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scapes very short, spikes sometimes only 3- or 4-flowered. The 

 mountain plant may be (1) P. serpentina (Vill.) or (2) P. alpina 

 (L.) ; they are both said to have lateral veins of 1. nearer the 

 margin than midrib, (1) to have coriaceous, (2) herbaceous 

 leaves. The var. lanata (Edm.), hirsuta (Syme), is a small very 

 hairy form from Shetland. Sy. E. B. 1167. [i.pumila (Kjellm.) 

 is a small form with subglobose few-fld. spikes and scapes exceeding 1 

 the 1.] Sea-coast and en mountains. P. VI. IX. E. S. I. 



#** Placenta 2-winged. Seeds 1 in each cell. Cor. -tube 

 glabrous. 



3. P. lanceoldta (L.) ; I. lanceolate attenuate at both ends 5- 

 veined, scape furroiced, spike ovate or oblong-cylindrical, bracts 

 ovate acute or cuspidate. 2 lateral sep. keeled. E. B. 507. L. 

 nearly glabrous, length 3 12 times the breadth. Anth. and 

 filaments yellow. Bracts and sep. black at the tip. A very 

 Tariable plant. Spikes globose, scape and 1. silky, neck woolly, 

 in sandy places ; spikes very long, 1. very long and broad, in 

 rich damp soil. In rare cases stoloniferous, and often woolly 

 near the sea (eriophytta H. & L.). Meadows, pastures and 

 sandy places. P. V. VII. Ribwort. E. S. I. 



[P. Timbali (Jord.) ; rootstock many-headed, bracts with 

 scarious margins ; is sometimes found in cultivated fields.] 



4. P. media (L.) ; /. elliptic-ovate sessile or with short broad 

 stalks pubescent, scape terete, spike cylindrical, bracts ovate- 

 acuminate, sep. not keeled. E. B. 1559. L. usually lying flat 

 on the ground, sometimes shortly lanceolate and ascending. 

 Anth. yellow, filaments purple. Meadows and pastures. P. 

 VI. IX. LamVs-tongue. E. I. 



**** Placenta %-winged. Seeds 2 4 in each cell. Cor. -tube 

 glabrous. 



5. P. major (L.) ; 1. broadly ovate on longish channelled 

 stalks, scape terete, spike long, bracts ovate keeled about as 

 long as the cal., sep. with a prominent dorsal rib. E. B. 1558. 

 R. xvii. 1127. L. ascending. Anth. purple. Seeds about 8. 

 P. intermedia (Gilib.) ; 1. downy coarsely dentate, scapes downy 

 arcuate-ascending, is probably distinct. It is not very rare in 

 England. R. xvii. 86. Fields and waste places. P. VI. VIII. 



Way-bread. E. S. I. 



[P. arendria (W. & K.), a branching leafy plant, was found 

 abundantly on Burnham Sand-hills, Som.] E. 



