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teeth downy on both sides, st. bluntly quadrangular downy, cymes 

 lax few-flowered, sep. roundish downy with a membranous mar- 

 gin, staminode roundish entire. E. B. 2209. St. 23 feet high. 

 L. wrinkled. Bracts leaflike, lower exactly like the leaves. Fl. 

 purple. Caps, ovate, acute. In moist places. West of Corn- 

 wall. Tralee, Kerry. Jersey. P. VII. E. I. 



** CaL o/5 deep acute segments. Cor. yellow no staminode. 



5. S. vernalis (L.) ; L downy cordate-acute doubly serrate, st. 

 winged hairy, cymes axillary corymbose with leaflike bracts, sep. 

 oblong with' a recurved apex. E.B. 567. St. 23. 16. St. about 

 2 feet high. FL yellow, inflated ; the mouth much contracted. 

 Caps, ovate, acute. Differing greatly from the other species and 

 allied in appearance to some of the Calceolaria. Waste places, 

 rare. P. IV. V. E. S. 



6. LIMOSELLA Linn. Mudwort. 



1. L. aquatica (L.) ; 1. lanceolate spathulate on long stalks, 

 ped. axillary crowded shorter than the petioles. E. B.357. St. 

 30. 15. St. 0, except the naked stoles. Fl. small, white, or 

 rose-coloured. Caps, minute, ovate. Muddy places where water 

 has stagnated. A. VII. IX. E. S. 



7. MELAMPYRUM Linn. Cow-wheat. 



1. M. cristatum (L.); spikes densely imbricated 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. Woods and thickets in the 

 eastern counties. A. VII. Crested Cow-wheat. E. 



2. M. arvense (L.) ; spikes lax conical, bracts ovate-lanceolate- 

 attenuate pinnatifid with subulate segments and with a few large 

 glandular points beneath, cal. hispid equalling the cor.-tube with 

 elongate-lanceolate-attenuate teeth from an ovate base, cor. 

 closed. E. B. 53 (bad). 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. Corn- 

 fields and dry banks in the eastern counties and the Isle of 

 Wight. A. VII. Purple Cow-wheat. E. 



3. M. pratense (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 protruded. E. B. 1 li^. 

 Teeth and tube of the cal. about equal in length. L. lanceo- 

 late, or ovate-lanceolate, or with a cordate base, entire, varying 

 greatly in size. Fl. large, pale yellow. /3. ericetorum (D. Oliv,); 



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