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tally branched. The lower leaves are of a nar- 

 row fpear-fhapcd form, and commonly intirc. 

 The middle ones have a fev/ large dents at their 

 bafe, but are often intire. The upper floral ones 

 are halbert-fhaped or trifid, having the dents or 

 hooks at the bafe rcflexed. The flowers crrow in 

 pairs from the Ala of the leaves, {^'^^i:^ and turn- 

 ed to the fame fide of the llaik. The CcroUa is 

 whi'te, except the Galea v/hich is yellow, with a 

 pale margin ; and the Jov/er lip is marked with 

 two prominent deep yellow dots. The tube 

 of the corolla is long, white, flender and v^rink- 

 led ; the lips of it are clofed together like the 

 mouth of a fifh. The Anther ce cohere together. 

 Linnaus tells us, that where this plant abounds, 

 the yelloweft and bed butter is made. 



Jylvaticum MELAMPYRUM floribus fccundis lateralibus, 

 2. foliorum conjugationibus rcmotis, corollis hiant- 



tibus. IJn. Jyft. nat, 406. ^p. pi. 843. (Ger. 

 em. ()i. f. I. Moris, hijl.f. w.t. 2^.f.'^.ficri- 

 bus inapertis. Oed.Dan. /i. 45. cum floribus aper- 

 tis. opt i me.) 



Yellow Cow-wheat. Anglis. 



In woods, but not common. O. VK. 



The leaves in this kind are generally quite intire. 

 The flowers not above half fo long as in the 

 preceding, tlieir lips not clofed together, but 

 gaping open, and the whole Corolla 'tube and all) 

 of a deep yellow colour, 



Y 3 LATHRiE'A. 



