Scoparia (skoparia)

[NL., called Gesneria . Scopelidæ Old World. They are herbs or shrubs, with very numerous branched, opposite or whorled, and dotted leaves, and rather small flowers, commonly in pairs, either white, yellow, or pale-blue. S. dulcis is used as a stomachic in the West Indies, and is called sweet broom weed and licorice weed. Scopariidæ (skō-pa-rī'i-dē), n. pl. [NL. (Guenée, 1854), [Cf. LL. scoра rius, a sweeper;