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St. erect, branched, leafy, 1 — U foot high, slender. Seeds much 
smaller than those of L. vulgaris or L.italica. — Calcareous soils, 
particularly near the sea, rare. P. VII. — IX. 
7- L. italica (Trev.) ; glabrous, I. scattered linear-lanceolate, 
fl. racemose, sep. lanceolate-oblong acuminate shorter than the 
caps, and the spur, seeds orbicular tubercular -scabrous with a 
membranous margin. — R.Icon.t. 421. L. genistifolia DC, not Mill. 
A. Bauhinii Gaud. See Lond. Journ. Bot. i. 79- — Fl. yellow, 
intermediate in size between those of L. repens and L. vulgaris. 
St. erect, branched, leafy. Quite glabrous. In Cornish speci- 
mens the seeds are rather angular, producing a winged ridge 
upon their convex side. — Banks. Shirley near Southampton ; 
Penryn by the road to Truro ; by the river Bandon near Cork. 
P. VIII. IX. E. I. 
8. L. vulgaris (Mill.) ; glabrous, rachis and peduncles glan- 
dular-hairy, 1. linear-lanceolate scattered crowded, fl. racemose 
imbricated, sep. ovate acute glabrous shorter than the caps, and 
the spur, seeds orbicular tubercular-scabrous with a membranous 
margin.— E. B. 658. St. 18. 13.— Fl. yellow, large. St. erect, 
2 feet high, as well as the 1. glabrous. Common and partial 
flowerstalks usually glandular-pubescent. — The var. Peloria with 
5 spurs and an equal and regular cor. is sometimes, though 
rarely, found. E. B. 260. — Hedges on a gravelly soil. P. VI. VII. 
Yellow Toadflax. 
[L. purpurea (Mill.) is said to be indigenous, but I know 
nothing of it.] 
4. Scrophularia Linn. 
1. S. nodosa (L.) ; I. ovate acute subcordate glabrous deeply 
and acutely serrate : lower serratures largest, st. acutely 4-angu- 
lar, cymes lax, sep. roundish-ovate with a narrow membranous 
margin, staminodium transversely oblong slightly cmarginate. — 
E. B. 1544. St. 23. 14.— Root tuberous, thick, knotty. St. 2—3 
feet high. Bracts small, lanceolate, acute. Fl. greenish-purple, 
lurid, sometimes milk-white. Caps, ovate.— Moist hedges and 
thickets. P. VI. VII. Knotted Figwort. 
[The abortive fifth stamen (staminodium), which usually appears 
under the form of a scale on the inner side of the upper lip of 
the cor., supplies a valuable distinctive character in this genus.] 
2. S. Ehrharti (C. A. Stev.) ; I. ovate-lanceolate acute sub- 
cordate glabrous serrate : lower serratures smaller, st. and petioles 
winged, cymes lax few (4 — 8) -flowered, sep. roundish with a broad 
membranous margin, staminodium bifid with diverging lobes. — 
Stev. Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 1. t. 1. S. aquatica St. 23. 15, Koch.— 
St. tall. Bracts foliaceous, lanceolate, acute. Fl. dark purple. 
Caps, subglobose, obtuse. — Wet places. Cramond Bridge, Edin- 
