] 26 DIDYN AMI A- ANGIOSPERMI A.Melampyruni. 



M. pratense. Lmn. Sp. PL 843. fViltd. v. 3. 199. Fl. Br. 652. 

 Engl. Bot.v. 2. 1. 1 13. With. 545. Light/. 324. Hook. Scot.\87. 



M. syWicum. Huds.270. fVade Dubl. \68. Riv. Monop. Irr. 

 t.Sl.f. 1. 



M. n. 308. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 135. 



M, sylvaticum flore luteo, sive Satureia lutea sylvestiis. Raii Syn. 

 *286. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2. 441. 



M. luteum latifolium. Bauh. Pin. 234 ; 7iot 243, as in Willdenotv, 

 copiedfrom Linnaeus. 



Parietaria sylvestris secunda. Cliis. Hist. v. 2. 44./. 



Crataeogonon. Lob. Ic. 36./. 



C, album. Ger. Em. 9 1 . 



Common Cow-wheat. Petiv. H.Brit. t.36./.0. 



jS, Melampyrum latifolium, flove albo, labio infeiiore duabus ma- 

 culis luteis distincto. Tourn. Par. 492. Dill, in Raii Sijn. *28G. 



M. pratense, Hiids. 270. 



Frequent in woods and bushy places, especially on a clay or loamy 

 soil. 



(3. In the wood by Dr. Richardson's house at North Bierley, York- 

 shire. Dillenius. 



Annual July, August. 



Stem smooth, with several wide spreading branches, so as to be 

 frequently almost decumbent. Leaves bright green, lanceolate, 

 taper-pointed, smooth, or roughish at the edges only, entire, 

 except those that accompany the flowers, which are more or 

 less toothed at the base, and sometimes deeply pinnatifid, with 

 very narrow segments, partaking much of the bracteas of the 

 last species, and like them occasionally coloured ; but they are 

 not so much crowded into a spike. Fl. axillary, solitary, oppo- 

 site, turned in pairs to one side. Cal. bell-shaped, with teeth 

 of its own length. Cor. pale at the base ; deep yellow towards 

 the summit, with a purple spot at each side of the mouth, which 

 is closed, not gaping, the lower lip prominent and straight, not 

 deflexed ; palate elevated, orange-coloured. Caps, with a curved 

 point. Seeds 2 in each cell. 



Cows are reported to be fond of this plant, and Linnaeus says the 

 best and yellowest butter is made where it abounds. /3 is given 

 but as a variety by Dillenius himself, and Vaillant was of the 

 same opinion. It seems to differ only in having paler flowers. 



4. M. sylvaticum. Wood Cow-wheat. 



Flowers axillary, in distant pairs, turned to one side. Co- 

 rolla gaping ; lip deflexed. Leaves nearly all entire. 



M, sylvaticum. Linn. Sp. PI. 843. Willd. v. 3. \99. Fl. Br. 653. 



Engl. Bot.v. \2.t. 804. Light/.325. Hook. Scot.\87. Fl. Dan. 



t. 145. 

 M. n.307. Hall. Hist. v.\.\35. 



