I20 FLOWERS OF FAKFS, RIVFRS, FTC. 



they opc-n aiiain lo receive il. and expose ihe anthers to the touch of 

 the bee, which is dusted with fresh pollen. The u])per hp of the 

 corolla is turned back and 2-lobcd, and the lower spreadin;^ and 3- 

 lohed. The petals have 2 swellings on ihciii, and they are spotted, the 

 spots acting- as honey-guides. There are 4 stamens. The siignia has 

 2 lamelke, which are sensitive, and close when touched on the inner 

 side. The capsule when ripe opens for the: dispersal of the seeds 

 around the parent plant. 



This ooro-eous wild-tlower is a peai-lo\ing plant growing in wet 

 peat soil. 



There are apparently no fungal or insect pests. 



Miiuithts, Linnaeus, is a diniinuiive of the CJreek iiiiiiiiis, a mimic, 

 from the shape of the corolla, and the, sc;cond name commemorates 

 Langsdorff. 



ESSENTL\L SpFXIFIC CHARACTERS: 



232. Mimulus Langsdorffii, Donn. — Stem erect or creeping, leaves 

 ovatt;, lower petioled. dentate, upper amplexicaul, flowers yellow, with 

 purple spots, in the a.\ils, solitary. 



Brooklime (X'eronica Beccaljunga, L.) 



The Northern Temperate Zone in l'",unij)e, North Atrica, N. and 

 W. Asia, and the Himalayas is the home of this plant, whlcli is not 

 known in any early deposits. Brooklime is found in all parts of Cireat 

 Britain, as far north as the Shetlands, and in the Highlands ascends 

 up to 2800 ft. It is found in Ireland and the Channel Islands. 



Brooklime is a common acjuatic species which grows in a submerged 

 state in brooks, rivers, ponds, lakes, &c., and is thus a hyilrojjhyte. 

 With it grow Water Cress. W^ater Ranunculus, White and Yellow 

 Water Lily, Water Mint, Amphibious Knotweed, Arrow Head, 

 Flowering- Rush, &c. 



Half aquatic, the stem of this plant is prostrate, ascending at the 

 tip, giving- off roots at intervals. The whole plant is smooth and suc- 

 culent, retldish, branched. The leaves are oval, blunt, coarsely toothed, 

 smooth, lleshy, opposite; the teeth are terminated by stalked glands. 



The flowers are blue, in racemes, with a white eye, axillary, opposite. 

 The sepals are o\al acute, not so long as the corolla. The flower- 

 stalks are spreading. The corolla is striped at the base with deep 

 veins, and may be pink, the petals oval and unequal. I he capsule is 

 round, flat, slightly larger than the sepals, notched, swollen. The 

 seeds are winged, flattened, and smooth. 



