SPECIES AND VARIETIES. 



(185) Monotropa. 



M. Hypopitys : stem 6-8 inches high, bearing oblong or 

 ovate concave scales instead of leaves ; flowers few, in a short 

 terminal raceme; the whole plant pale yellowish-brown. 

 Yellow Bird's-Nest. Fir, birch, and beech woods. Fl. June. 



(186) Hottonia. WATER VIOLET. 



H. palustris: aquatic; branches whorled, leafy, entirely 

 submerged; leaves alternate deeply pinnatifid, with narrow- 

 linear lobes ; flower-stem erect, leafless from the centre of the 

 whorl, rising out of the water, bearing whorls of 3-6 hand- 

 some, pale purplish-lilac flowers. Featherfoil. Pools and 

 ditches. Fl. May to June. 



(187) Primula. PRIMROSE. 



P. farinosa : leaves obovate- lanceolate, glabrous above, and 

 usually covered underneath with white meal, which is also 

 observable on the peduncles and calyx ; peduncles much longer 

 than the leaves, supporting a compact umbel of small, pale-lilac 

 flowers, having a yellow eye ; the corolla lobes narrow, and 

 deeply notched. Mountain pastures in northern England and 

 Scotland. Fl. June, July. 



P. scotica, which has broader leaves, and shorter and 

 broader lobes to the corolla, is sometimes regarded as a variety 

 or more northern form of P. farinosa. [See also p. 59.] 



(188) Lysimachia. LOOSESTRIFE. 



* Stems erect. 



L. vulgaris : stem branched, 2-3 feet high, downy ; leaves 

 rather large, broadly lanceolate or ovate, in whorls of 3-4; 



