Figwort

Plants of the genus Scrophularia, natural family Scrophulariaceæ; coarse herbs, natives of the n. hemisphere. Fiji Islands. Group in the S. Pacific, numbering over 200, belonging to Great Britain since 1874: discovered 1643; total area 7,435 sq. m.; pop. 125,000, of whom 2,000 are Europe ans. IMG:content-0068.png:[blocks in formation] The natives are well-formed, with dark-blue eyes, brown skin, and dolichocephalic skulls of rather large capacity. They are