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Scrophularia ] lxii. sckophttlariaceae. 
[ Mimulus guttatus D C., perhaps a variety of M. luteus Willd., 
is now naturalized in many boggy places : it is a native of North- 
west America. The true M. luteus (A/, rivularis Nutt.) from Chili 
also occurs, but more rarely.] 
7. Scrophularia Linn. Figwort. 
Cal. 5-lobed (or in S. vernalis deeply 5-cleft). Cor. sub- 
globose, its limb contracted with 2 short lips; the upper with 
2 straight lobes, and frequently a small scale or abortive stamen 
within it ; the lower 3-lobed, the two lateral lobes straight, 
middle one decurved. Caps. 2-celled, 2-valved, septicidal, the 
margins of the valves turned inwards. — Named from the 
scrofula; the roots of some species resembling scrofulous tu- 
mours, which they were therefore in the dark ages of medical 
knowledge supposed to cure. 
* Calyx with 5 rounded lobes. Cor. purplish, the two upper lobes longer 
than the two lateral ones ': upper lip with a scale. 
1. S. noddsa L. (knotted F ) ; leaves cordato-triangular acute 
glabrous doubly and acutely serrate, lower serratures largest, 
stem with 4 acute angles, cymes lax, bracteas small lanceolate 
acute, sepals with a narrow membranous margin, scale of upper 
lip transversely oblong slightly notched. E. B. t. 1544. 
Woods and moist grounds, frequent. If.. 6 — 8. — Rhizome large, 
thick, and knotty. Stem 2 — 3 ft. high. Flowers greenish purple. 
2. S. Ehrhdrti C. A. Stev. (Ehrhart’s F.) ; leaves ovato-lan- 
ceolate acute subcordate glabrous sharply serrate, lower serra- 
tures smaller, bracteas leaf-like, petioles winged, stem 4-winged, 
cymes lax 4 — 8-flowered, sepals with a broad membranous mar- 
gin, scale of upper lip bilid with diverging lobes, capsule obtuse. 
E. B. S. t. 2875. 
Wet places. Wilmington, Sussex; Primrose Hill, Middlesex; 
Avmestry, Herefordshire; Preston, Lancashire; Settle, Yorkshire. 
Berwick-upon-Tweed; Cramond Bridge and Pentland Hills, near 
Edinburgh, "if.. 7 — 9. — Stem 2 — 4 ft. high, decidedly winged at 
the angles, on which account the plant had been long supposed, botli 
in Germany and Scotland, to be 5. aquatica, although much more allied 
to S. nodosa. 
3. S. aquatica L. ( Water F.) ; glabrous, leaves crenato-serrate 
cordate-oblong obtuse, petioles winged, stem 4-winged, cymes 
dense corymbose 8 — 15-flowered, bracteas linear obtuse, sepals 
with a broad membranous margin, scale of upper lip roundish 
uniform entire, capsule pointed. E.B.t. 854. S. Balbisii Hornem. 
Sides of rivers, and in wet places, y. 6 — 9. — Ste7n 3 — 4 ft. 
high. Panicles terminal, bracteated, with remote branches. Flowers 
dark purple, occasionally white. 
4. S. Scorodunia L. (Balm-leaved F.); downy, leaves cordato- 
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