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tally branched. The lower leaves are of a nar- 

 row fpear-fhaped form, and commonly intire. 

 The middle ones have a ftw large dents at tlielr 

 bafe, but are often intire. The upper floral ones 

 are halbert-fhaped or trlfid, having the dents cr 

 hooks at the bafe reflexed. The flov.'ers grov/ in 

 pairs from the Ala of tlie leaves, felTjic, and turn- 

 ed to the fame fide of the llalk. Th.e Ccrolla is 

 white, except the Galea which is yellow, v.irh a 

 pale margin ; and the lower lip is marked Vv'ith 

 two prominent deep yellow dots. The tube 

 of the corolla is long, white, (lender and wrink- 

 led ; the lips of it are clofed together like the 

 mouth of a fifh. The Antherx cohere together. 

 Unnaus tells us, that where this plant abounds, 

 the yelloweft and beft butter is made. 



MELAMPYRUIVI floribus fecundis lateralibus, 

 foliorum conjugationibus remotis, corollis hianf- 

 tibus. Lin. Jyfi. nat. 406. Sp. pi. 843. {Ger. 

 em. ()i. f. I. Moris, hiji. f. \i. t. 2j./. -i^. fiori- 

 bus inaperiis. Oed.Dan. ti. 45. cum floribus aper- 

 tjs. optime.) 



Yellow Cow-wheat. Anglis. 



In woods, but not common. O. Vlf. 



The leaves in this kind are generally quite intire. 

 The flowers not above half fo long as in the 

 preceding, their lips not cloied together, but 

 gaping open, and the whole Corolla 'jubeand all) 

 of a deep yellow colour, 



Y 2 LATHRiEA. 



