DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Lathreea. 175 



shaped ; one or two of the upper pairs, wing-cleft at the base, 



occasionally. 



A beautiful plant in fl.) 



M. pratense. Common Yellow G. Flowers axillary, 

 stalkless, in partly distant pairs, leaning to one side. 

 Corolla closed ; lip direct, (straight.) Leaves spear- 

 shaped, upper floral-ones toothed at the base. E. B. 

 113. Cratseogonon album. G. E. 91. 



Woods, bushy places. Copse under Shotover Hill. Stow Wood. 

 Tar Wood. Sb. 



An. July. 



Stem slender, divided into several opposite, spreading branches. 

 Cor. pale at the base, deep yellow towards the tip. Lip lower 

 one straight, not bent downwards, as in M. sylvaticum : palate 

 with two deep yellow, raised plaits. Antli., cohering at their tips. 



Discrim. Fl. of Mel., sylvaticum, smaller, and mouth of cor. more 

 gaping. Ls. shortly stalked, spear-shaped, taper-pointed. Upper 

 Fl.-leaves, with long, awl-shaped, turned back teeth, ending in 

 an acute spear-shaped point. 

 Cor. in M. pratense, four times as long as the closed calyx, lower 



lip proti'uded. H. 



Where this plant abounds, the butter ^said by Linn., to be 



yellowest, and best. Swine fond of the seeds, and hunt for them. 



Fl. JSuec. 



(M. sylvaticum. Wood C. Flowers axillary, in distant 

 pairs, turned to one side. Corolla gaping •, lip bent 

 downward. Leaves nearly all entire. E. B. 804. 



Mountainous woods, among firs. Sm. Wick Cliffs, Gloucester- 

 shire. Ttir. 

 An. July, August. 

 Ls. entire. Cor. deep yellow.) 



LATHRiEA.' Tooth-wort.* 



L. Squamdria. Great T. Flowering branches erect, 

 simple. Flowers axillary, on one side of the stem, 

 drooping ; lower lip in three lobes ; upper cloven. E. 

 B. 50. Dentaria major Matthioli. G. E. 1585. 



Dry, shady jilaces, where the sun's rays can scarcely penetrate, at the 

 roots of hazels, or elms. Woodstock Park. Woods near Ashford 

 Mills. Sb. (Copse close to Cumnor Hill.) Y. 



Per. April. 



Root or lower part of the stems scaly, tiled, fleshy. Ls., root-ones 

 none. Stems succulent, (Is., membranaceous, coloured.) Flor.- 



1 Lathraios, Gr. hidden, from its partly hidden stem. 

 - From the resemblance of the scaly roots to teeth. 



