352 POPULAR GEOGRAPHY OF PLANTS. 



the rest, it will be best to give them all, as follows : 

 Sturmia Loeselii, Liparis Loeselii (Rich.), Malaxis Loeselii 

 (Swartz), Cymbidium Loeselii (Swartz), Ophrys Loeselii, 

 (Linn.), 0. liliifolia (Hudson), 0. paludosa (El. Dan.). 



The flowers next mentioned are those which have tra- 

 velled far across England, but have failed to find their way 

 to Ireland. A kind of Meadow Eue (Thalictrum majus), a 

 large straggling plant, with pretty deep blue-green, triply 

 pinnate leaves, which grows on bushy hills ; the Hairy Crow- 

 foot (Ranunculus hirsutus) ; Diplotaxis tenuifolia, one of 

 the Cruciferous family, and strongly marked with the family 

 likeness, Alpine Shepherd's Purse (Thlaspi alpestre), red 

 German Catchfly, or Hock Lychnis (Lychnis Yiscaria), 

 Wood Stitchwort (Stellaria nemorum), a thorny kind of 

 Broom (Genista Anglica), a Milk Vetch (Astragalus hypo- 

 glottis], the beautiful common Drop wort (Spiraa Filipen- 

 dula), Spring Cinquefoil (Potentilla verna), Scottish Lo- 

 vage (Ligusticum Scoticum], an Umbelliferous plant with 

 more individuality of character than some of the family, 

 from its handsome, well-developed leaves; small Marsh 

 Valerian (Yaleriana dioica), small Scabious (Scabiosa co- 

 lumbaria] , clustered Bellflower (Campanula glomerata) -, the 

 rare yellow Star of Bethlehem (Gagealutea], more generally 



