58 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. [Cl. 5. 



serrated. Flowers nearly sessile, four-cleft. Capsule oblong, 

 naked, deeply cloven. 

 Hedges. T? . 4. Bark of the branches even. Fl. purplish. 



2. U. suberosa, 31. 2161. (Cork-barked E.) Leaves pointed, rough, 



doubly and sharply serrated. Flowers stalked, four- or five-cleft. 

 Capsule almost orbicular, naked, deeply cloven. 

 Hedges. T? . 3. Branches spreading ; their bark corhj, fissured. 



3. U. major, 36. 2542. (Dutch Cork-barked E.) Leaves rough, 



unequally and rather bluntly serrated. Flowers nearly sessile, 

 four-cleft. Capsule obovate, slightly cloven, naked. 

 Hedges. 1? . 3. Br. almost drooping ; their bark very corky and 

 rugged. 



4. U. montana, 27. 1887. (Broad-leaved E.) Leaves pointed, rough, 



doubly serrated. Flowers stalked, tufted, five- or six-cleft. Cap- 

 sule somewhat orbicular, naked, slightly cloven. 

 Woods and hedges. Tj . 4. Br. droop. Bark even. L. broad. Fl.large. 



5. U. glabra, 32. 2248. (Smooth-leaved E.) Leaves smooth, elliptic- 



oblong, doubly serrated. Flowers nearby sessile, five-cleft. Cap- 

 sule obovate, deeply cloven, naked. 



Hedges in Essex. T? . 3. Tall. Br. even, rather droop. L. rigid, 

 not large. 

 *G. U. carpinifolia, (Hornbeam-leaved E.) Leaves ovate, acute, 

 coriaceous, strongly veined, simply crenate, serrated, slightly 

 oblique and cordate at the base ; shining, but rather scabrous 

 above, smooth beneath. Branches bright brown, nearly smooth. 

 Fruit—? Lindl. 



Near Stratford on Avon. Prof. Lindley. Tj . 

 *7. U. stricta, (Cornish E.) Leaves obovate, cuspidate, cuneate 

 at the base, evenly and nearly doubly crenato-serrate, strongly 

 veined, coriaceous, very smooth and shining above, smooth be- 

 neath, with hairy axils. Branches bright-brown, smooth, rigid, 

 erect, very compact. Fruit — ? Lindl. 



/3. parvifolia. Leaves much smaller, less oblique at the base, 

 finely and regularly crenated> acuminate rather than cuspidate. 



Cornwall and Devon. — $. Less common. T? . Lindl. 



133. CuSCUTA. Dodder. 



l.C. Europcea, 6. 378. (Greater D.) Flowers nearly sessile. Corolla 



without scales. Stigmas acute. 



Parasit. on thistles, nettles, &c. 0. 8, 9. Stem red, 3f. twining. 



Fl. in round heads. 



2. C. Epithymum, C. Europsea, 1. 55. (Lesser D.) Flowers sessile, 



with a notched scale at the base of each stamen. Stigmas acute. 



Parasit. on shrubby plants. 2£ ? 8. Smaller, red. Stam. mostly 4. 



134. SWeRTIA. Felwort. 



1. S.perennis, 21. 1441. (Marsh F.J Flowers five-cleft. Radical 

 leaves ovate 

 Moist, alp. past, Wales. If. . 8. About 1 f. smooth, bitter. FL pur- 

 plish. 



