Paederota
(from Paideros, a name applied by the ancients to a species of Acanthus). ORD. Scrophularineae. A genus comprising only a couple of species of pretty, dwarf, hardy, perennial herbs, inhabiting the mountains of Central and Eastern Europe. Flowers yellow or blue, alternate, very shortly pedicellate, disposed in dense, terminal spikes; calyx of five narrow segments; corolla with a cylindrical tube and a sub-bilabiate limb, the upper lobe of which is entire, and the lower one three-parted. Leaves opposite, toothed or incised. The species, which are usually treated as annuals by gardeners, require a dry, airy situation, and a light sandy soil, or a compost of equal parts peat, loam, and sand. Increased by seeds.
P. Ageria (Ageria). fl. yellow; corolla nearly 1/2in. long, with erect segments; spikes short, compact. May. l. all acute; lower ones ovate; middle ones 1 1/2in. long, almost 1in. broad; upper ones longer and narrower-lanceolate, cut-serrate. h. 6in. to 12in. 1824. Plant puberulous. P. Bonarota (Bonarota). fl. blue; corolla 1/3in. long, with somewhat spreading segments; spikes compact, globose or oblong, 1in. to 1 1/2in. long. May. l., lower ones orbiculate; upper ones ovate or lanceolate, serrated or cut. h. 4in. to 6in. 1818. Plant pilose. (J. F. A. app. 39.)