CL. V.] PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 119 



1. L. arvtnsis. Small Bugtoss. Leaves spear-shaped, waved, very 



bristly. The whole plant very rough and bristly: stems erect, 



roundish, about a foot high : corolla sky-blue, with white valves. An- 

 nual : flowers in June and July : grows in corn-fields and by road-sidts : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 938. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 268. 306. 



10. E'CHIUM. VIPER'S-BUGLOSS. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, permanent, five-cleft ; the segments 

 awl-shaped. Corolla of one petal, bell-shaped ; tube very short : 

 limb gradually widening upwards ; segments five, the two upper- 

 most longest, the lower smallest j mouth open and naked. Fila- 

 ments as long as the corolla, awl-shaped, unequal ; anthers oblong, 

 fixed sidewise. Germens four. Style thread-shaped, long ; its 

 summit blunt, cleft. Seeds four, roundish, wrinkled, obliquely 

 pointed. Named from echis, a viper. 95. 



1. E. vulgdre. Common Viper's-bugloss. Stem simple, rough with 

 bristles and tubercles ; stem-leaves lance-shaped, bristly ; spikes short, 



lateral, hairy, deflected. Stems from one to two feet high, round : 



leaves alternate, entire, dull green : the lowest stalked : flowers large, 

 crowded, beautiful, bright purplish-blue, sometimes white. Biennial : 

 flowers in June and July : grows in corn-fields and waste ground : com- 

 mon. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 181. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 269. 307. 



2. . violdceum. Violet-Jfowered Bugloss. Stem spreading, branched, 

 rough with bristles and tubercles ; lower leaves egg-shaped, stalked, upper 



ones heart-shaped and somewhat clasping at the base. Stem often 



decumbent : spikes longer than in the preceding, and bearing more dis- 

 tant flowers. Biennial : flowers in July and August : grows in sandy 

 ground : very rare. Plentiful about St. Helier, Jersey. Brit. Fl. 4th 

 ed. p. 87. ' 308. 



11. PRl'MULA. PRIMROSE. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, tubular, with five angles and rive 

 teeth, erect, permanent. Corolla of one petal, salver-shaped ; tube 

 cylindrical, as long as the calyx ; limb spreading, with five some- 

 what deep inversely heart-shaped segments ; mouth open. Fila- 

 ments very short, in the throat ; anthers pointed, erect, within 

 the tube. Germen globular. Style thread-shaped, as long as the 

 calyx ; stigma globular. Capsule cylindrical, one-celled, open- 

 ing at the top with ten acute teeth. Seeds numerous, roundish, 

 attached to a central, oblong receptacle. Name from primus, first, 

 on account of its early appearance. 96. 



1. P. vulgaris. Common Primrose. Leaves wrinkled, toothed ; stalks 



single-flowered : limb of the corolla flat. Leaves numerous, radical, 



oblong, unequally toothed, soft, reticulated, gradually tapering down- 

 wards into short foot-stalks : flowers numerous, large, sulphur-yellow, 

 having a pleasant smell. Perennial : flowers in April and May : grows 

 in woods, hedges, and thickets, on grassy banks, &c. : common. Eng. 

 But. vol. i. pi. 4. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 271. 309. 



2. P. eldtior. Oxlip Primrose. Leaves wrinkled, toothed ; stalk many- 

 flowered ; limb of the corolla flat. Leaves contracted about the rnid- 



