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BRITISH FLORA 



cymes, irrcfjiilar, divided into 3 repeatedly. The 

 bracts arc small, triaiijjular, with jjlands at the 

 teeth. The sepals are nearly equal, hairless, 

 oblongf, bliml, fring'ed, short-stalked, with reddish 

 j;laiids. The petals are equal-sided, eg->j-shaped, 

 entire. The styles are 3, and nearly as long as 

 the capsule. The stamens are in three sets, with 

 a sc.ile between, united in the lower half. The 

 plant is 3-12 in. hiijh, flowerinjf in July and 

 August, and is a hcrb.iceous perennial. 



Ordhr Lkguminos.'E 



Blue Marsh Vetchling (Lalhyrus pnliislris, L.). 

 — The habitat of this plant is boggy meadows and 

 copses, fens and niarsiies. The habit is climbing 

 or trailing. The rootstock is creeping. The stem 

 has herbaceous wings. The leaflets are in 2 or 3 

 pairs, linear-lance-shaped, acute, the leaf-stalks 

 with 2 or more pairs, and a short, branched 

 tendril, sword-shaped, with parallel nerves. The 

 stipules are lanceshaped, half arrow-shaped. The 

 flower-stalk is long, many- (2-6) flowered, longer 

 than the leaves. The ultimate stalk is longer than 

 the calyx-tube. The pod is stalked, linear-lance- 

 shaped, flattened, hairless, netted, 6-8-seeded. 

 The plant is 1-4 ft. high, flowering between June 

 and August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Order Rosacea 



Cloudberry (Rubus Chamcemorus, L.). — The 

 habitat of this plant is turfy mountain bogs. The 

 stem is subterranean, with a woody rhizome, with 

 no barren stems. The leaves are simple, kidney- 

 shaped, 5-lobed, the lobes blunt, scalloped, toothed, 

 plaited. The flowering shoot is erect, unarmed, 

 I -flowered. The stipules are broad and scale-like. 

 The solitary flowers are large, 'white. The fruit 

 is large, the drupelets red, then orange. The plant 

 flowers in June, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Marsh Septfoil {Potent ilia palustris. Scop. = 

 P. Coniarum, Nestl. = Comarum palustre, L.). — 

 The habitat of this plant is bogs and marshes and 

 peaty bogs. The habit is ascending. The stem 

 is purplish -brown. The rootstock is long and 

 woody, with fibrous roots. The plant is sparingly 

 hairy. The leaves are pinnate, with 5-7 leaflets, 

 which are elliptic-oblong, lance-shaped, acute, 

 blunt, toothed, sparingly hairy, pale below. The 

 stipules are large, membranous, cut. The flowers 

 are few, dark-purple, purple within. The recep- 

 tacle is enlarged, spongy. The bracteoles are not 

 so large as the egg-shaped, lance-shaped, long- 

 pointed sepals, purplish. The petals are smaller. 

 The achenes are numerous, hairless. The plant 

 is 6 in. to 2 ft. high, flowering between May and 

 July, and is in fruit in September, being a herb- 

 aceous perenni:il. 



Order Saxifragaceje 



Yellow Musk Saxifrage (Saxifrnga Hirnilus, 

 L.). — The habitat of this plant is bogs and wet 

 moors. The plant has the rosette habit. The 



stem is more or less simple, erect, stoloniferous, 

 leafy, downy above, branched from the base, the 

 barren shoots prostrate, slender. The leaves are 

 alternate, flat, entire. The radical leaves form a 

 rosette, and are stalked, lance-shaped or spoon- 

 shaped, the stem-leaves linear, slightly toothed. 

 The flowers are yellow, dotted with red, more or 

 less solitary or few, terminal. The sepals are 

 free, bent back, blunt, fringed at the border. The 

 petals are blunt, with 2 hard points near the base, 

 inversely egg-shaped. The capsule is superior, 

 with short, spreading beaks. The plant is 4-8 in. 

 high, flowering in July and August, and is a herb- 

 aceous perennial. 



Ori)i;r Crassllace^e 



Hairy Stonecrop (Sccliim villosiim, L.). — The 

 habitat of this plant is wet momitain pastures, 

 alpine bogs, and marshes. The plant has the 

 cushion or m.al habit. The plant is glandular, 

 downy. The root is small and weak. 'I'he stems 

 form a tuft of leaves the first year, lengthen in the 

 second, and are then slender and flowering. They 

 are erect. The leaves are linear, stalkless, semi- 

 cylindrical, alternate, flat above, blunt, not spurred 

 or produced at the base, scattered. The flowers 

 are white or purple, in a sort of scorpioid cyme, 

 few, the sepals egg-shaped, blunt, the petals egg- 

 shaped, acute, rose-colour, with a purple streak. 

 The seedlings form a rosette. The plant is 3 4 in. 

 high, flowering in June and July, and is a herb- 

 aceous perennial. 



Order Droserace>e 



Sundew (Drosera intermedia, Hajne = D. 

 longifolia, L.). — The habitat of this plant is bogs 

 and moist heaths. The plant has the rosette 

 habit. The stem is short and leafy. The leaves 

 are oblong, spoon-shaped, erect, or inversely egg- 

 shaped, blunt, the leaf-stalks are hairless. The 

 scapes rise from the base of the rosette, and are 

 curved below. The rachis is not closely bent-back. 

 The flowers are white, with 5-8 segments. The 

 capsule is pear-shaped, equalling the sepals. The 

 seeds are egg-shaped, rough. The plant is 2-4 in. 

 high, flowering in July and August. It is a herb- 

 aceous perennial. 



Long-leaved Sundew (Drosera anglica, Huds.). 

 — The habitat of this species is wet moors and 

 bogs. The habit is as in the last. It is a larger 

 and taller plant. The leaves are nearly erect, in- 

 versely egg-shaped, lance-shaped, linear to spoon- 

 shaped, blunt, the foot-stalk hairless. The scapes 

 rise from the centre of the rosette. The flowers 

 are white, with 5-8 segments. The capsule is in- 

 versely egg-shaped, longer than the sepals. The 

 seed has a loose, chaffy coat. The plant is 4-8 in. 

 high, flowering in July and August, and is a herb- 

 aceous perennial. 



Order Onagrace^ 



Ludwigia palustris, 'E,\\.{ = Istiardia palustris, I.. 

 =L. apetala, Walt.). — The habitat of this plant is 



