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16. Sylvan Cows'-wheat — {Melampyrum pratense.) 

 Woods and thickets, frequent in most places. Plentiful in and 

 about Mere Clough, and in the woods at Norcliffe, near Styal. A white- 

 flowered variety grows abundantly by the sides of the road between 

 Hayfield and Kinder Scout. Fl. July, August. Annual. 



E. B. ii. 11:3. 



17. Tall E,ed-eattle — [Pediculdris paliistrts.) 

 Wet, marshy, and swampy ground, but rather uncommon. By 

 Rostherne Mere, and plentiful on Hale Moss. Fl. July. 



E. B. vi. 399. 



18. Pkocumbent Red-rattle — [Pediculdris sylvdtica.) 

 Swampy, uncultivated ground, and in moist and heathy pastures, 



common. Fl. June — August. 



E. B. \i. J=00 ; Baxter, iv. 266. 

 A variety with white flowers, more beautiful even than the ordinary state of the 



plant, occurs not infrequently. Mr. Shaw finds it common about Irlam. 



The Latin specific names of this plant and of the Melampyrum pratense would 



seem to have been accidentally transposed, for the Melampyrum is a woodland 



instead of a meadow plant ; while the Pedicularis, so far from being sylvan, is 



always found in open, unshaded places. 



19. Knotty Figwokt — [Scrofuldria nodosa.) 



Moist ditch-banks, common everywhere. Fl. July, August. 

 E. B. xxii. 1544 ; Baxter, v. 385. 



20. Water Fig wort — [Scrofuldria aqudtica.) 

 In similar situations, but not quite so common. Abundant about 

 Ashley, on the banks of the BoUiu. Fl. July, August. 

 Curtis, ii, 330; E. B. xii. 85i. 



2 1 . Fox.G'LOVE—{Dtffiidlis purpurea.) 

 Everywere south, west, and east of Manchester. On the banks of 

 the railway between Hazle Grove and Disley, especially near a bridge 

 about a mile before coming to Disley, this fine plant might, in 1858, 

 have been reaped like a cornfield. Fl. June, July. Biennial, 

 Curtis, i. 48 ; E. B. xix. 1297 ; Baxter, ii. 1 13. 

 The foxglove is the most stately of English wild-flowers, imparting, like the 

 poppy, a gay hilarity to every scene of its production. The corollas bulge out 

 upon the under side, and on the inner surface are at this part hairy, and elegantly 

 sprinkled with little spots like eyes. These freckled caverns are often large 

 enough to admit the end of the finger. 



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