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broad as long, coarsely serrated, rugose, very hairy above and on the 

 veins beneath, sparingly so over the rest of the under surface. Upper 

 bracts diminishing in size. Calyx very hairy. 



Var. 0, prcecox. 

 M. prcecox, Sole, 1. c. p. 31. PI. XIH. Balcer, 1. c. p. 252. 



Stem erect, stout, slightly branched, slightly hairy. Leaves tTvice 

 as long as broad, sharply serrated with shallow serratures, not rugose, 

 very sparingly hairy on both sides. Upper bracts diminishing rapidly 

 in size. Calyx hairy, with the teeth longer than in the preceding 

 varieties. 



Var. e, Allionii. 



M. Allionii, " Boreaur Baker, 1. c. p. 253. 



Stem tall, slightly branched, subglabrous below, slightly hairy 

 above. 



Leaves twice as long as broad, crenate-serrate, not rugose, very 

 thinly hairy above or subglabrous, hairy on the veins beneath. Upper 

 bracts not diminishing in size. Calyx rather sparingly hairy ; teeth 

 short, scarcely longer than broad, 



Var. ?, parietariifolia. 



M. parietariifolia, Beck. Baker, 1. c. p. 263. 



Stem ascending, elongated, slightly branched, subglabrous. Leaves 

 subrhomboidal, three times as long as broad, attenuated at each end, 

 serrated towards the "apex, not rugose, subglabrous. Upper bracts 

 slightly diminishing in size. Calyx sparingly hairy ; teeth short. 



Vars. a, /3, and y, in cultivated fields and waste places, the two 

 former very common ; the var. agrestis rare, about the Mendip Hills, 

 Shepton Mallet, and Frome, Somersetshire ; it also occui*s in Sussex and 

 Durham. Var. S, s, ^, by the sides of streams, all apparently rather 

 rare ; var. prascox was found by Sole by the side of the Avon, near 

 Bath. Var. e is the most common of these waterside forms, and seems 

 to be generally distributed. Var. ^, Mr. Baker says, was found in 

 Yorkshire many years ago by Mr. John Hardy, of Manchester, on the 

 banks of the Don, near Conisborough, and he has also seen it in 

 Winch's Herbarium, and from the banks of the Mole, near Brockham, 

 Surx'ey. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer, Autumn. 



A very variable plant ; easily recognised, however, by its short 

 truly campanulate calyx, with deltoid teeth. 



