'274: 59. VEEBENACEJ5.— 60. LENIIBXTLAEIACEaS. 



broader, toothed rather than 3-lobed. Fl. yellow -with dark spots. 

 St. reddish purple, branched 3 — 6 in. high. — Sandy and chalky 

 fields, A. V. — VII. Grotmd-Pine. E. 



Order LIX. VEEBENACE^. ' 



Cal. tubular, persistent. Cor. irregular, tubular. Stam. didy- 

 namous, or 2. Ovaiy 2 — 4-celled ; style- 1, terminal; stigma 

 bifld. Fr. a caps, or beiTy, with 2 — 4 nucules more or less co- 

 hering. 



1. Vebbbna. Cal. 5-fid. Cor! irregular, 5-lobed, slightly 

 2-lipped. Stam. included, 4, didynamous, or 2. Capsule 

 dividing into 4 nuts, — G. F. G. Gam. ii. 50. 



1. Vekbe'ita Linn. Vervain. 



1. V. officinalis (L.); st. erect solitary' 4-angular, 1. ovate ob- 

 long trifid or laciniate-uiultiiid rough, spikes filiform somewhat 

 panicled, stam. 4. — St. .3. — St. rather hispid, 1 — 2 feet high. L. 

 lobed and serrate. Spikes long, slender. Fl. small, distant, pale 

 purple.— Waste ground. P. Vll. VIII. , E. I. 



Order LX. LENTIBULAEIACE^. 



Cal. permanent, inferior, divided. Cor. irregular, 2-lipped, 

 spurred. Stam. 2. Ovary free, 1-celled of 2 carpels. Stigma 

 of 2 plates, one smaller or inconspicuous. Caps. 1-celled; pla- 

 centa large, free, central. 



1. PiNGXJicuLA. Cal. 2-lipped, lower bifid, upper of 3 seg- 

 ments. Cor. ringent, spurred. — G. F. G. Gam. i. 24. 



2. Utbictjlahia. Cal. 2-leaved, lower often notched, upper 

 entire. Cor. personate, spurred. — G. F. G. Gam. i. 25. 



I. PijfSTJic'rrLA Linn. Butterwort. 



1. P. vulffdris (L.); spiir subulate shorter than the cm:-se(/- 

 vionts which are very unequal ohlmig rounded separated entire. — 

 L. all radical, fleshy, covered with minute crystalline pointSj 

 pale green ; when the plant is gathered they curve backwards 

 so as to hide the root. Fl. violet. Caps, ovoid, acute. — Bogs. 

 P. V. VI. E. SI, 



2. F. c/randifl6ra (Lam.) ; spur subidate cylindro-conical often 

 notched as long as cor.-segmeiits which are veiy unequal broadly 

 obbvate rounded contiffitous. — Much larger than P. imlgaris. Fl. 

 very large, violet. Caps, ovoid, rounded at the end. Length of 

 .'pur variable.— Bogs. Kerry and Cork. P. V. \l. I. 



