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ing to some ; according to others, from Xvmc^ a dissolving, and 

 f^axj]^ battle. The English name, it will be at once seen, has a 

 similar meaning. Pliny sajs it tames restiff horses. 



1. L. vulgaris L. {great yellow L.); stem erect, leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate nearly sessile opposite or ter-quaternate, panicles 

 compound terminal and axillary, lobes of the corolla ovate 

 obtuse quite entire, stamens unequal combined for half their 

 length into a glandular tube without sterile ones. E, B. t. 761. 



Sides of rivers and wet shady places, less frequent in Scotland 



S ft. high. Leaves nearly sessile, glabrous 

 or downy beneath. Panicle leafy, usually much branched. Corollas 

 large, yellow, handsome. 



(L. cHidta L. E. B. S. t. 2922, has been' naturalized near Serber- 

 gham, Cumberland; it is a truly N. American species; its stems are 

 erect, peduncles axillary racemose, leaves ovate-lanceolate, sub- 

 cordate with ciliated petioles, lobes of the corolla crenate, and there 

 are 10 filaments, all distinct, of which 5 are sterile.) 



2. L. thyrsijlora L. {tufted Z.) ; erect simple, leaves opposite 

 lanceolate sessile, racemes dense many -flowered stalked axillary, 

 segments of the corolla linear-spathulate quite entire, sterile 

 filaments none. E. B. t. 176. Naumbergia JDuby. 



Wet marshes and water-sides, very rare in England; Yorkshire, 

 Hertfordshire, and Anglesea. More frequent in Scotland: near For^ 

 far, and at Duddingston Loch, on the east const ; canal-side near Possil, 

 and near Rossdhu, by Loch Lomond, in tiie former place most abund- 



ant, and growing in the water. 2^ . 7, — Stems 1—2 ft. high. Flowers 

 numerous, small, collected into dense, axillary, peduncled racemes. 

 Number of the parts of the flower very variable, oftener 6 than 5. 

 Cor. deeply cut into very narrow segments, separated by a minute 

 tooth, yellow, and as well as the cal spotted with orange. Stamens 

 slightly united at the very base : anthers cordate. 



3. L. nemorum L. {yellow Pimpernrl or Wood L.) ; leaves 

 ovate acute opposite shortly stalked, stem prostrate, peduncles 

 1 -flowered axillary solitary longer than the leaves, calycine se<i-- 

 inents linear-subulate, stamens smooth distinct. E. B. t. 527. 



Woods and shady places, frequent. 2/.. 



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4. L,. l\ummul.aria L. (creeping L., Money-Wort, ov Herh- 

 Twopence} ■ leaves opposite subcordate or ovate obtitse shortly 

 stalked, stem prostrate creeping, peduncles 1 -flowered axillary 

 solitary shorter than the leaves, calycine se-ments ovate acute, 

 hlaments glandular connected at the base. ^E. B. t. 528. 



Shady places and pastures. Commonly cultivated, but scarcely in- 

 digenous, m Scotland. 2|. 6,7. 



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