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woods nl, Koslin. Our plant, is rarely above inches, 

 bushy, with narrow linc;ir leaves, and very often with en- 

 tire l)t;ictc;is. My /I/''/- nioHliiiitiin (vol. i. p. I.'W.), I am 

 riow satisfied, is only an alpine stale of this. It, may be 

 found in profusion on lledijehope, one of the Cheviots, 

 and on HepbUlll-hil] Ml. ( 'hill inn ha in, but in flic latter I ;i 

 tion the plant begins tO AMUDM I he appearance of the true 



LATHRJBA. 



I. //. sf/iui.?Hfn-i,(i, (lowering branches erect, simple; Mowers axil- 

 'lary, unilateral, suhpendulous; lower lip in It lobes, (tab. viii.) 



Halt. Damp shaded woods, rare. In some natural wood 

 above the Retreat plentiful. April. I/. 



Roots fibrous. Stem subterraneous, irregularly branched; 

 branches often clustered, short, obtusely pointed, covered 

 with fleshy imbricated leaves, which in shape resemble a 

 horse's-hoof in miniature. I'Mower-stalk or branch thick, 

 succulent, -I (> inches hi^h, tapered upwards, purplish, 

 downy, hearing :i spike of crowded Mowers of a pale pur- 

 plish-pink colour, arranged in I rows, and all leaning to 

 one side. Kracha, l.ii-.'c, inversely heart .-shaped, entire, 

 cream-coloured, smooth, thin. Stalk of the lower flowers 

 a.s lon^r as the bract ea ; of the upper shorter, compressed, 

 clothed with a soil landulous down. Calyx cream-colour- 

 ed, downy, cleft into 1 sube<pial segments. Upper lip of 

 the corolla entire or merely cmar^inate, sprinkled over 

 with a short ^landiilous down ; lower lip It-cleft. l ( 'ila- 

 menfs purplish-pink, smooth, with downy anthers. Style 

 protruding, filiform, smooth, tubular, with a dilated stigma. 

 (iermen smooth, (.land semilunar, with an obtuse tooth, 

 secret i'i<^ ;if the base a sweetish fluid. Supposed to be 

 paiasifical, attaching it self t,o the root s of frees, but I could 

 not trace the connection, perhaps from my time not per- 

 mitting me to din- it up with sufficient care. 

 I have been particular in the description of this singular 

 plant, for there are some pai ticulars in which if differs 

 from the plant, of the /<,'m///.s//, h'lont. 1. The upper lip is 

 not cloven ; it is said in SMITH'S description lo be wl deep- 

 ly cloven." '^. Tin- leaves are not ovate, as SMITH says 

 I hey are. '.'>. The segments of the calyx are not smooth, 

 lor the whole calyx is covered with down. -I. The style 

 projects considerably beyond the under lip, while in /-'////. 

 /'/. it, is "scarcely the length of the corolla. 1 ' . r . The 

 nectary is not notched, for the centre rather projects. 



