-APPENDIX. 1 105 



nat. edit. I'^.p. 497. Sp.pl. 914. (Fig, nulla 

 fide n da.) 



Small fiower'd Ladies-Smock. Anglis. 



In fliady, wet, and boggy places, frequent. O. 

 V— VII. 



The ftalks are fix or eiglit inches high, angular, 

 branched, formVl into zig-zag fiexures at the 

 origin of the branches, and covered with 

 downy, white, horizontal hairs. 



The leaves are pinnated with three or four pair of 

 lobes, and an odd one at the end. 



The lobes of the radical leaves are nearly heart- 

 Ihap'd, and a little finuated on the edges •, thofe 

 of the Jlalk-leaves, efpecialiy the uppermoft, 

 are elliptical, with two or three diftant teeth, 

 or dents on each fide of the margins. They 

 are alfo fprinkled with hairs on the upper fur- 

 face, but not fo numerous as on the flalk. 



The fiov;ers are fmall and white, and furniflied 

 with Hxjlamina. 



The C. hirfutn differs from this in the following 

 rcfpefls. The ftalks are generally about three 

 or four inches high, feldom fix, ftraighter and 

 lefs hairy than the foregoing. 



The lobes of the upper ftalk-leaves are narrow, 

 almoit linear and intire. 



The fiowers have only four jicminay two being 

 abortive. 



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