CL. V.] PENTANDBIA MONOGYNIA. 1 19 



1. L.arvensis. Small Bugloss. Leaves spear-shaped, waved, very 



bristly. The whole plant very rough and bristly : stems erect, 



roundish, about a foot high : corolla sky-blue, with white valves. 

 Annual : flowers in June and July : grows in corn-fields and by 

 road-sides : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 938. Eng. Fl. vol. i. 

 p. 268. 306. 



10. E'CHIUM. VIPER' S-BUGLOSS. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, permanent, five-cleft, the seg- 

 ments awl-shaped. Corolla of one petal, bell-shaped ; tube very 

 short j limb gradually widening upwards ; segments five, the 

 two uppermost longest, the lower smallest ; mouth open and 

 naked. Filaments as long as the corolla, awl-shaped, unequal ; 

 anthers oblong, fixed sidewise. Germens four. Style thread- 

 shaped, long ; its summit blunt, cleft. Seeds four, roundish, 

 wrinkled, obliquely pointed. Named from echis, a viper. 95. 



1. E. vulgar e. Common Viper' s-bugloss. Stem simple, rough with 

 bristles and tubercles ; stem-leaves lance-shaped, bristly ; spikes 



short, lateral, hairy, deflected. Stems from one to two feet high, 



round : leaves alternate, entire, dull green : the lowest stalked : 

 flowers large, crowded, beautiful, bright purplish blue, sometimes 

 white. Biennial : flowers in June and July -. grows in corn-fields 

 and waste ground: common. Eng. Bot. voL iii. pi. 181. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. i. p. 269. 307. 



2. E. violdceum. Violet -flowered Bugloss. Stem spreading, 

 branched, rough with bristles and tubercles ; lower leaves egg- 

 shaped, stalked, upper ones heart-shaped and somewhat clasping 



at the base. Stem often decumbent : spikes longer than in the 



preceding, and bearing more distant flowers. Biennial : flowers in 

 July and August : grows in sandy ground : very rare. Plentiful 

 about St. Helier, Jersey. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 87. 308. 



11. PBTMULA. PRIMROSE. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, tubular, with five angles and five 

 teeth, erect, permanent. Coralla of one petal, salver-shaped ; 

 tube cylindrical, as long as the calyx ; limb spreading, with five 

 somewhat deep inversely heart-shaped segments j mouth open. 

 Filaments very short, in the throat ; anthers pointed, erect, 

 within the tube. Oermen globular. Style thread-shaped, as 

 long as the calyx ; stigma globular. Capsule cylindrical, one- 

 celled, opening at the top with ten acute teeth. Seeds numerous, 

 roundish, attached to a central, oblong receptacle. Name from 

 primus, first, on account of its early appearance. 96. 



1. P. vulgdris. Common Primrose. Leaves wrinkled, toothed ; 

 stalks single-flowered ; limb of the corolla flat. Leaves nume- 

 rous, radical, oblong, unequally toothed, soft, reticulated, gradually 

 tapering downwards into short foot-stalks : flowers numerous, large, 

 sulphur-yellow, having a pleasant smell. Perennial: flowers in April 

 and May : grows in woods, hedges, and thickets, on grassy banks, 

 &c. : common. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 4. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 271. 309. 



2. P. eldtior. Oxlip Primrose. Leaves wrinkled, toothed ; stalk 

 many-flowered ; limb of the corolla flat. Leaves contracted about 



