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lu bogs. Very rave. In the bogs of Aucliterflow and Shannon on 

 the Rosehaugh property m Ross-shire, and in the Isle of Skye. 



Scotland. Perennial. Spring, early Summer. 



Leaves resembling those of P. vulgaris, but rarely more than 1 inch 

 long, much thinner, less fleshy, and more translucent. Scapes 2 to 

 6 inches high. Calyx ■with the segments of the upper lip short, the 

 lower lip with the segments reduced to 2 teeth at the apex. Corolla 

 i inch long, white, tinged Avith yellow, clothed Avith yellow hairs 

 ■within at the base of the lower lip ; spur not much longer than broad, 

 forming nearly a right angle with the lower side of the corolla. 



Alpine Butterwort. 

 French, Grassette jaundtre. 



SPECIES IV.— PINGUICULA LUSITANICA. Lmn. 



Plate MCXXIV. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, at Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCCCXXI. Fig. 1. 

 BUM, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Essicc. No. 1307. 



Leaves thin, membranous, translucent, oval or oblong-oval, obtuse. 

 Calyx segments roundish-ovate, obtuse. Corolla bilabiate ; tube longer 

 than the limb ; spur much shorter than the lower lip, bent outwards 

 at a right angle with the under side of the corolla, cylindrical, blunt ; 

 segments of the lower lip nearly equal, subquadrate, emarginate, 

 scarcely- exceeding the upper lip. Capsule subglobular, obtuse. 



In bogs. Local. Abundant in the south-west of England, particu- 

 larly in Devon and Cornwall, and in the Avestern counties of Scotland, 

 reaching north to Orkney. The county of Ross is the only one in 

 which it approaches the eastern side of the kingdom. In Ireland it is 

 frequent, though more abundant in the Avest of the island. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. (?) Summer, Autumn. 



Leaves | to 1 inch long, very thin, and almost translucent, dull 

 green, and Avith the same greasy lustre as those of the preceding species. 

 Scapes 2 to 5 inches high, very slender, clothed with short gland-tipped 

 hairs through their AA'hole extent and not merely at the apex. Flowers 

 f to I inch long, AA'hite, tinged with lilac on the limb, with the throat 

 yellow. Capsule much smaller than in any of the preceding and nearly 

 globose. 



This plant has sometimes been confounded Avith P. alpina, but is a 

 much more slender plant ; the calyx has the lips much more deeply 

 divided into segments ; the corolla has the lips and segments nearly 

 equal, and the spur does not taper towards the apex. 



Pale Butterwort. 



French, Grassette de Portugal. 



