240 DJDYNAMIA — ANGIOSPr.R.Ml A. [Limtcea. 



but nowhere general. Fl. April, May. y.. — Considerably different in 

 many points from all the preceding, and as Sir James E. Smith has well 

 observed, exhibiting a great affinity w itli the pretty Peruvian Genus Cal- 

 ceoluria. Sti/les vm\ sf/nnrns, which latter arise fnini the base of the 

 yellow curoUa, protruded from its very contracted mouth.' 



31. Digitalis. Linn. Foxglove. 



I. D. purpurea, L. (purple Foxglove^; segments of the calyx 

 ovate acute, corolla obtuse its upper lip or lobe scarcely divided, 

 leaves ovato-lancoolate crenate downy. E. Bot. t. 1297. 



Dr}' banks, pastures, walls, &c., in hilly and especiallj' in subalpinc and 

 rocky countries ; hence almost unknown in the more eastern parts of 

 England, such as Norfolk and Suffolk. Fl. June, July. $ . — The most 

 stately and beautiful of our herbaceous plants; and one that has ol)tain- 

 ed great reputation as a medicine. Three to four feet high. Leaves 

 large, veiny. Spilies very long, of numerous, drooping, purple, (or rarely 

 white) Jlowers spotted within. 



32. LiMOSELLA. Linn. Mudwort. 



1. L. aqudtica, L. (common 3Iudivort); leaves lanceolate spa- 

 tlmlate on long stalks, scapes shorter than the petioles. £!. Sot. 

 t. ^bl. 



Muddy places, and where water has stood, in several parts of Eng- 

 land, Scotland, and Ireland; but often overlooked on account of its small 

 size. Fl. July, Aug. 0. — Foot creeping, filiform, throwing up clusters 

 of glabrous leaves one or two inches long, including their petiole. Flowers 

 minute, peduncled, arising from the base of the leaf-stalks. Cor. pale 

 rose-coloured. Anthers purplish-blue, one-celled. Seeds wiih a furrow 

 on the back and numerous transverse stripe. 



33. SiBTHoRPiA. Linn. Sibthorpia. 



1. S. Europcka, L. (creeping Sibthorjna, or Cornish Money- 

 ivort). E. Bot. t. 649. 



Moist shady places, in Devonshire, Cornwall, and the Scilly Isles. 

 Near Nettlecombe, Somerset, and in Jersey and Guernsey. At Conner 

 hill, near Dingle ; and near Brandon, Ireland. Fl. July. Aug. If. — A 

 graceful little plant, hairy, with creei)ing, filiform stems and alternate, 

 orbiculari-renifbrm, broadly crenate leaves. Flowers axillary, solitary, 

 on short stalks, pinkish-white, very small. 



34. Verbena. Linn. Vervain. 



1. V. officinalis, L. (common Vervain^; stamens 4, stem erect 

 somewhat hispid, leaves rough lanceolate inciso-serrate or tri- 

 fid with the segments cut, spikes filiform somewhat panicled, 

 flowers rather remote. E. Bot. t. IQtl . 



Road-sides and waste ground, frequent in England. Rare in Ire- 

 land. Inverkeithing, Scotland. Fl. July. If. 



35. LiNN^A. Gronov. Linnsea. 



1. L. boredlis, Gronov. (tivo-Jioivered Linncea). E. Bot. t. 1297. 

 Hook. Fl. Land. N. S. t. 199. 



Woods in Scotland, especially of Fir, as well as, more rarely, in open. 



