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THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



17. LENTIBULARIACE^E (Pinguicula vulgaris) Butterwort. 



This order includes the Butterworts, 

 which are herbaceous indigenous 

 plants, growing in ditches and 

 wet places ; they are divided into 

 the Pinguicula and the Urticu- 

 laria. The example given is 

 the most common and charac- 

 teristic of the order. 



Butterwort. 



18. PLANTAGI^ACE^ (Plantago lanceolata) Plantain. 



The common Plantain or Way -bred 

 is found by roadsides, the leaves 

 form a sort of star on the ground, 

 from the centre of which a tall 

 stalk arises, forming a " spike " 

 of flowers. The seeds of plan- 

 tain are much in request by 

 bird fanciers, cage-birds being 

 fond of them. The leaves were 

 once in great repute as a styptic, 

 or applicatiou for stopping the 

 bleeding of wounds. 



Plaintain. 



