in botany, a genus of the didynamia angiospermia clas. The calyx has five segments; the corolla is somewhat globular; and the capsule has two cells. There are 14 species, four of them natives of Britain, viz. the nodosa, or knobby-rooted figwort; the aquatica, or water figwort; the scorodonia, or balm-leaved figwort; and the vernalis, or yellow figwort.