118 29. ONAGRACE.E. 



obovate-oblong subacute below." E. B. S. 2935. Root not 

 truncate. Rosettes loose, sessile. St. 1 2 ft. high, obscurely 

 or very bluntly angled especially below. L. flaccid, mostly pen- 

 dulous. South of England, rare. P. VII. IX. E. 



ft Stem with raised lines, stigma entire. 



7. E. roseum (Schreb.) ; rosettes loose, I. stalked ovate nar- 

 rowed and acute at both ends serrulate, buds nodding ovoid 

 acuminate, sep. lanceolate acuminate, seeds obovate-oblong 

 narrowed to a rounded base. JEJ. B. 693. St. 1 2 ft. high, 

 branching, with two sharp and two blunt angles. Petioles long. 

 -Damp places. P. VII. VIII. 



8. E. tetragonum (L.) ; rosettes dense subsessile, /. strap- 

 shaped much denticulate-serrate, limb of intern. 1. decurrent, 

 buds erect, seeds oblong-obovate tubercular. Curt. Lond. i. 66. 

 St. 1 2 ft. high, with 2 4 raised lines, usually much branched. 

 Damp places. P. VII. VIII. 



*** Stoles festival long-jointed with small leaves, primary stem 

 erect, stigma usually entire. 



9. E. obscurum (Schreb.) ; I. tapering from a rounded base 

 sessile remotely denticulate, lower 1. oblong blunt, buds erect, 

 seeds oblong-obovate. E. virgatum Bab. See A. N. H. Ser. 2. 

 xvii. 236 for an account of this plant and its allies. Resembling 

 E, tetraaonum but the caps.much shorter. "Wet places. P. VII. 

 VIII. 



**** Stoles festival long-jointed with very small leaves ending in 

 autumnal bulbs which become. detached, base of stem cordlike. 



10. E. palustre (L.) ; stoles long, st. rooting near the base, 

 I. narrowly lanceolate from a wedgeshaped base sessile not de- 

 current, buds nodding, sep. lanceolate, seeds subfusiform attenuate 

 and acute below and the testa prolonged above smooth. E. B. 

 346? Stoles very slender, st. round, often with two rows of 

 down, 6 18 in. high. L. entire or denticulate. Bogs. P. VII. 

 VIII. 



***** Stoles or barren stems festival leafy rosulate. 



11. E. alpinum (L.) ; barren stems short their upper I. closely 

 placed, fl.-st. erect from a short rooting base, 1. oval or oblong 

 blunt narrowed below not acuminate, upper 1. lanceolate, buds 

 nodding, sep. linear-lanceolate acute, seeds lanceolate-obovate 

 pointed below apiculate. E. B. 2001. St. filiform, simple, with 

 two raised lines, 3 4 in. long. L. pale green. Fl. pale. 

 Higher mountains. P. VII. S. 



