124 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



SPECIES II.— P I N G U I C U L A GRANDIPLORA. Lam. 



Plate MCXXII. 



Beich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCCCXX. Fig. 1. 

 P. vulgaris var., Bentli. Handhk. Brit. Bot. ed. ii. p. 308. 



Leaves rather thin, slightly fleshy, oval-oblong or elliptical-oblong, 

 obtuse. Calyx segments roundish-obovate, very obtuse. Corolla 

 bilabiate ; tube shorter than the limb ; spur generally longer than the 

 lower lip, nearly straight, commonly notched or even bidentate ; segments 

 of the lower lip obovate or quadrate-obovate, truncate, overlapping, 

 much longer than the upper lip. Capsule roundish-ovoid, subacute. 



On bogs and wet heaths. Very local. Confined to the south-west 

 of Ireland, where it occurs abundantly in some parts of Cork and 

 Kerry. 



Ireland. Perennial. Spring, Summer. 



P. grandiflora bears considerable resemblance to P. vulgaris, but I 

 cannot conceive how anyone who has seen the plants alive can consider 

 them as the same species. In P. grandiflora the leaves (at least in the 

 Irish plant) are much broader in the middle, have the margins less 

 recurved, and are of a much thinner texture, approaching that of 

 P. alpina; the flowers are larger, 1 inch long (exclusive of the spur), 

 and with the lower lip nearly as broad, and with much larger segments, 

 which are narrowed towards the base, and truncate at the apex, strongly 

 veined; the spur is usually longer than that of P. vulgaris, and 

 frequently with 2 short forks at the apex. The calyx segments are 

 also much blunter, and the colour of the flower is a brighter blue. 



Large-flowered Butterwort. 



Frencli, Grassette a, gmndcs Jleiirs. 



SPECIES III.— PIN GUI CU LA ALPINA. Lum. 



Plate MCXXUI. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCCCXXI. Figs. 3 and 4. 

 Billot, Fl. GaU. et Germ. Exsicc. No. 3146. 



Leaves rather thin, slightly fleshy, oblong-elliptical or oblong, 

 obtuse. Calyx segments deltoid-ovate, subobtuse. Corolla bilabiate ; 

 tube about as long as the limb ; spur much shorter than the lower lip, 

 bent outwards into a qviadrant, conical, blunt, nearly at right angles 

 with the lower side of the corolla; lateral segments of the lower lip 

 roundish, the middle one obovate, truncate, much longer than the 

 upper lip. Capsule roundish-ovoid, shortly acuminate. 



