KEY TO PLATE LVIII 



No. i. Cow Wheat. 

 (Melampyrum fratense, L.) 



a, Corolla, opened out to 

 show epipetalous stamens, 

 (filaments cut). , Pistil, 

 with ovary, style, and stigma. 

 c, Four stamens, meeting 

 together. d y Rootstock of 

 Cow Wheat, with root and^ 

 rootlets parasitic on giass, 

 the rootlets of former being 

 attached to the latter, e, 

 Junction of rootlet of Cow 

 Wheat with rootlet of grass. 

 /, Upper part of plant, with 

 square stem, leaves in op- 

 posite pairs, and flowers with 

 toothed bracts, beu%shaped 

 calyx, and labiate corolla, 



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No. 4. Great Wood Rush 

 (Luzuli sylvatica, Gaud ) 



, Flower, with 6 perianth- 

 segments, 6 stamens, anthers 

 exceeding the filaments, and 

 pistil with J -celled ovary, 

 style, and 3 stigmas, b, Cap- 

 sule, enclosed in perianth- 

 segments with bracts below. 

 c, Leaf, with ciliate surface 

 (channelled), d, Flowering 

 scape, with upper leaves, 

 and flowers in compound 

 cymes ; with bracts below, 

 some cymes bearing fruit. 



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No. 2. Pennyroyal 

 (Mentka Pulegiunt, L.) 



Flower, showing tubular 

 calyx 5-fid, bell-shaped, 4- 

 Ipbed corolla, 4 stamens and 

 pistil exseited. b, Pistil, 

 with ovary with 4 cells, style, 

 and 2-fid stigma, c, Upper 

 part of plant, with leaves in 

 opposite pairs, flowers in 



No. 3. Creeping Willow 

 (Salix repens, L.) 



a, Staminate flower, with 

 scale, and 2 stamens. 

 Capsule opening, showing 

 seeds within, c, Seed, with p 

 tuft of hairs. //, Pistillate 

 flower, with ovary arid 2 2-fid j 

 stigmas. <-, Branch, \\ith 

 pistillate p$kins. / Hranch, 

 with leaves, and pistillate 

 catkin with' capsules ripe, 

 and others opening. z, 

 Creeping rbotstock, with root- 

 lets, and branch with staA\j 

 minate oatkins anthers ripe^, \{ 

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No. 5. Meadow Wood ku-.h 

 ' Luzula cawpestris, D . C . ) 



a, Flower, /with 6 perianth- 

 segments, ft stamens, and 

 pistil with 3 stigmas. ^, 

 Capsule enclosed in perianth- 

 segments, vrith bracts below. 

 ^c, Rootstock with rootlets, 

 radical leaves and 'barren 

 shoot, rt 1 , Flowering stem, 

 with upper hairy stem-leaves, 

 and flowers in short cyme- 



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, Staminate fiowcr, wit 

 stamens and glume. ^, - 

 tillate flower, with pistil with ^ 

 hairy ovary, short style, 3 

 stigmas, and glume, c, Nut, 

 with short notched beak, 

 and hairy perigynium. ;!/*/, 

 Plant, with tufted stem |ind 

 leaves (radical), scape with 

 bract and flowers in /cMme,/ 

 i male spikelet erect, 2 female 

 iclined, shorter, e, Flower- 

 stem, with bract and 

 spikelets, 2 female in fruit- 



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