ScHROPHULARI A AQUATICA. WaTE R"Fig WO RT, Oi 
Water-Bet o ny. 
SCHROPHULARIA Lin, Gen. PI. Didynamia Angiospermia. 
„ &/ o quinquefidu s . Cor. fubglobofa, frftipinatd. C«;)/bilocularis. 
SCHROPHtn ACTA . y "r ,8 - H ““ nmrv SICCO SINGULAR!, FLORE MONOPETALO. 
OLHK.UTHULARIA V al,ca folns cordatis obtolis petiolatis decurrentibus, caule membranis angulato 
SCHROPHUI ARTA o , r , ace “ ls to-ramalibns, Lm. Syft. Vegttab. p. 468. Sp. Pl. p. 864. 
SCHROPHUI ARTA au e f 1:1(0 quadrangulo pamculato, foliis ovato lanceolatis. Hail, BiJ). 336. 
SCHROPHTIT ARTA ^ ic °P° h F '. Car ". n. 77 6 - 3 
rftoS L R a aquatlca ma J° r - Baah - «”■ 2 35 - 
BETONICA aquatica. Ger.tmnc.fi j. 3 
BETONICA aquaoca major. Pnrkinjbn , . 613. Raii Syn. 283. Water-Betony, but more truly Water- 
Bigwort. Hudjon F/. Angi. p. 275. Lightfoot FI. Scot, p, 329. 
b^ralbis raf don“ m nUmer ° flS ’ ma j ufcuUs ’| ROOT Pr nn ' aU thick ’ fl ' m;ihcd with ^-ous, 
CAUU 3 mpedaUs ad orgyalem, eredtus, ramofus, ! STALK fS’ dire!’ m't ^ in height, upright 
tis ; mm\fthX cauli ST *’ “ S “ 1,S ^ | branched, finooth, four-cornered purple Ae 
FOLIA petrolata oppofe dMantia decurrentia, fub- 1 I^VEsSgT^.tol^^«L^^e , ^, 
t times little appendages, obtufe, veiny, Crenated, 
FLORES paniculato-fpicati, terminales ¥ FI owf rq^ ^ mo . ot ^‘ . . 
RAMI paniculae oppof.ti, tiichotom bmflei lanceolata * RR^HTS fT ' S™ wm g ™ * P™ck-ldee fpi kc . 
fuffhlri npfl.mc.ilit! lot- • orac \ e£ |_ la Ke , olata | BRANCHES of the panicle oppoftte, tnchotomous, lup* 
Ported by a pointed floral- leaf, flower-ftalks 
tasatis, fubvifcidis, intermedio folitario. 
CALYX: Pekianthium monophyllum, quinquefidum, 
perfiftens, laciniis corolla brevioribus, rotun- 
datis, membrana fufca lacera marginatis. fig. 
COROLLA monopetala, inaequalis, atro-rubens. Tu- 
bus globofus, magnus, inflatus, fig. 2. Limbus 
quinquepartitus, laciniis duabus majoribus fub- 
ere&is, rotundatis, fig. 3. cum intermedia fqua- 
mula labrum parvum mentiente fubjedta,/^. 4. 
duabus lateralibus patulis, fig. 5. tertia mi- 
nima fubinvoluta, fig. 6. 
STAMINA : Filamenta quatuor, alba, linearia, fub- 
vifcida, declinata, longitudine corollae, quorum 
duo feriora. Antheras didym*, flava;, fig. 
7, 8. 
PISTILLUM : Germen fubconicum, glandula nettari- 
fera cindtum, fig< p, 10. Stylus fubulatus, 1 
apice fubincurvatus,/^. 1 1. Stigma obtufum, i 
flavum, fig. 12. 
PERICARPIUM: Capsula fubrotunda, acuminata, bi- ; 
loculans, bivalvis, diflepimento e marginibus ■ 
valvularum inflexis conftrudo, apice dehifcens, ' 
„„ . A* *> 
SEMINA plurima parva, fufca. j 
RECEPTACULUM unum, fubrotundum in utrumque ; 
loculamentum fe infinuans. 
lateral, many-flowered, furnilhed with floral 
leaves, fomewhat vifcid, the middle one foli- 
: tary. 
; CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, divided into five 
fegments and permanent, the fegments fhorter 
than the corolla, round and edged with a rag- 
ged brown membrane, figfii. 
COROLLA monopetalous, unequal, of a deep red co- 
lour. Tube globular, large inflated, fig. 2. 
Limb deeply divided into five fegments. the 
two uppermoft of which are largeft, fome- 
what upright, and rounded, fig. 3. with an 
intermediate little fcale like a fmall lip placed 
underneath them, fig. 4. the two fide ones 
fpreading, fig. 5. the third very minute and 
rolled up, fig. 6. 
STAMINA: four white, linear, {lightly vifcid Fila- 
ments, inclining downwards, the length of 
the corolla, two of which are later than the 
others. Anthers double and yellow,^. 7, 8. 
PISTILLUM : Germen fomewhat conical, fupported 
by a nedlareous gland, fig. 9, 10. Style ta- 
pering, bending downwards a little at the top, 
fig. 11. Stigma blunt and yellow, fig. 12. 
SEED-VESSEL a roundifh pointed Capsule, of two 
cavities and two valves, partition formed by the 
edges of the valves turning in, opening at top. 
SEEDS numerous, fmall, and brown. 
RECEPTACLE fingle, roundilh, infinuating itfelf 
into each cavity or cell. 
Th^-e °f Jf ater-Betony (by winch this plant is, perhaps, more generally better known than by its other 
name ot Water-Figworf ) has been affigned. it from the great fimilitude which its leaves bear to thofe of the Wood- 
Bet ony. ; but as it differs from it totally in its fru&ification, and confequently in its generic chara&er, the latter 
name is certainly to be preferred. ’ & ’ 
In its ufual Rate of growth it has little to recommend it as an ornamental plant; but when variegated few 
exceed it in beauty. In this flate it is not uncommon in the nurferies about London. 
It grows naturally by the fides of rivers, ponds, and wet ditches ; and flowers from June to September. 
Medicinally the leaves of this fpecies are recommended for the fame purpofes of thofe of the Scrophularia nodofa 
to which they have by fome been preferred: in tafte and fmell they are fimilar, but weaker. Mr. Marchant 
reports, in the Memoires of the French Academy, that this plant is the fame with the Iquet tia of the Brazilians 
celebrated as a fpecific corredlor of the ill flavour of Sena. On his authority the Edinburgh College in their 
common infufion of that drug, direfted two- thirds- its weight of the Water-figwort leaves to be joined ; but as they 
have now difcarded this ingredient, we may prefume that it was not found to be of much ufe. Lewis's Mat. Med 
Ed. Atkin , p. 598. 
The difagreeable fmell which attends this plant when bruifed makes it rejected by cattle in general ; neverthelefs 
both its leaves and flowers are much referred to by different kinds of infefts. ^ he Tentbredo Schrophuhrix Lin 
feeds oil its foliage, both in its caterpillar and pcrfefl Hate. The beautiful caterpillar of the Phaleena Virbafc i feeds 
on this plant as well as on the Mullein. Both bees and wafps collect great quantities of hooey from its flowers 
and as thefe continue to be produced for a great length of time, it is one of thofe plants which perhaps mav be 
made to gro\y near bee-hives with advantage. r 
