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FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS 



but its flowers arc of a deep yello\\' colour, less than half an inch 

 long, with entire bracts, and equal, open lips. The corolla is only 

 twice the length of the cal}^^, and the lanceolate leaves are very 

 seldom toothed. 



iUiLLET Grass. 



]'.EARDKD Wheat. 



1 The same order {Scrophulariacea') contains the handsome and 

 favourite Foxglove {Digitalis purpurea), A\hich grows abundantly in 

 most dry woods and shady Avastes, flowering from June to August. 

 Its stout, imbranchcd stem varies from two to six feet in height, a 

 large proportion being the axis of a long one-sided raceme of 

 beautiful, drooping, purple or, occasionally, white flowers. The 



