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PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Lycopsis. 



Wild Buglass. Corn fields and road sides. [Corn fields 

 about Ul vers tone, but not common. Mr. Gqvgh. — Sometimes 

 on dunghills, when the leaves are often l£ inch broad. Dr. 



Stokes.] 



A. June— Sept. 



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E'CHIUM. BIoss. irregular ; mouth naked ; nuts 



4, large, rough, imperforated. 



ital'icum. E. Stem upright, hairy: spikes hairy: segments of the 



blossoms nearly equal : stamens extremely long. 



vultja're. 



Jacq 



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802. l-H. ox. xi. 27- 6-1 



J. B. ill. 584. 2. is referred to by Ray, but it 

 of Linn. <who regards our plant as a variety of 

 itali 



1 cum 



Bhss. invariably white. Hall. 





On the 



Wall Viper-grass. Sandy meadows and pastures, 

 sandy ground near St. Hilary, Jersey. P. Huds. A. Ray. I 

 have not been able to procure any specimen of this pljnt. Bota- 

 nists who have an opportunity would do well to search for it in 

 Jersey. 



E. Stem rough with bristles and tubercles : stem leaves 



spear-shaped, rough with hair : flowers in lateral 





spikes. 



E. hot. \9\-~Kniph. 1-Fl. dan. 445-#;<v. mm. 7. \-Blach&. 

 299~Mattf>. 996-Dod. 631. \~-Lob. obs. 312. <2~Ger. em. 

 802. 2-/W. 414. l~H. ox. xi. 27, row 3. \-Mattb. SS>2. 



Root -leaves near 2 feet long, strap-shaped. Flowers nume- 

 rous, in reflected spikes ; those of each spike pointing one way. 

 and closely wedged together. BIoss. before it expands of a fine 

 red, afterwards of a bright blue. Stamens much longer than the 

 blossom. 



Common Viper-grass. Sandy corn fields, walls and on rubbish. 

 [Particularly on the clay or schistus thrown out of coal mines.] 



B. June~*Aug.* 



viola teum. E. Stem flaccid, rough with strong hairs : blossoms as long 



as the stamens, scored; hairy j tube shorter than the 

 calyx : filaments and style smooth. 





Cows and sheep are not fond of it. Horses and goats refuse tt- 

 Bees arefond of the flowers. Linn.— But get their wings torn by iustrortf 

 hairs. Scop. 



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