-LITTOEBLLA. 



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ovoid and blunt, bracts lanceolate acute perhaps not keeled, 1. not 

 channelled. It is probably a distinct species. — Sea-coast and on 

 mountains. P. VI.— IX. E. S. I. 



*** Placenta 2-mnffed. Seeds liii each cell. Cor.-tube 

 glabrmis. 



8. P. lanceoldta (L.); I. lanceolate attenuate at both ends 5- 

 veined, Scape fur-rowed, spike orate or oblong-cylindiical, bracts 

 ovate acute or cuspidate, 2 lateral sep: keeled. — L. nearly gla- 

 brous, length 4 — 12 times the breadth. Anth. and filaments 

 yellow. A very variable plant. Spikes globose, scape and 1. 

 silky, neck woolly, in sandy places ; spikes very long, 1. very 

 long and broad, in rich damp soil. — Meadows, pastures and sandy 

 places. P. v.— Vn. Milnvort. E. S. I. 



4. P. m4dia (L.) ; I. elliptic-ovate sessile or with short broad 

 stalks pubescent, scape terete, spike cylindrical, bracts ovate- 

 acuminate, sep. not keeled. — St. 87. 8. — L. usually lying flat on 

 the ground, sometimes shortly lanceolate and ascending. Anth. 

 yellow, filaments purple. — Meadows and pastm-es. P. VI. — IX. 

 Lamb' s-tongue. E. 



**** Placenta i-xmnged. Seeds 2 — 4: in each cell. CoT.'-tiibe 

 glabrous. 



5. P. major (L.) ; 1. broadly ovate on longish channelled stalks, 

 scape vterete, spiie long, bracts ovate keeled about as long as the 

 cal, sep. with a prominent dorsal rib. — St. 87. 6. P. xvii. 1127. 

 — L. ascending. Anth. purple. Seeds about 8. — ^. microstachya 

 (.Koch); scape weak shorter than 1>, spike lax, 3 — 6-flowered. 

 — Fields and waste places. /3. Turf-bog-s, Oonnemara, Ireland. 

 P. VI.— Vm. Way-bread. E. S. I. 



[P. arendria (^V. & K.), a branchino; leafy plant, has been 

 found abundantly on Buiuliam Sand-hills, Som.] E. 



2. Littobel'ia Linn. Shore-weed. 



1. L. lacus'tris (L.). — ^With runners. Fl. white. Fertile fl. 

 sessile. Stalks of the male fl. 1 — 2 in. long. L. all radical, 

 linear, fleshy, somewhat channelled, sometimes hairy above — 

 Margins of lakes, or under water when it is lai'ger and does not 

 flower. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



Division IV. MONOCHLAMYDE.E. 



With only a single perianth ; that is, the cal. and cor. not di- 

 stinguishable, or wantmg. — Ord. LXR^ — LXXVII. 



