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10. L. vuh/arix (Mill.); j^labrous, racliis and peduncles glan- 
dular-hairy, 1. linear-lanceolate scattered crowded, H. racemose 
imbrie.ated, sep. ovate acute glabrous shorter than the cajis. or 
spur, seeds tubercnlar-seabrotis with a smooth orbicular margin. 
— E. B. 65S. 8t. 18. 13. — FI. yellow', large. St. erect, 2 feet 
high, as well as the 1. glabrous. Common and jiartial flower- 
stalks occasionally glabrous. — 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. 
4. ScROPHULARiA Linn. 
[The abortive fifth stamen(staminodium), which usually appears 
under the form of a scale on the inner side of the up])er lip of 
the cor., supplies a valuable distinctive character in this genus.] 
1. S. nodosa (L.); 1. ovate acute subcordate glabrous doubly 
and acutely serrate: lower serrat tires largest, st. acutely 4-angu- 
i lar, cymes lax, sej>. roundish-ovate with a narrow' membranous 
margin, staminodium transversely oblong slightly emarginate. — 
I E. B. 1544. St. 23. 14. — Root tuberous, thick, knotty. St. 2 — 3 
1 feet high. Bracts small, lanceolate, acute. FI. greenish-purple, 
lurid, sometimes milk-white. Caps, ovate. — Moist hedges and 
thickets. P. VI. VII. Knotted Figwort. 
2. S. Ehrharti (C. A. Stev.); /. ovate-lanceolate acute sub- 
cordate glabrous sharply serrate : lower serrat tires smaller, st. and 
I petioles w'inged, cymes lax few (4 — S)-floivered, sej). roundish 
with a broad membranous margin, staminodium bifid with diver- 
ging lobes. — Stev. A. N. H. \. t. 1. E. B. S. 28/5. S. aquatica 
St. 23. 15. — St. tall. Bracts leafllike, lanceolate, acute. FI. 
dark purple. Caps, snbglobose, obtuse. — 4Vet places. Cramond 
Bridge, Edinburgh. Berwick. Dr. P. Maclagan. Preston. Mr. 
Gilbertson. MTlmingdon, Suss. Mr. Jenner. Primrose Hill, 
London. Mr. Sowerby. P. VIII. IX. E. S. 
3. S. aquatica (L. !); 1. cordate-oblong rounded-obtuse gla- 
brous crenate-serrate, st. and petioles winged, cymes dense corym- 
, base many (8 — \5)-flowered, sep. roundish obtuse with a broad 
membranous margin, staminodium roundish-reniform entire. — 
E. B. 854. Stev. 1. c. t. 1. S. Balbisii Horn., Koch. — St. 2 — 5 feet 
high. Bracts linear, obtuse. F'l. dark purple, occasionally milk- 
; white. Caps, ovate, pointed. — In wet places. P. VII. VIII. 
4. S. Scorodonia (L.); 1. cordate-triangular with large double 
teeth downy on both sides, st. bluntly quadrangular downy, cymes 
I lax few-flowered, sep. roundish downy with a membranous mar- 
I gin, staminodium roundish entire. — E. B. 2209. — St. 2 — 3 feet 
I high. Bracts leaflike, lower exactly like the leaves. FI. pm-ple. 
