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SCROPHULA'RIA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Didyna'mia f, Angiospe'rmia 
Natural Order. Scrophulari'nea:§, Dr. R. Brown . — Lindl. 
Syn. p. 187.; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p.228. — Mack. FI. Hib. 
p. 198. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th edit.) p. 414. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of 
Gard. and Bot. v. iv. p. 500. — Scrophula'rina; ; Rich, by Magilliv. 
p. 434. — Sm. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 1 15. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 528. — 
Scrophula'ri/e ; Juss. Gen. PI. p. 117. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 
100. — Syringales ; subord. Primulosa: ; sect. Menthina: ; type, 
Scrophulariacea3 ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 958, and 
978. — Personatve, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, with 5 rounded, nearly 
equal, marginal segments, much shorter than the corolla. Corolla 
(fig. 2.) globose; its limb contracted, with 2 short lips; upper lip 
with 2 lobes, and frequently a small scale or abortive stamen within 
it (see fig. 6.) ; lower lip shorter, 3-lobed. Filaments (see fig. 3.) 4, 
didynamous, declined towards the upper lip, strap-shaped, shorter 
than the corolla. Anthers terminal, blunt, of 2 valves. Germen 
(see fig. 5.) egg-shaped. Style (see fig. 5.) the length of the stamens. 
Stigma simple. Capsule (fig. 7.) egg-shaped, or globular, pointed, 
of 2 cells and 2 valves ; the margins of the valves turned inwards. 
Seeds (fig. 8.) numerous, small, angular, attached to a globose 
central receptacle. 
The 5-lobed, or 5-cleft, inferior calyx ; the nearly globose corolla , 
with an inflated tube, and a short, contracted, irregular, 5-lobed 
limb ; and the capsule of 2 cells, and 2 valves, with inflexed margins ; 
will distinguish this from other genera in the same class and order. 
Four species British. 
SCROPHULA'RIA NODO'SA. Knotty-rooted Figwort. Great 
Figwort. Kernelwort. Brownwort. 
Spec. Char. Leaves oblong-heart-shaped, acute, doubly ser- 
rated, smooth, 3-ribbed at the base. Stem with 4 acute angles. 
Root tuberous. 
Engl. Bot. t. 1544.— FI. Dan. t. 1167.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 863.— Huds. FI. Angl. 
(2nd ed.) p. 274.— Willd. Sp. PI. v. iii. pt. I. p. 270.— Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 663. ; 
Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 137. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 738. — Lindl. Syn. p. 193. — Ilook. 
Brit. FI. p. 288. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 168. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. & Bot. 
v. iv. p. 508.— Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p.329. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 196. — Abbot’s FI. 
Bodf. p. 138. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 61. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 292. — Relh. FI. 
Cant. (3rd edit.) p. 295. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 189. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 137. — FI. 
Devon, pp. 105 & 148. — Johnst. FI. of Berwick, v. i. p. 138. — Winch’s FI. of 
Northumbl. and Durh. p. 42. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 179. — Lindl. FI. Med. p. 
503. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 35. ; Prim. FI. Sara. p. 69. — Dick. FI. Abred. p. 45. — 
Irv. Lond. FI. p. 130. — Luxf. Reig. FI. p. 55. — Mack. Catal. PI. of Irel. p. 58. ; FI. 
Ilibern. p. 205. — Scrophularia major, Ray’s Syn. p. *283. — Johnson’s Gerarde, 
p. 716. — Scrofularia nodosa, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 320. 
Localities. — In woods and hedges ; frequent. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. Corolla opened, to show the Stamens 
and Pistil. — Fig. 4. A single Stamen. — Fig. 5. Calyx, Germen, Style, and Stigma. — 
Fig. 6. Upper Lip of the Corolla, shewing the Scale, or Sterile Stamen. — Fig. 7; A 
Capsule. — Fig. 8. A Seed. — Figs. 3 & 4, a little magnified. 
* So named from its supposed use in the cure of Scrofula. Don. 
t See folio 31, note t. f See folio 72, note t. $ See folio 50, a. 
