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2. P. me'dia, L. ; leaves subsessile elliptic-oblong toothed 5-9-ribbed, 

 scape not furrowed, spike short, sepals free, capsule 2-celled 2-seeded, 

 seeds flat in front. 



Roadsides and waste places, usually on a dry soil, from Aberdeen and Ayr 

 southd. ; ascends to 1,600 ft. in Northuinbd. ; introduced ? in Scotland and 

 Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. June-Oct. Pubescent. Rootstock tapering. 

 Leaves 6-10 in., very variable. Scape 6-12 in. ; spike 1-3 in. ; bracts often 

 purple, concave, obtuse, edges silvery, shorter than the glabrous unkeeled 

 sepals. Corolla-tube glabrous. Filaments long; anthers whitish. Seeds 

 brown, rough. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, N. and N.W. Asia, Himalaya. 

 Dimorphic: (1) scape long, corolla-lobes spreading acute, filaments white; 

 (2) scape shorter, corolla-lobes rounded, filaments red, stigma shorter. 

 Delpino. 



3. P. lanceola'ta, L. ; leaves petioled lanceolate entire or toothed 

 3-6-ribbed, scape deeply furrowed, spike short, 2 anterior sepals often 

 connate, capsule 2-celled 2-seeded, seeds concave in front. Ribwort. 

 Pastures and waste places, N. to Shetland ; ascends to 2,200 ft. in the High- 

 lands ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. May-Oct. Glabrous or pubescent. 

 Rootstock tapering, crown woolly. Leaves 1-12 in., very variable. Scape as 

 long ; spik| |-3 in., ovoid globose or cylindric ; bracts acuminate. Sepals 

 hairy at the tip. 2 dorsal keeled. Corolla longer than the calyx, glabrous. 

 Stamens long, all white. Seeds black, shining. DISTRIB. Europe, N. 

 Africa, N. and W. Asia, Himalaya ; introd. in N. America. Leaves used 

 for dressing sores in Scotland. Trimorphic, gynodicecious : (1) scape tall, 

 anthers broad white (anemophilous) ; (2) scape shorter ; (3) dwarf (entomo- 

 philous). Delpino. 



P. lanceola'ta proper ; bracts and sepals blackish at the tips. VAR. P. Tim- 

 ba'li, Jord. ; bracts and sepals with broad silvery margins. Fields of clover, 

 &c., not indigenous. 



4. P, marit'ima, L. ; leaves narrow linear fleshy faintly 3-5-ribbed, 

 scape not furrowed, spike short or long, 2 dorsal sepals connate, capsule 

 2-celled 2-seeded, seeds flat in front. 



Salt marshes, N. to Shetland; mountain streams, in York and Perth ; ascends 

 to 1,800 ft. ; fl. June-Sept. Glabrous or hairy (b. hirsu'ta, Lond Cat.). Root- 

 stock woody, branched, crown woolly. Leaves 1-12 in., -| in. diam., very 

 variable, sometimes narrowly lanceolate, quite entire or remotely toothed. 

 Scapes as long as or longer than the leaves ; spikes J-3 in. ; bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, flowers homomorphous. Sepals nearly glabrous, 2 dorsal with 

 a toothed keel, margins narrowly scarious. Corolla-tube pubescent. Stamens 

 pale yellow. Seeds brown, faintly winged at one or both ends. DISTRIB. 

 Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, Himalaya, N. America. 



5. P. Coro'nopus, L. ; leaves narrow linear 1 -ribbed toothed or 1-2- 

 pinnatifid, scape not furrowed, spike short or long, 2 dorsal sepals with 

 a winged scarious keel, capsule 3-4-celled 3-4-seeded, seeds flat in front. 

 Sandy and gravelly places, N". to Shetland ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; most 



common near the sea ; fl. June- Aug. Annual or biennial, usually pubescent 

 with long hairs. Leaves 1-12 in., very variable. Scapes usually ascending 



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