146 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



long. Plant yellowish-green, somewhat shining, usually glabrous, 

 but varying very much in this respect. 



Yelloio Monkey -flower. 



German, Gauklerhlume. 



Tribe VI.—SIBTIIOHPEiE. 



Corolla bell-shaped or sub-rotate ; under lip of the corolla 

 covering the upper in bud. Stamens 4, rarely 5 to 8. Inflo- 

 rescence axillary. Leaves alternate or all radical. 



GJ^NUS r/J.— LI MO SELL A. Linn. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla widely bell-shaped ; tube short ; 

 limb 5-cleft, with the divisions flat and nearly equal. Stamens 4, 

 nearly equal, sub-included ; anthers with the cells at length con- 

 fluent. Stigma clavate. Capsule sub-globular, 1-celled above, 

 2-celled at the base, 2-valved, opening loculicidally ; valves entire. 

 Seeds very minute. 



Small annuals, growing in mud, wdth leaves in radical tufts or 

 from the nodes of the stolon-like branches. Plowers very minute, 

 on 1-flowered peduncles, from the centre of the tuft of leaves, white 

 or purplish. 



The name of this genus of plants is a diminutive of limus, mud, in which it delights 

 to grow. 



SPECIES I— LIMOSELLA AQUATICA. Linn. 



Plate DCCCCLXVIII. 



Beick Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCCXXII. 

 Billot, El. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1285. 



Leaves on long stalks, elliptical, entire. Peduncles axillary, 

 shorter than the petioles. Segments of the corolla oblong, obtuse, 

 slightly exceeding the calyx. 



On the borders of ponds, and places where water has lain in 

 wdnter. Kare ; but perhaps frequently overlooked on account of 

 of its small size. Thinly spread over the English counties, but 

 known to occur only in two Scotch localities, viz., a small pool at 

 the south-east corner of Guillan Links, Haddington, and near 

 St. Cyrus, Kincardineshire ; reported also from Porfarshire. 



England, Scotland. Perennial. Late Summer 

 and Autumn. 



