Scrophularia fargesii Franch.

Scrophularia maximowicziiScrophulariamaximowiczii Gorschkova is reported from NE China (Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk SSSR 14: 444. 1951) and is similar to S. fargesii but differs by having lanceolate calyx lobes with acute apices. The authors have not seen any specimens of this species.

Perennials, more than 60 cm tall. Roots stout, fleshy. Stems obscurely quadrangular, hollow, glabrous, white pilose, or glandular pilose. Leaves opposite; petiole to 5 cm, narrowly winged; leaf blade ovate to ovate-orbicular, 5-9 cm, thin, abaxially puberulent on veins, adaxially glabrous or sparsely hairy, base rounded, cordate-truncate, or rarely broadly cuneate, margin unequally double serrate. Cymes axillary or terminal, 1-3-flowered, rarely 5-flowered; peduncle slender, more than 3 cm. Pedicel slender, more than 3 cm, glandular pilose; bracts large, foliaceous. Calyx ca. 5 mm; lobes narrowly ovate to orbicular-ovate, apex obtuse to acute, margin membranous and more conspicuous in fruit. Corolla purple-red, 1-1.2 cm; tube ovoid-globose; lower lip lobes rounded, middle lobe smaller than other lobes; upper lip 2-3 mm longer than lower lip, lobes 1.5-2 mm, with overlapping margins. Stamens slightly shorter than lower lip; staminode subglobose. Ovary slightly shorter than style. Style 3-4 mm. Capsule narrowly ovoid, 9-10 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug.

Hubei (Shennongjia Linqu), Sichuan.

* Grassland, scrub; 2000-3300 m.

Scrophularia franchetiana P. C. Tsoong; S. wilsonii Bonati.