296 
Scrophulariacere. 
— Ls sessile or very shortly petioled. Capsule triangular- 
obcordate or orbicular, not incised at the base. Racemes 
with 20, and more, fls . . . . . .11 
11. Ls shortly petioled, obovate-elliptic, obtuse or acute. 
Fls in dense racemes. Stem prostrate and rooting at 
the base.—Wood-clearings; everywhere. 6 
officinalis L. 1629. 
— Ls sessile, oval, the upper long-acuminate. Fls in lax 
racemes. Stems ascending-erect. V. latifolia L. ex Kern. 
—Mountain woods; distrib. 6 . urticifolia L. 1630. 
12 (1). Floral ls, the upper also, of the same form as the 
others and almost as large, the fls, in consequence, in 
the 1.-axils. Fr.-pedicels spreading or reflexed. Stem 
branching from the base, the branches prostrate or de¬ 
cumbent; seeds cup-shaped, hollowed on one side and 
convex on the other ...... IS 
— Floral ls, at any rate the upper, differing from the 
lower in form (reduced bracts) .... 17 
18. Ls with 3—7 lobes. Cal.-lobes, after flowering, cordate- 
oval, ciliate, bent outwards at the lateral edges. Cells 
of the capsule with 1—2 seeds.—Fields, walls; every¬ 
where. 3 ..hederifolia L. 1631. 
— Ls crenate-dentate. Cal.-lobes not cordate. Cells of the 
caps, containing 3—12 seeds . . . 11 
14. Fls rather large (10-15 mm broad). Capsule incised in 
an obtuse angle, the lobes of the angle compressed, 
divergent. Fr.-pedicels much longer than the ls. V. Bux- 
baumii Ten.—Fields, road-sides; almost everywhere. 3 — 10 
persica Poir. 1632. 
— Fls much smaller (5— 7 mm broad). Capsule incised in 
an acute or right angle, the lobes of the angle more 
or less swollen, almost parallel. Fr.-pedicels as long as, 
or rather longer than, the ls . . . . .15 
15. Stas inserted about the middle of the cor.-tube. Cor. 
dark blue Ls dull green, orbicular-oval, shortly hairy. 
— Cultivated places; rare; indicated near Morscliach, 
Canton Schwyz ; Cham, Winterthur, Chur. 4 opaca L. 1633. 
— Stas inserted above the lower edge of the cor -tube 10 
16. Cor. white, one of the lobes bluish or rose-coloured. 
Cells of the caps, containing 3 — 5 (2—6) seeds Style not 
exceeding the incision. Ls of a rather yellowish green, 
oblong-oval, crenate-dentate. — Cultivated places; distrib. 
but less common than the following. 4—10 
agrestis L. 1634. 
— Cor. blue, (very rarely white and all one colour). Cells 
of the caps containing 8—10 (5—12) seeds. Style slightly 
exceeding the incision. Ls dark green (in Spring often 
small, rather shining, in Autumn larger and more hairy), 
