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upper lobe minutely-denticulate, fr. cuneate-obovate emarginate long, 

 ciliate with surface hairy or glabrous, equalling or often exceeding the 

 cal.-teeth. Common. E. S. I. 



5. 1$. cur'ta (Wettst.) ; st. usually stout branched below, 1. greyish- 

 green rugose beneath usually more or less densely clothed with compara- 

 tively long bristles, cauline ovate acute with 8-14 acute not awned teeth, 

 floral often nearly orbicular with 8-14 acute or shortty-awned teeth, cal. 

 clothed wholly or on the nerves and margin with short white hairs, 

 becoming somewhat inflated, teeth short, cor. small usually whitish or 

 pale lilac rarely wholly blue, lobes of upper lip emarginate or denticulate, 

 fr. cuneate-obovate truncate or emarginate strongly ciliate with hairy 

 or rarely glabrous surface equalling or exceeding cal.-teeth. ft. fflab- 

 res'cens (Wettst.) ; 1. nearly glabrous, fr. often much exceeding cal.-teeth. 

 Approaching closely to Sp. 4. y. pic' cola (Towns.) ; " plant smaller in 

 all its parts, teeth of cauline- and floral-1. 8-12." Widely distributed. E. S. 



6. E. occidentalis (Wettst.) ; st. stout ascending branched below, 1. 

 clothed with small stiff bristles and short glandular hairs, cauline ovate 

 acute or subacute with 6-10 acute or subacute teeth, floral broadly ovate 

 acute with 8-14 acute teeth, spike usually dense, cal. with small stiff bristles 

 and glandular hairs, teeth lanceolate-acuminate, cor. small whitish, lobes of 

 upper lip entire or emarginate, fr. elliptic emarginate ciliate with surface 

 nearly glabrous equalling or exceeding cal.-teeth. Maritime. E. I. 



7. E. latifolia (Pursh) ; st. straight simple or slightly branched at or 

 below the middle, internodes long, 1. more or less densely clothed with 

 stout white bristles sometimes with glandular hairs, cauline few ovate or 

 cuneate-obovate obtuse with 4-10 broad obtuse teeth, floral broadly-oval or 

 nearly orbicular subobtuse or acute with cuneate base with 6-12 broad 

 subobtuse or acute but not awned teeth, spike dense, cal. with stout white 

 bristles and sometimes glandular hairs accrescent, teeth broad acute, cor. 

 rather small usually whitish, lobes of upper lip reflexed denticulate, fr. 

 elliptic emarginate ciliate with surface hairy, equalling or exceeding cal.- 

 teeth. N. of Scotland. S, 



8. E. foulaen'sis (Towns.) ; st. stout simple or slightly branched, 1. 

 almost glabrous, cauline few distant ovate obtuse with 4-6 obtuse teeth , 

 floral similar sometimes acute with acute but not acuminate nor awned 

 teeth, spike lengthening slightly, cal. glabrous or slightly setose accres- 

 cent, teeth triangular-lanceolate, cor. small usually purple, lobes of upper 

 lip entire, fr. elliptic-elongate emarginate ciliate usually exceeding cal - 

 teeth. N. of Scotland. S. 



9. E. grac'ilis (Fries) ; st. straight slender simple or branched about 

 the middle, 1. small conspicuously shorter than the internodes green or 

 reddish with few very short hairs on the upper surface and on the nerves 

 beneath, cauline ovate often cuneate-based acute with 6-8 acute teeth, 

 floral ovate often cuneate-based with 6-10 cuspidate-acuminate or shortly - 

 awned teeth, spike much lengthening, cal. glabrous becoming somewhat 

 inflated, teeth lanceolate-acuminate, cor. small white with blue lines 

 bluish or violet, lobes of upper lip entire or faintly denticulate, fr. linear-' 

 elliptic truncate or somewhat emarginate ciliate with glabrous surface 

 equalling or more usually exceeding cal.-teeth and floral 1. Common. 



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