182 ENGLISH BOTANT. 



Var. a, alatus. 

 Seeds with a broad membranous border. 



Var. 3, apterus. Fries. 



"It. Reichenbachii, Drejer" II. Excurs. Hafniens. p. 210, Reich. 



" Seeds not winged, but rounded and longitudinally ribbed or 

 furrowed on the back." — {Bab.) 



In cultivated ground. Eare. Near Hastings, Sussex; Glou- 

 cester, Stafford, Notts, York, Durham, Northumberland; Lake 

 district, Berwick, Forfar, Moray; also reported from Shetland, 

 but this requires confirmation. Var. " Forfarshire" (Bab.). 



England, Scotland. Annual. Late Summer 

 and Autumn. 



Extremely like It. minor, but usually a taller and much more 

 branched plant, of a paler green colour, especially on the bracts ; the 

 flowers larger ; the lobes of the upper lip more prominent. 



The variety without winged seeds I have not seen ; the only 

 place in Forfarshire where I have collected R. major is between 

 Carnoustie and Easthaven, where it is plentiful ; but in all the 

 numerous specimens I examined in that locality, the border of the 

 seeds was conspicuous. I am also unable to see any difference in 

 the breadth of the seed-border in the specimens from Hastings and 

 those from Yorkshire, though Professor Babington follows Fries in 

 making two varieties of winged-seeded forms : — 



1st. Platypterus. Seed not twice as broad as its wing. 



2nd. Stenopterus. Seed twice as broad as its AA r ing ; and in the 

 "Manual," Hastings is given as the station for the first, and 

 North of England and Scotland for the second. 



Larger Yellow-Battle. 



French, Rhinanlhe (I Grandes Fleurs. German, Griissere Kla j 



This phut is more commonly known as Crista Galli, from its supposed likeness to 

 a cock's comb or crest. 



GBNVS XIV- -M ELAMPYRUM. Tournef. 



Calyx tubular -bellshaped, sub-bilabiate, 1-toothed, the lower 

 teeth usually the largest. Corolla tubular, bilabiate, with the 

 tube elongated and enlarged upwards ; the upper lip helmet- 

 shaped, compressed, eutire or 2-toothed at the apex, with the 

 margins narrowly refiexed ; lower lip a little longer, sub-erect, 

 shortly 3-lobed ; palate with 2 elevated bosses. Stamens 4, 

 didynamous, placed un.ler the upper lip of the corolla; anthers 



