278 61. PEIMTTLACE^. 



date approximate half the length of the tube. — E. B. S. 2608. — 

 Half as large as the preceding. Umbellate. Fl. hluish purple 

 with a yellow centre. Grermen globose. Stigma with 6 points. 

 -^Sandy heaths of the extreme North of Scotland. P. VII. S. 



3. CTc'i.AME]!r Linn. Sow-'bread. 



Jl. C. hederifdlium (Willd.) ; 1. cordate-ovate angular den- 

 ticulate, cor. -throat 5-angled, sep. ovate acuminate denticulate. 

 — R. xvii. 1088. — St. a large depressed tuber. L. after the fl., 

 vidth wavy white blotches above. Fl. more or less pink with 

 darker spots, 2-horned, spots at the mouth. Fr.-ped. rolled up 

 spirally. — Woods near the borders of Fast, Sussex and Kent ! 

 Mr. W. W. Saunders. P. VIII. E. 



4. Ltsima'chia Linn. Loose-strife. 



1. L, thyrsifldra (L.) ; racemes axillary stalked dense, 1. opp- 

 site lanceolate. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Fl. small, very many. Oor. 

 divided almost to its base into narrow segments separated by 

 minute teeth, yellow and as well as the cal. spotted with orange. 

 Stam. combined below into a short ring. — ^Marshes in the North. 

 P. VI. VU. E. S. 



2. L. vulgaris (L.); st. erect, panicles compound terminal and 

 axillary, I. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, nearly sessile opposite or 3 or 

 4 in a whorl, cor. -segments entire with glabrous edges, stam. 5 

 combined through -J of their length: — St. 2 — 3 feet high. L. 

 variable in size, shape and pubescence. Panicle much branched 

 or nearly simple. Fl. yeUow. Starved forms pass for X. punc- 

 tata. — Sides of rivers and pools. P. VII. E. S. I. 



[i. punctdia (L.) ; st. erect, ped. axillary opposite or whorled 

 1-fl., 1., ovate-lanceolate slightly stalked opposite or whorled, 

 upper 1. narrower, cor.-segm. ovate glandular-ciliate, stam. 5 

 combinedhAavf. — L. iDestphalica Lindl. — ^St. 1 — 15 ft. high. St. 

 and L downy. Sep. narrow-lanceolate. Cor. yellow. Ped. rarely 

 branehed, downy, falling short of leaves. — Dulverton, Devon!, 

 is the only station for it. P. VI. VII.] B. 



[i. cilidta (L.) ; st. erect, ped. axillary opposite or whorled, 

 I. opposite ovate-lanceolate suhcordate with ciliate stalks, cor.- 

 segments roundish crenate,^tomenis 10 free 5 sterile. — £. B. S. 

 2922.— Fl. yellow. St. 3 feet high?— Near Serbergham, Cumb. ! 

 P. VI. VII.'] E. 



3. L. Nummiddria (L.) ; st. prostrate creeping,^;?, solitary ax- 

 illary, sep. cordate-ovate prolonged,^Zamera!s 5 glandular con- 

 nected at the base, I. opposite roundish or ovate shortly stalked. 

 — Fl. occasiona ly in pairs, yellow. — Damp places. P. VI. VII. 

 Moneywort. E. S. I. 



