254 57. SCEOPHTJIABIACE^. 



** Cal. of o deep aoute Segments. Cor. yellow ; no staminode. 



J5. '8. verkdlis (L.) ; I. '£?ow>4y cordate-acute doubly serrate, at. 

 winged liairy, cym6s. axillary Coryiiibbse witli leaflike bracts, sep. 

 oTDlong witb a recurved apex.^/Si. 23. 16.-r— St. about 2 feet bign. 

 J^iyeZfow, iw^flierf; tb'e in'putli mUcb contracted. Caps, ovoid, 

 acute. Differing greatly from tbe otber species and allied in 

 appearance to some of the Calceolaria.— Waste places, rare. P. 



iv; ,v. ., , E. s. ? 



' ' 6. Limosel'la. Linn. MuQwort.' 



.1. L. agualfica(h.)', 1. lanceolate-spatbulate on long stalks, 

 ped. axillary crowded shorter than tbe , petioles.^jSi!. 30., 15. — 

 Very small ; st. 0, except tbe naked stoles. Fl. small, white or 

 rose-coloured. Caps, minute, ovoid. — Muddy places where 

 water has stagnated. ; A. VII. — IX. E. S. 



7. MbiAmpt'ktjm iimn. Oow-wheat. 



1. M. cristatum (L.) '; spikes detiseh/ imbricate Arsided, bracts 

 heartshaped slcuminate pectinate-dentate lower ones with a long 

 leaflike recurved poiiit. — ^Bracts rose-coloured at the base. FL 

 yellow, tinged with purple. L. linear-lanceolate, acute, entire, 

 with netted veins' beneath. St. 8 — 12 in. high. — ^Woods and 

 thickets in the Eastern Counties. A. VII. Crested Cow-wheat. E. 



2. M. arven'se (L.) ; spijies la^ conical, bracts ovate-lanceolate- 

 a#e»Maie pinnatifid with subulate segments and with a few large 

 glandular points beneath, oal. hispid eq^uaUing the cor.-tube with 

 long-lanceolate-attenijate teeth from an, ovate base, cor. cloged. 

 — Bracts purplerrOse-colour.' . Fl. variegated with yeUow, rose- 

 colom-, and purple. L. linear-lanceolate, acute, rough-edged, 

 slightly downy on both sides, entire. St. 8^18 in. high. — Corn- 

 fields and, dry banks in tlie Eastern Counties and tie Isle of 

 Wight, ' ' A. VII. PM>yfe Cojti-wj/ieai. , . E. 



3. ilf. praten'se (L.) ; Jl. axillary secund in distant pairs, upper 

 bracts lanceolate with 1 or 2 teeth at the base, cor. 4 times as 

 long as the glabrous calyx closed, loxuer lip projecting. — Teeth 

 and tube of the cal. about equal in length. L. lanceolate, or 

 ovate-lanceolate, or with a cordate base, entire,, varjdng greatly 

 in size. Fl, large,, pale yellow; horizontally patent. St. ,6 — 12 

 in. high. — /3. ericdorum (D. Oliv.) ; hispid, 1. lanceolate,or linear- 

 lanceolate, bracts toothed, fl. near together, cor.-tube whitish. — 

 y. M.niontarmin(Sd\rast.)\ smaller in all, its parts, bracts quite 

 entire, 1. linear-lanceolate hispid, the 2 lower oDovate-lanceolate 

 blunt. — Woods and thickets. /3. West of Ireland, y. Moun- 

 tains; A. VI.— y III. , " ; E. S. I. 



4. M. syhaiicum (L.),;-fl. axillary secund in distant pairs, 

 bracts mostly all entire linear-lancecdate, co/-. about twice as long 



