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in the forks of the stem. The calyx is a broad bell, deeply cut into 

 five lobes ; and the coroUa is a deep, regular bell, of a pale purple 

 colour, with five short, broad lobes. The fruit is a large, poisonous 

 berry, almost globular, but flattened above. 



On waysides and in neglected fields we meet with the very 

 common Red Bartsia {Bartsia Odontites) of the order Scrophulariacece. 

 This is a small, tough plant (see Plate III), from six inches to a foot 



The Deadly Nightshade. 



or more in height, rather downy, with spreading branches. It 

 may be readily recognised by its several one-sided spikes of numerous 

 purple-red flowers, with a bell-shaped, four-pointed calyx, and a 

 corolla that is divided into a longer upper, and a shorter lower, Hp. 

 The leaves are long and narrow, with a few teeth ; and the fruit 

 is an oblong capsule. The above description applies to the most 

 usual form of this plant, but it is a very variable species, especially 

 as regards the form of the leaves and the branching of the stem. 



The Yellow Toadflax {Linaria vulgaris), of the same order, is 

 a very pretty plant, from one to three feet high, exceedingly common 

 on banks, hedges, and the borders of fields, bearing dense, terminal 



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