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MELAMpfRUM PRATENS^ (Common Yellow Cow-wheat). 



Corn-fields in .Norfolk and the Isle of Wight. Very 

 distinct from the preceding, and well-marked by its 

 terminal spikes of yellow and purple flowers, which are 

 almost buried among numerous bright rose-coloured 

 bracts. FL June, July. Annual. 



* M. cristdtum (Crested Cow- wheat) is distinguished 

 from the preceding by bearing its flowers in 4-sided 

 spikes. Both are beautiful plants. 



