MELAMPYRUM. 311 



St. 30. 15. Very small; st. 0, except the naked stoles. Fl. 

 small, white or rose-coloured. Caps, minute, ovoid. [j3. tenui- 

 folia (Hook, f.) ; smaller, 1. linear.] Muddy places where water has 

 stagnated. A. VII. IX. E. S. I. 



7. MELAMPY'KUM Linn. Cow-wheat. 



1. M. cristdtum (L.) ; spikes densely imbricate 4-sided, bracts 

 heartshaped acuminate pectinate-dentate lower ones with a long 

 leaflike recurved point. E. B. 41.- -Bracts rose-coloured at 

 the base. Fl. yellow, tinged with purple. L. linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, entire, with netted veins beneath. St. 8 12 in. high. 

 Woods and thickets in the Eastern Counties. A. VII. Crested 

 C'oiu-wheat. E. 



2. M.arven'se (L.) ; spikes lax conical, bracts ovate-lanceolate- 

 attenuate pinnatifid with subulate segments and with a few 

 large glandular points beneath, cal. h spid equalling the cor.- 

 tube with long lanceolate-attenuate teeth from an ovate base, 

 cor. closed. E. B. 53. Bracts purple-rose-colour. Fl. varie- 

 gated with yellow, rose-colour, and purple. L. linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, rough-edged, slightly downy on both sides, entire. St. 

 8 18 in. high. Corn-fields and dry banks in the Eastern 

 Counties and the Isle of Wight. A. VII. Purple Cow-wheat. 



E. 



3. M . praten'se (L.) \fl. axillary secund in distant pairs, upper 

 bracts lanceolate with 1 or 2 teeth at the base, cor. 4 times as 

 long as the glabrous calyx closed, lower lip projecting. E. B. 

 113. Teeth and tube of the cal, about equal in length. L. 

 lanceolate, or [var. latifolium Schueb. & Mart.] ovate-lanceolate, 

 or with a cordate base, entire, varying greatly in size. Fl. large, 

 pale yellow, horizontally patent. St. 612 in. high. #. 

 ericetorum ( D. Oliv.) ; hispid, 1. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 

 bracts toothed, fl. near together, cor.-tube whitish. y. M. monta- 

 num (Johnst.) ; smaller in all its parts, bracts quite entire, 1. 

 linear-lanceolate hispid, the 2 lower obovate-lanceolate blunt. 

 6. hians (Druce) ; " cor. deep yellow, with open lips, palate not 

 closing tube." Woods and thickets. /3. West of Ireland, y 

 Mountains. A. VI. VIII. E. S. T 



4. M. sylvat'icum (L.) ; fl. axillary secund in distant pairs, 

 bracts mostly all entire linear-lanceolate, cor. about twice as 

 long as the glabrous calyx, open lips equal in length. E. B. 

 804. Teeth of the cal. longer than the tube. L. linear-lanceo- 

 late, entire. Fl. very small, deep yellow, erect. St. 12 in. high. 

 Alpine woods. A>VII. E. S. I. 



