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Down. (E. ?) Norfolk, St. Faith's Newton. Carnarvon, near Trem- 

 lyd Point. — Eng. Bot. tab. 237 ; the specimen figured was sent 

 by Mr. William Mathews, from Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Sept. 6, 

 1792. 



G. campesteis L. — Biennial. Basal leaves in a rosette, spathu- 

 late, broadest above the middle. Corolla-tube for the most part 

 longer than the calyx, rarely shorter. 



*suecica Murb. — Internodes usually much longer than their 

 leaves. Middle and upper stem-leaves strap-shaped or oblong, 

 rounded or obtuse at the apex ; middle ones erect or erect-patent. 

 Fl. mid June to end of July ; in high northern or alpine regions, 

 August.— Not known as British, but one of my Shetland gatherings 

 approaches it in its very long internodes. 



*germanica Murb. (non Willd.). — Internodes rather shorter 

 than or slightly longer than their leaves. Middle and upper stem- 

 leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, more or less acute at the 

 apex ; middle stem-leaves spreading, upper ones generally strongly 

 so. Fl. end of July to September. — The common British plant; 

 but some of the records may likely prove to belong to G. baltica. 



It is interesting to find that Herr Murbeck, besides studying 

 these plants in their native habitats, has tested the permanence of 

 their characters by cultivating them both for several years (1888- 

 1890, and 1891-1892). Briefly, he finds that the seeds of both 

 species germinate in the spring. G. baltica, besides the cotyledons 

 which persist and are still green at flowering-time, produces a few 

 root-leaves from which springs the stem which flowers and fruits 

 the first year. G. campestris, on the other hand, produces a rosette 

 of rather numerous leaves, but develops no further the first year. 

 This rosette withers at the end of the season, and the following 

 spring there appears a second rosette of leaves from which rises the 



B. Calyx 5- (or 4-) partite, segments all lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, subsimilar, not overlapping. 



G. uliginosa Willd. — Annual. Basal leaves few, ovate or 

 lanceolate, broadest below or at the middle. Corolla-tube equalling 

 or slightly exceeding the calyx. Fl. mid-August to October.— 

 Britain is not among the countries whence Herr Murbeck has seen 

 specimens, but Nyman records the plant for Scotland. 



G. Arabella L. — Biennial. Basal leaves in a rosette, strap- 

 shaped or spathulate, broadest above the middle. Corolla-tube for 

 the most part longer than the calyx, rarely shorter. 



Hingulata C. A. Agardh. — Middle internodes mostly much 

 longer than their leaves. Middle and upper stem-leaves strap- 

 shaped or oblong, rounded or obtuse at the apex; middle ones 

 erect or erect-patent. Fl. mid June to end of July ; in the extreme 

 north, August. — Known in Britain only as our G. Anuircllu var. 

 /,/-,/. vi.r, referred to this subspecies. The varietal name is retained 

 for the British plant, which, besides flowering about a month 

 earlier (May-June!), also differs from the type in being a dwarfer 

 plant, with fewer internodes, which are scarcely longer than their 

 leaves. — Specimens have been seen by Herr Murbeck from Dorset, 



