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4. Ii. campes'tris, Willd. ; leaves very hairy, cyme short, flowers in 

 dense clusters, perianth-segments acuminate longer than the broad ohovoid 

 obtuse apiculate capsule, seeds with a conical white basal appendage. 



. Heaths, meadows and pastures ; ascending to 3,200 ft. in the Highlands and 

 Wales; fl. April-June. Rootstock creeping, tufted. Stems 4-12 in., stout 

 or slender. Leaves shorter than the stem, usually copiously hairy. Cymes 

 very variable ; clusters of flowers subsessile, or on long drooping branches. 

 Flowers J in., pale or dark ; bracteoles ciliate. Seeds with no terminal crest. 

 DISTRIB. All temp, and cold regions. 



VAR. 1, campes'tris proper ; xisually short, clusters usually 3-4-flowered, seeds 

 subglobose. VAR. 2, conges'ta, Sm. (sp.); larger, stouter, cymes more con- 

 tracted, flowers more in a cluster, perianth-segments narrower, filaments 

 longer, capsule narrow, seeds oblong with a shorter basal appendage. L. 

 multijlora, Lej.; stidetica, DC. Most frequent on heaths. 



5. L. spicata, DC. ; leaves slender, cyme drooping dense-flowered 

 spike-like, bracteoles silvery, perianth-segments awned exceeding the broad 

 ellipsoid apiculate capsule, seeds with an obscure white basal appendage. 

 Mts. of Wales, Westmoreland, and Scotland, from 1,000 to 4,300 ft.; absent 



from Ireland ; fl. July. Rootstock densely tufted ; stolons short. Stems 

 6-12 in., slender. Leaves much shorter than the stem, small, hairy on the 

 sheaths chiefly, coriaceous, recurved, narrow, channelled ; cauline few, short. 

 Ctfines f-lg in., shorter than the leafy bracts. Flowers fa in., usually shorter 

 than the scarious transparent ciliate awned bracteoles. Seeds oblong. 

 DISTRIB. Arctic and Alpine Europe, N. Asia, Himalaya, N. America. 



6. L. arcua'ta, Hook, ; dwarf, leaves short, cyme umbelled, branches 

 few outer slender recurved, perianth-segments acuminate exceeding the 

 broadly ovoid apiculate capsule, seeds with an obscure basal appendage. 

 High alps of Aberdeen, Banff, and Sutherland, from 3,000 to 4,300 ft.; fl. July. 



Rootstock creeping, loosely tufted ; stolons slender. Stem 1-4 in., rather 

 stout. Leaves coriaceous, sparingly hairy, narrow, recurved, channelled. 

 Cyme lax, outer branches 1-2 in., 1-3-flowered. Floictrs | in., 3-5 in a 

 cluster, dark chesnut ; bracteoles lanceolate, acute, not silvery. Seeds 

 small, oblong. DISTRIB. Mts. of Scandinavia, Arctic regions. 



ORDER X. AROI DE.S. 



Herbs with creeping or tuberous rootstocks. Leaves various. Spathc 

 1-leaved. Flovxrs on a spadix, 1-or 2-sexual ; perianth 0, or hypogynous 

 and polyphyllous. Stamens few or many, filaments short tree or ; 

 anthers 2-ceiled, dehiscing outwards, or by terminal pores. Ovary 1-or 

 more-celled ; style simple or 0, stigma capitate or discoid ; ovules 1 or more, 

 variously attached. Berry 1- or more-celled. Seeds 1 or more, testa thick, 

 albumen abundant fleshy or mealy, rarely ; embryo various. DISTRIB. 

 Trop. and temp, regions ; genera 100 ; species 1,000. AFFINITIES. With 

 Pandanece and Typhaccce. PROPERTIES. Acrid and poisonous. 



SUB-ORDER 1. AROI'DEJE proper. Flowers 1-sexual ; perianth ...1. Arum. 

 SUB-ORDER 2. ORONTIA'CE-ffi. Flowers 2-sexual ; sepals free... 2. Acorus. 



