mostly 

 alternate, rarely opposite or whorled, and the flowers axillary, solitary, or in terminal leafy 

 racemes. 



