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inches high, branched and leafy ; leaves lanceolate, narrow, not 

 waved. Flowers very small, in numerous dense leafy whorls. 

 When in seed the whole plant is frequently of a golden-yellow 

 colour. Banks of the canal near Exeter, FL D. (E. B. t. 735.) 



P. VII. VIII. 



8. R. palustris (yellow marsh D.) In marshy and boggy 

 situations. Very much like the last, with linear-lanceolate 

 leaves, but with the flower-whorls much more distant from each 

 other, and the flowers not so crowded. Bovey Heathfield, Fl. D. 

 (E. B. t. 1932.) P. vii.~ix. 



9. R. Acetosa (common Sorrel.) In meadows and pastures, 

 very common. Stem from 1 to 2 feet high, rising generally 

 from a loose cluster of radical leaves, which are oblong and 

 arrow-shaped at the base, with long stalks ; stem-leaves few, on 

 short stalks. Flowers in long terminal leafless clusters, at first 

 greenish, but afterwards turning purplish-red. Abundant. 

 Pastures between Meadfoot and Hope's Nose, Paignton, etc. 

 (E. B. 1. 137 : not an accurate representation of the wild plant.) 

 P. v.-vn. 



10. R. Acetosella (sheep's S.) In dry pastures. Plant 

 vai*ying from 3 or 4 inches to a foot high. Radical leaves linear- 

 lanceolate and arrow-shaped at the base; stem-leaves narrow- 

 lanceolate, but often some of them like the root-leaves. Flowers 

 small, in slender terminal clusters, becoming, as is frequently the 

 case with the whole plant, of a bright red colour. The leaves 

 of this and those of the last described species are pleasantly 

 acid. Common. Meadfoot cliffs. Warberry Hill, etc. (E. B. t. 

 1674.) P. v.-vn. 



ORD. LXXIII. THYMELACE.E. 

 DAPHNE. SPUEGE-LAUEEL. 



D. Laureola (common Spurge- Laurel.) In hedges, woods, 

 and thickets. Stem from 1 to 3 feet high, stout, leafless below, 

 but bearing at its summit a dense spreading cluster of large, 

 smooth, lanceolate leaves, in the midst of which appear several 

 axillary racemes of small green flowers. Leaves evergreen. 

 Near Harford Bridge, on the Erme. Stoke Hill, near Exeter, 

 FL D. (E. B. t. 119.) Sh. n.-iv. 



