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Pool, Montgomeryshire. 0. 8. — ^^ks simple, yellowish- crreen Ifri 



I'lowers fewer in a head, much more succulent than in the^'pr. I Ktl 

 ceding species, and cellular when seen under a lens. Tube of coroir '(if 



always globose; filaments very short. Ca/y^ broad and spreadin-.'' ^ " 



with 5 broad acute teeth. This is abundant in Germany, whence It j)'^' 



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was probably introduced with flax-seed to us, and is very injurious t 

 the crops of that plant, upon which it is a parasite, ^ 



4. C. EpWiymum L. {lesser D.) ; styles exserted, heads of 

 many small flowers bracteated sessile, corolla with a cylindrical 

 tube longer than the campanulate calyx, " scales conver^in^ 

 as long as the tube of the corolla fimbriated and rounded at dp- 



the end ajoproximate below with narrow acute spaces/'^ E. B, ' ^ 



Frequent on furze, heath, and thyme, in exposed situations in 

 England and Scotland. ©. 7—10. — Smaller than the two pre 

 cedmg species, especially in the flowers. Calyx-segments acuminate. 



^\^^n * ^^iA^'^" B'^b. {Clover D.)', styles exserted, lieads of 

 small flowers bracteated sessile, " tube of the corolla cylindrical 

 scales converging half as long as the tube of the cor. fimbriated ' ''^'^' 

 and rounded at the end distant below with rounded spaces ^^' 



calyx narrowed below as long as the tube of the corolla" 

 E. B. S. t. 2898. ' 



pn clover chiefly. Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Essex ; Sussex ; Isle of 

 Wight. 0. 7_9. _ Supposed to have been introduced with clover- 

 seed from the Continent, where however it does net seem to be ac 

 knowledged as a species. It is obviously very near the last, and 

 chiefly differs by the form of the spaces between the scales ; but 

 whether that and some other characters proposed in this genus do not 

 depend on the nature of the plant to which the individual is attached 

 has yet to be tested. . 



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Calyx 5- rarely 4-cleft, persistent. Corolla hypo<vynous, 

 monope alous, most frequently regular, 5-cleft, sometimes 4- 

 cleft withan mibncative aestivation. Stamens 5, inserted into the ■ 



corolla, alternate with its segments and equal to them in number, T C»r.i 



rarely more. Ovanj 4-partite, 4-seeded. Ovules definite, pen- «rjloi 



dulous. Style from near the base between the lobes of the Ksi 



ovary. Achenes4, apart or united at the base. Seeds with- U 



qhl?L''''T ^ ''^'^^'^f ''""''"'''■ ^^^^''^' ^"P'^rior. - Herbs or ^m 



Flnlr; ;/' "^^'™^^^' ^'^^'^^^ ^tip^les, usually scabrous. abal 



1 lovvers generally m more or less compound unilateral and cir- , , 



