60 SPRING FLOWERS. 



(66) Menyanthes. BUCKBEAN. 



M. trifoliata : stems creeping or floating ; leaves trifoliate, 

 the leaflets obovate or oblong; flowers in upright racemes, 

 bell-shaped, with five lobes, white, tinged externally with red, 

 and fringed within. Marsh Trefoil. Boggy meadows and 

 pools. Fl. May to July. 



(67) Pulmonaria. LUNGWORT. 



P. officinalis : root-leaves ovate- oblong, usually spotted; 

 flowers in terminal forked cymes, the corolla tubular-bell- 

 shaped, purple ; plant hairy. Woods and thickets. Fl. May. 



(68) Symphytum. COMFREY. 



S. ofa.ctn.ale : stems 2-3 feet high ; leaves large, broad-lan- 

 ceolate, tapering to a long point, roughly hairy, those of the 

 stems decurrent; flowers in forked cymes on the branching 

 stems, the corollas ventricosely tubular, purple or yellowish- 

 white. Damp meadows. Fl. May, June. 



(69) Scrophularia, FIGWORT. 



S. vernalis : biennial ; stems 2 feet high ; leaves orbicular- 

 cordate, pale green, coarsely toothed ; peduncles mostly axil- 

 lary, bearing a small cyme of yellow flowers. Hedge-banks 

 and thickets. Fl. April, May. 



(70) Lathrsea. TOOTHWORT. 



L. Squamaria : leafless ; stems erect, scaly ; flowers in a 

 dense spike, nodding, flesh-coloured or slightly bluish, streaked 

 with purple. Dry shady places, on the roots of hazel and 

 other trees. Fl. April. 



