8 DIANDRIA — MONOGYNIA. [Pinguicula. 



17. V. triphyllos, L. (hhint-Jiiigered Speedtoell); leaves broadly 

 ovate incised, lowermost ones petiolate, upper or bracteas sessile 

 digitate, the segments obtuse, flowers sub-racemose, the pedi- 

 cels longer than the bracteas or the calyx. E. Bot. t. 26. 



Rare ; in saiidv fields, about Bury and on the confines of Norfolk 

 and Sutiblk. 7^/. Apr. 0. — 3 — 4 inches hij;h, \\\\.\\ spreading branches. 

 Fluwcrs a very deep blue, the lowermost often on very long pedicels. 



18. V. verna, L. (^vernal Speedwell); leaves inciso-pinnatifid 

 the upper ones or bracteas lanceolate entire, flowers subrace- 

 niose, pedicels shorter than the calyx. E. Bot. t. 25. 



Very rare. About Bury and Tlietford, Suffolk. FI. Apr. ©. — A 

 very small, upright, scarcely branching plant, allied to V. arvensis. 



3. Pinguicula. Linn. Butterwort. 



' 1. P. vidgdris, L. (^common Buttericort) ; spur subulate-cylin- 

 drical, as long as the veinless limb of the corolla whose segments 

 are very unequal I'ounded even and all entire. E. Bot. t. 70. 



Bogs, moist banks, and heaths ; most abundant in the North. Fl. 

 June. If- • — Fuliage radical, covered with minute raised crystalline 

 points, flesh}^ the margins involute. Scapes single-flowered. Floioers 

 purple, vor}' handsome, drooping ; palate covered with white, compactly 

 jointed hairs. Anthers 1-celled, vertical, placed just beneath the large 

 horizontal plate or lobe of the stigma. Style short. Cajjs. ovale, 

 one-celled, bursting half-way into 2 valves. Seeds numerous, oblong, 

 rough. — The leaves are said to coagulate milk, whence the English name. 



2. P. grnndijiora, Willd. {large-jioicered Bidterworl) ; spur 

 notched subulato-cylindrical as long as the veined limb of the 

 corolla whose segments are very unequal truncated, the middle 

 one of the lower lip notched. E. Bot. t. 2184. 



Western part of the count}' of Cork, in marsh}' ground ; and at Ken- 

 mare. FL May. 1/ . — This plant, apparently as rare upon the conti- 

 • nent as in Britain, and perfectly distinct from P. vulgaris, may be 

 easily cultivated for a succession of years. As in the P. vidgaris, the 

 old leaves die away in winter, and buds or hybernacula are formed, 

 which expand into perfect individuals in the sfiring. Few plants can 

 exhibit a more beautiful appearance, early in the year, than a cluster of 

 P. grandijlora, blossoming under the shelter of a common frame. It 

 is a mass of large deep and rich purple-coloured flowers, well contrasted 

 with the pale but bright hue of tlie leaves. 



3. P. alp/ma, L. {alpine Bidtericort) ; spur conical sliorter 

 than the unequal limb of the corolla and curved towards the 

 lower retuse lip, scape glabrous. Grah. in E. Bot. Suppl. t. 

 2747. Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 10. 



Bogs in Scotland, very rare. Isle of Skye, il/r James Machay, in 

 Smith's Herb. {Graham^ ). Bogs of Aughterflow and Shannon, on 



• Dr Graham says, I. c, " I understand there are two specimens in the 

 Herbarium of Sir J. K. Smith, upon the same paper witli P. Lusitanica, 

 marked as sent to him by Mr James Machay, in September, 1794-, from the 

 Ible of Skje." 



