Scrophulariaceae : Gamopetalae

Plants mostly herbs; leaves alternate or opposite, exstipulate; flowers zygomorphic and hypogynous, hermaphrodite; calyx gamosepalous; corolla gamopetalous; stamens four or two, if four didynamous; epipetalous; gynoecium bicarpellary, syncarpous, bilocular, axile placentation with many ovules; fruit capsule or berry; seeds endospermic.