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plant, with tough stems, spare spikes of small lilac flowers, and 

 powdery-looking, toothed leaves. It is not found at all in 

 Ireland, but is pretty common in England about villages. 



The Lemon-scented Verbena is a native of Chili, and was 

 discovered and introduced into England by Dombey. 



I have a specimen of the common Yervain from the vicinity 

 of Richmond, and Fanny has one from Clevedon. 



The BUTTEEWOET order comes next, and contains two families 

 that of the Butterwort, and that of the Bladderwort. 



The common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris, Plate XIV., 

 jig. 1), grows in swamps about Richmond and in Swaledale. It 

 has the appearance of a Violet upon a long stalk, with a star of 

 thick, succulent, pale green leaves close to the ground. As 

 soon as the plant is taken from the earth the stem curves 

 round, and all the leaves turn back in a semicircle. It is used 

 to coagulate milk : hence its name. 



The Alpine Butterwort (P. alpina), is a rare Scotch plant. 

 Its leaves closely resemble those of the common Butterwort, 

 but its flower is cream colour, and has a tuft of yellow hairs 

 within. I gathered my specimen on the JN"iesen, Switzerland. 



The Large-flowered Butterwort (P. grandiflora), is an in- 

 habitant of bogs in the south of Ireland, probably one of the 

 plants belonging to the Spanish flora. The blossoms are twice 

 as large as those of the common species, and have blue veins ; 

 the corolla is five-cleft. It is a very beautiful plant ; the 

 only specimen I have ever seen was brought from Glengary, 

 one of its few Irish habitats. 



The Pale Butterwort (P. lusitanica), is a very elegant little 

 plant. Its stem is hairy, and its bloom pale pink. Its foliage 

 resembles that of the other species. Fanny has it from the 

 bog by the Loe Pool, where the Ivy-leaved Bell-Flower grew, 

 and I have found it in abundance on similar ground between 

 Brodick Bay and Corrie, Isle of Arran. 



The Greater Bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris, Plate XIV., 

 fig. 2), is Edward's spoil from a deep pond near Hawkhurst. 



