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Cor. nearly straight, contracted In the middle, 

 l^hroat somewhat inflated. Div. of Lips ob- 

 tuse. Margin ciliate. Sutm-e of Anthers with 

 long, wool-like hairs, p. 7, 8. On Artemisia 

 campestris. Fr. G. Vail. Pdm. ? 



ii. Scape generally branched. 



66. lavandulacea. Teeth of Cal. 5, su- 

 bulate, acuminate, on an ovate base, much 

 shorter than tube of corolla. Tube of Cor. 

 whitish, narrowed in the middle. Lips pur- 

 plish with blue veins. Margin denticulate, ci- 

 liate. Lobes small : those of lower Lip sepa- 

 rated by 2, white, villous folds. (Kl. smooth, 

 Guss.) Anthers wooUy on the suture. Stig- 

 ma whitish, p. 4, 5. On Triticmn, Pteris, 

 Thapsia, Scorpiurus, Acanthus. Scape about 

 9 in. Scales small, lanceolate, remote ; lower 

 ovate. Inner Bracts lineari-lanceolate. 



67. robusta. Cal. 5-cleft : one Segm. very 

 small, the others lineari-lanceolate, finely acu- 

 minate. Cor. curved. Throat shortly villous 

 within. Lobes of upper Lip of Cor. reflexed ; 

 of lower hardly crenulate. Fil. quite smooth. 

 Anthers surrounded with wool. Style quite 

 smooth. Stigma of 2, straw-coloured globes. 

 Scape 2 feet or more, hairless beloiv, villous 

 immediately under the spike. Scales oval, ob- 

 tuse; upper narrower, acuminate, p. On 

 Artemisia campestris. Potsdam, l^ot noticed 

 hy Koch. 



68. ramosa. Teeth of Cal. 4, subulate, 

 acuminate, or triangular, with setaceous acu- 

 men. Cor. slightly funnel-shaped, contracted 

 above germen. Upper Lip 2-lobed. Margin 

 revolnte. Stamens nearly smooth (haiiy in their 

 whole length. Beet.). Anthers smooth or 

 somewhat ciliate. Style nearly smooth. Stig- 

 ma 2-lobed, whitish, minutely papillose. Root 

 of numerous fibres. Scape flexuose, 3-9 in. 

 Scales and Bracts short, ovate (lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, Bert.), a. 4-6. On Cannabis, Ni- 

 cotiana, Solanum, Trifolium, Composite, Cru- 

 ciferce, and Mesembryanthemum. Fl. very 

 much smaller than in 0. cserulea. 



69. Muteli. Div. of Cal. 4, lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate. Cor. somewhat funnel- 

 shaped, contracted above the germen. Throat 

 inflated. Back cm-ved near the top. Div. of 

 Lips ovate, ciliate : villous folds between those 

 of lower lip. Style smooth. Spikes short and 

 dense, which, with the shape of the corolla, 

 distinguish it from 0. ramosa. a. On Ca- 

 lendula, Anthyllis, Rumex, Erodium, ^c. 

 Sandy shores. Nap. Hyeres. Toulon. Nice. 



cup, on which arc placed 4 Teeth, or rather 

 Divisions, so as to leave a space in front, where 

 we find in some instances a small and ill-de- 

 fined additional tooth ; or there are 5 nearly 

 equal teeth ; but I have not met with this often 

 enough to be assured of its constancy. The 

 Anthers rise from a thickened ring. 



The plants I have with a simple Scape are — 



1. stricta. Gathered at Hyeres. It has 

 a long dense spike of 30-40 fiowers. Bracts 

 subulate: inner narrow linear, finely acumi- 

 nate. Div. of Cal. lanceolato-subulate, finely 

 acuminate, 2-3 times as long as tube, and nearly 

 equalling corolla. 



2. arenaria, Coss. Div. of Cal. 4. Bracts 

 subulate, on an ovate base ; inner linear, acu- 

 minate. Cor. larger and more inflated than in 

 0. ccerulea. 



3. arenaria, NoE. From Constantinople. 

 A smaller plant, and approaching carulea, but 

 remarkable by a blunt Tooth on each inner 

 Bract. 



4. cserulea. Div. of Cal. 4, subulate, 

 finely acuminate, about as long as back of cup 

 or a little longer. There is often a short addi- 

 tional triangular Tooth in front. Inner Bracts 

 lineari-setaceous, nearly as long as outer. Blois. 



5. cserulea? From St. Pol de Leon. A 

 much smaller plant, with a flexuose stem. Cup 

 of Cal. less oblique. Div. 4, triangulari-subu- 

 late, not acuminate, shorter than back of cup. 



And with a branched Scape — 



6. ramosa. Div. of Cal. 4, finely acumi- 

 nate, somewhat longer than back of cup. Outer 

 Bracts ovate, prolonged, acute ; inner lanceo- 

 lato-setaceous. Length of Cor. about ^ in. Ger. 



7. ramosa? From Nice. Div. of Cal. with 

 additional Tooth, acuminate, somewhat shorter 

 than back of cup. Outer Bracts ovato-triangu- 

 lar ; inner obovate, with fine acumen. Length 

 of Cor. about f in. 



8. ramosa? Near Sorrento. Spike long 

 and taper. Branches small. Div. of Cal. 5, 

 somewhat shorter than back of cup. Outer 

 Bract triangulari-subulate ; inner lanceolate, 

 finely acute. Length of Cor. about -J in. 



These two are very much larger than is 

 usual in O. ramosa, of a different habit, and 

 of a darker colour. 



613. LATHRiEA. 



In this latter division the Calyx is an oblique 1 . clandestina. Stem branched, subter- 



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