52 Class IV. Order I. 



Distinguished from the last by its narrow leaves, short spikes, 

 and furrowed stalk. The leaves are lanceolate, acute, entire, 

 and strongly ribbed. Stalk upright, deeply channelled. Spike 

 dark coloured, ovate, with a circle of projecting, whitish sta- 

 mens. Pastures and road sides. From May to October. Pe- 

 rennial. 



PLANTAGO MARITIMA. L. Sea Plantain. 



Leaves linear, mostly entire, channelled, woolly 

 at the base ; spike cylindrical, scape round. Sm. 



Found on salt marshes and known by its leaves, which are 

 fleshy, linear-subulate, and hollowed out on their inner side. 

 Spike cylindrical, of short or moderate length. Flowers in July 

 and August. Perennial. 



56. CENTAURELLA. 



CENTAURELLA PANICULATA. Mich. Late Centaurella. 



Stem branching above ; branches subdivided ; pan- 

 icle erect, many flowered ; segments of the corolla 

 oval ; style much shorter than the germ. Mich. 



Syn. BARTONIA PANICULATA. Muhl. 



A slender, upright plant, found in meadows, flowering about 

 August. Stem square, often twisted. Leaves opposite, minute, 

 subulate, resembling scales. Flowers small, white, on the ends 

 of the branches, which are erect and simple or compound. 



57. MITCHELLA. 

 MITCHELLA REPENS. L. Chequer berry. 



A handsome little creeping plant, the only species of its ge- 

 nus. It is found in woods about the roots of trees, creeping in 

 the decayed leaves. Stems furnished with opposite, round, or 

 heart shaped, smooth, petioled leaves, about the size of the fin- 

 ger nail. Corollas purplish white, funnel form, four cleft, hairy 

 within, bearing the stamens in their sinuses. The two calyxes 

 and corollas stand on a common germ, so that two apparent flow- 

 ers produce only one berry. The blossoms are exceeding!}' fra- 

 grant, and the leaves sometimes variegated. June, July. Pe- 

 rennial. 



