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to four in each cell. Name in Greek signifying black wheat, the form of 

 the seed resembling a grain of wheat, and the powdered seed being said, 

 when mingled with flour, to render it black. 



6. Louse-wort (Pediculdris).— Calyx inflated, its segments jagged, some- 

 what leafy ; corolla gaping, upper lip arched, flattened vertically, lower lip 

 plane, 3-lobed ; capsule flattened, oblique, 2-celled ; seeds angular. Name 

 alluding to a disease which it is supposed to produce in sheep that feed 

 upon it. 



7. FiGWORT (Scrophuldria). — Calyx 5-lobed ; corolla nearly globose, with 

 two short lips, the upper 2-lobed, with a small scale within, the lower 3-lobed ; 

 capsule opening with two valves, the edges of which are turned in. Name 

 from the disease which the plant was supposed to cure. 



8. Foxglove {Digitalis). — Calyx in 5 deep, unequal segments ; corolla 

 irregularly bell-shaped, with 4 — 5 shallow lobes ; capsule egg-shaped. Name 

 from the Latin digitale, the finger of a glove, which its flowers resemble. 



9. Snapdragon {Antirrhinum). — Calyx 5-parted ; corolla personate, 

 swollen, but not spurred at the base, its mouth closed by a palate ; capsule 

 2-celled, oblique, opening by pores at the top. Name in Greek signifying 

 opposite the nose, from the mask-like appearance of the flowers. 



10. Toad-flax (Z,md?'i(i).— Calyx 5-parted ; corolla personate, spurred at 

 the base ; mouth closed by a palate ; capsule swollen, 2-celled, opening by 

 valves or teeth. Name from linmn, flax, which the leaves of some species 

 resemble. 



11. Monkey-flower (Mimulus). — Calyx 5-toothed, angular. Corolla 

 ringent, 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, 2-lobed ; lower spreading, 3-lobed. 

 Stamens four. Stigma of two equal plates. Capsule 2-valved, with many seeds. 

 Name from the Greek, mimo, an ape, from the shape of the corolla mouth. 



12. MUDWORT {Limosdlla). — Calyx 5-cleft; corolla bell-shaped, 5-cleft, 

 equal ; capsule globose, 2-valved. Name from the Latin limus, mud, from the 

 soil in which it grows. 



13. Money-wort (SibfMrpia). — Calyx in 5 deep -spreading segments ; 

 corolla wheel-shaped, 5-cleft, nearly regular ; capsule nearly round, flattened 

 at the top. Name in honour of Dr. Sibthorp, formerly Professor of Botany 

 at Oxford. 



* * * Stamens 5. 



14. Mullein ( FerJascMm). — Calyx 5-parted ; corolla wheel-shaped, 5-cleft, 

 irregular ; stamens hairy. Name from the Latin barba, a beard, from the 

 shaggy leaves of some species. 



1. Speedwell (Veronica). 



* Racemes terminal, tube of corolla longer than hroacl. 



1. Spiked Speedwell {F. spicdta). — Flowers in a dense long-spiked 

 raceme ; bracts longer than the sepals ; leaves egg-shaped or lanceolate, with 

 roundish serratures, but entire towards the end, lower ones broader, blunt 

 and stalked ; capsules egg-shaped, downy, with a very long style ; stem erect, 

 branching at the base ; perennial. In one form of this plant, the lower 

 leaves are oblong and wedge-shaped at the base ; while another form has its 



