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****** Stoles or barren stems cestival leafy not rosulate. 



12. E. anagallidifolium (Lam.) ; joints of barren stems all 

 long with small obovate leaves, fl.-st. erect from a long rooting 

 base, 1. oblong blunt narrowed below not acuminate, upper 1. 

 lanceolate, buds nodding, sepals oblong blunt, seeds obovate 

 pointed below apiculate. — See A. N. H. Ser. 2. xvii. — St. fili- 

 form, mostly simple, with two raised lines, 3 — 4 in. long. L. pale 

 green. Fl. pale reddish. — Higher mountains. P. VII. S. 



******* Stoles (Bstival scale-bearing not rosulate. 



13. E. alsinifolium (Vill.) ; stoles (yellowish) with small 

 roundish distant scales, st. erect from a long rooting base, I. ovate- 

 acuminate repand-dentate shortly stalked, buds nodding, Sep. li- 

 near-oblong, seeds subfusiform. — Florig. Brit. f. 626. — St. mostly 

 simple, rather thick, with 2 raised lines, 3 — 12 in. long. L. 

 shining, subpellucid. Fl. large, purplish. Caps, upright, long, 

 iong-stalked. — Higher mountains. P. VII. E. S. 



2. OENOTHERA Linn. Evening Primrose. 



*1 . (E. biennis (L.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate flat toothed, st. rough 

 rather hairy, pet. longer than the stamens. — E. B. 1534. St. 5. 6. 

 — Fl. large, many, bright yellow. Caps, short, hairy. St. 2 — 3 

 feet high, leafy. — Sandy coast of Lancashire. Often an outcast 

 from gardens. B. VII. — IX. B. 



3. IsNARDiA Linn. 



1. I. palustris (L.) ; st. procumbent rooting glabrous, 1. oppo- 

 site ovate acute narrowed into a petiole, fl. axillary soUtary ses- 

 sile without petals.— jB. B. S. 2593. St. 22. 3.— St. 6-8 in. 

 long, round, branching, often reddish. Fl. with 2 small bracts at 

 the base. Caps, ovate, obtusely quadrangular, with the persistent 

 calyx spreading horizontally. — Pools and marshes. Buxted, 

 Suss. Petersfield and Brokenhurst, Hants. Jersey. A. VI. E. 



4. CiRC^A Linn. 



1. C. lutetiana (L.); I. ovate or shghtly cordate below repand- 

 denticulate opaque, petioles subterete, bracteoles 0, pet. deeply 

 emarginate, lobes broadly obovate, cal. hairy, ovary 2-celled, fr. 

 broadly obovate. — E. B. 1056. St. 23. 1. — Pet. as long as the 

 herbaceous sepals, broad below. Fr. persistent.— Woods and 

 hedge-banks. P. VI. — VIII. Enchanter's Nightshade. 



2. C. alpina (L.) ; I. cordate acuminate repand-dentate shin- 

 ing, petioles flat with membranous wings, bracteoles setaceous, 

 pet! bifid, lobes oblong, cal. glabrous, ovary 1 -celled.— £.B. 1057. 



