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SPECIES IX.-ME NT HA SATIVA. Lmn. 



Plates MXXXI. MXXXH. 



Baker, Journ. Bot. 1865, p. 247. 



M. arvensis, var. sativa, Benth. in B.C. Prod. Vol. XII. p. 171. 



M. liirsuta, var. e, i, rj, t, and M. aciitifolia, Sm. Eng. Fl. Vol. III. pp. 79 to 81. 



M. rivalis and il. paludosa, Sole, Brit. Mints, pp. 45 and 49. PL XX. and XXII. 



M. aquatica, var. S, e, and if, Fries, Nov. Fl. Suec. ed. ii. pp. 183 and 184. 



Leaves conspicuously stalked, ovate or oval-ovate ov oval, rounded or 

 wedge-shaped at the base, subacute or acute, serrate or crenate-serrate, 

 more or less hairy on both sides. Flowers in whorls which a)"e usually 

 all separate, often beginning about or even below the middle of the 

 stem. Bracts large, similar to the leaves, or sometimes the upper 

 ones minute, uppermost ones often without flowers ; bracteoles strap- 

 shaped-subulate, hairy, shorter than the flowers. Pedicels hairy, rarely 

 fflabrous. Calyx hairy, campanulate-cylindrical ; teeth triangular, 

 acuminate, half the length of the tube, bristly-haiiy. Corolla scarcely 

 twice as long as the calyx, hairy without and witliin. Nucules rough 

 with small points. 



Yar. a, genuina. 

 Plate IIXXXI. 

 M. rivalis, var. fl, y, and o, Sole, 1. c. p. 45. 



Whorls all "separate. Bracts all leatiiko, the upper ones sometimes 

 without flowers. Plant hairy. 



Var. ^, i^a/Hc/o.sa. 



Plate MXXXII. 



M. paludosa. Sole, 1. c. p. 49. 



M. subspicata, " Weihe ;" Boreau Fl. de cent, de la Fr. ed. iii. Vol. II. p. 508. 



Upper whorls collected into a spike with the bracts smaller, those of 

 the uppermost verticillasters minute. Plant hairy. 



Var. 7, siihglahra. Baker. 



M. rivalis, var. a, Sole, 1. c. p. 49. 



Whorls all separate. Bracts all leaflike. Plant subglabrous. 

 Corolla larger than in vars. a and 3. 



In wet places. Common and generally distributed in England. 

 Rather rare in Scotland, extending north to Kincardineshire and Argyle- 

 shire. Bather rare in Ireland, especially in the north. Var /3 appears 

 to be the least common of the forms, and has been noticed owXy in 

 England. 



