No. 393. 
PINGUICULA VULGARIS. 
Class. Order, 
DIANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
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This is a native of most of the Northern 
parts of Europe, and is found in several 
places in Britain : it is a pretty little plant, 
growing in bogs and moist places. It may 
be preserved in a pot immersed half way 
in water, and its soil should be black peat. 
It produces several flowers, coming up in 
succession during the month of May. In 
the autumn the leaves decay, and the root, _ 
which is a small scaly bulb, remains dor- 
mant during the winter, lying on the surface 
of the ground, almost without any fibres. 
