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SPECIES II.— A SPERULA CYNANCHICA. Linn. 

 Plate DCLXI. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVII. Tab. MCLXXXI. Fig. 1. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1492 {bis). 



Perennial. Rootstock woody, not creeping. Stems generally 

 tufted, ascending or decumbent, suffusely branched, glabrous, gene- 

 rally puberulcnt towards the base, without a hairy ring under 

 the nodes. Leaves 4 in a whorl, those in each whorl very unequal 

 in size — in the upper whorls so much so that the leaves appear 

 opposite, linear or strapshaped-linear, mucronate, glabrous, not 

 ciliated. Flowers in small corymbose cymes, disposed in a lax 

 sub-corymbose or slender panicle. Bracts lanceolate. Corolla 

 salvershaped-funnelshaped ; limb about as long as the tube. Fruit 

 glabrous, rugose. 



On chalky banks and on limestone soil, common; rare on 

 other soils. Extending from Devon and Kent to Westmoreland 

 and York. 



England, Ireland. Perennial. Summer and Autumn. 



Stems varying much in length, from 2 or 3 inches to 1 foot or 

 more. Largest leaves \ to 1 inch long, usually stiffly recurved, 

 very firm, with a thick central nerve. Bracts small. Flowers 

 \ to \ inch across, white, generally lilac-fleshcolour on the outside 

 which is rough with small papillae. Fruit small, papillose, with 

 the papilla? sometimes confluent, so as to make the surface appear 

 wrinkled. Plant dull-green. 



Squinancy-icort. 



French, Asperule des Sables. German, Hiigel Meier. 



This plant is also known as the Quinsey-wort, from its supposed efficacy in that 

 disorder. The French word esquinancie supplies the name in its present form. It is 

 now iallen into disuse in medicine. Its roots yield a red dye, and are occasionally 

 employed in Sweden. 



SPECIES III.— AS PERU LA TAURINA. Linn. 



Plate DCLXII. 



/. i ,■/,. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVII. Tab. MCLXXVIII. Fig. 1. 

 Billot, FL Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2G83. 



Rootstock extensively creeping. Stems solitary, erect, simple 

 or slightly branched, glabrous or slightly pubescent, with a hairy 

 ring under each node. Leaves 4 in a whorl, all those in each 

 whorl nearly but not quite of equal size, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 



