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throat of tube inflated, conspicuous two-lobed and spotted lip, upper 

 lip entire, arched. Stamens four, two longer than the other two. 

 Anthers hairy. Ovary with four lobes. Style single, cleft, with two 

 stigmas. Fruit an achene, enclosed in calyx. Leaves opposite, lower 

 ones borne on long stalks, upper ones sessile, all deeply crenate and 

 orbicular. Flowers in compact whorls at summit of stems. Stems 

 quadrangular, much branched. Fields and waste ground, especially in 

 light and sandy ground. April to August. Annual. 



FIELD SCORPION-GRASS, MYOSOTIS AWENSIS. Nat. 

 Ord., Boraginacece. Calyx five-cleft, hairy, segments erect, persistent. 

 Corolla hypogynous, regular, salver-shaped, monopetalous, five-lobcd, 

 pale blue. Stamens five, inserted in calyx. Ovary four-lobed. Style 

 simple. Fruit composed of four dry, smooth, seed-like nuts. Leaves 

 exstipulate, alternate, simple, entire, hairy. Inflorescence in unilateral 

 racemes, ebracteate, rolled back when young. Edges of woods, on 

 banlis, and on cultivated ground. June, July, August. Annual or 

 biennial. 



BUTTERFLY ORCHIS, HAHEKARIA BIFOLIA. Nat. Ord., 

 Orchidacea. Perianth superior, irregular, of six petal-like segments, 

 the two lateral segments widely spreading, pure white or greenish. 

 Lip linear, obtuse, entire, white or greenish. Spur long and slender. 

 Column in centre of flower consisting of stamen and pistil, anther on 

 face of column. Ovary inferior, one-celled. Capsule three-celled. 

 Inflorescence a loose panicle. Flowering-stems with lanceolate bracts, 

 and having two large broadly-ovate leaves at its base, and a few small 

 scales. Tubers large and entire. Moist pastures and woods. June, 

 July, August. Perennial. 



WOOD LOOSESTRIFE, LYSIMACHIA NEMOEUM. Nat. Ord., 

 Primulacecc. Calyx of five acutely-pointed segments. Corolla rotate, 

 bright yellow, deeply five-lobed. Stamens five. Style single, with 

 capitate stigma. Capsule single, one-celled, opening at top. Leaves 

 opposite, ovate, almost sessile. Flowers borne singly on slender and 

 long pedicels from the axils of the leaves ; the pedicels curl back after 



