lentibulakiacejE. 125 



In bog3. Very rare. In tlie bogs oi' Auchterflow and Shannon on 

 the Roschaugh property in Ross-shire, and in the Isle of Skyc. 



Scothind. Perennial. Spring, early Summer. 



Leaves resembling those of P. vulgaris, but rarely more than 1 iiuh 

 long, nuifh thinner, loss fleshy, and more tiiinsluoent. Scapes 2 to 

 6 inches Iiigii. Calyx with the segments of the u])per lip short, the 

 lower lip with tlie segincnts reduced to 2 teeth at tlie apex. Corolla 

 I inch long, white, tinged with yellow, clothed with yellow hairs 

 within at the base of the lower lip; spur not much longer than broad, 

 forming nearly a right angle with the lower side of the corolla. 



Alpine Buttencort. 



French, Grasielte jaundtre. 



SPECIES IV.-PINGUICUL A LUSITANICA. Linn. 



ri.Aii: JICXXIV. 



Heidi. Ic. Fl. Germ, ct Hclv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCCCXXI. Fig. 1. 

 Billut, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1307. 



Leaves thin, membranous, translucent, oval or oblong-oval, obtuse. 

 Calyx segments roundish-ovate, obtuse. Corolla bilabiate ; tube longer 

 than the limb; spur much shorter than the lower lip, bent outwards 

 at a right angle with the under side of the corolla, cylindrical, blunt ; 

 segments of the lower lip nearly equal, subquadrate, emarginute, 

 scarcely exceeding the upper lip. Capsule subglobular, obtuse. 



In bogs. Local. Abundant in the south-west of England, particu- 

 larly in Devon and Cornwall, and in the western counties of Scotland, 

 reaching north to Orknej-. The county of Ross is the only one hi 

 which it approaches the eastern side of the kingdom. In Ireland it is 

 frequent, though more abundant in the west of the island. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. (?) Summer, Autumn. 



Leaves 4 ^o 1 inch long, veiy thin, and almost translucent, dull 



freen, and with the same greasy lustre as those of the jjreceding sjjecies. 

 capes 2 to 5 inches high, veiy slender, clothed with short gland-tipped 

 hairs through their whole extent and not merely at the apex. Flowers 

 "I to § inch long, white, tinged with lilac on the limb, with the throat 

 yellow. Capsule much smaller than in any of the preceding and nearly 

 globose. 



This plant has sometimes been confounded with P. alpina, but is a 

 much more slender plant ; the calyx has the lips much more deeply 

 divided into segments; the corolla has the lips and segments nearly 

 equal, and the spur does not taper towards the apex. 



Pale Buttencort. 

 French, GiasseUe de Poiitigal. 



