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teeth downy on loth sides, st. bluntly quadrangular downy, cymes 

 lax few-flowered, sep. roundisli downy with a membranous mar- 

 gin, staminode roundish entire.— £. B. 2209.— St. 2—3 feet high. 

 L. wrinkled. Bracts leafiike, lower exactly like the leaves. Fl. 

 purple. Caps, ovate, acute. — In moist places. West of Corn- 

 wall. Tralee, Kerry. Jersey. P. VII. E. I. 



** Cal. of 5 deep acute segments. Cor. yellow ; no staminode. 



6. S.vernalis{h.); I. downy cordate-acute doubly serrate, st. 

 winged hairy, cymes axillary corymbose with leaflike bracts, sep. 

 oblong with' a recurved apex.— B. B. 567. St. 23. 16.— St. about 

 2 feet high. Fl. yellow, inflated ; the mouth much contracted. 

 Caps, ovate, acute. Differing greatly from the other species and 

 allied in appearance to some of the Calceolariie. — Waste places, 

 rare. P. IV. V. E, S. 



6. LiMOSELLA Linn. Mudwort. 



I. L. aquatica (L.) ; 1. lanceolate spathulate on long stalks, 

 ped. axillary crowded shorter than the petioles. — E. B. 367. St. 

 30. 15. — St. 0, except the naked stoles. Fl. small, white, or 

 rose-coloured. Caps, minute, ovate. — Muddy places where water 

 has stagnated. A. VII.— IX. E. S. 



7. Melampyrum Linn. Cow-vrheat. 



1. M. cristatum (L.); spikes densely imhrieated 4-sided, bracts 

 keartshaped acuminate pectinate-dentate lower ones with a long 

 leaflike recurved point. — E. B. 41. — Bracts rose-coloured at the 

 base. Fl. yellow, tinged with purple. L. linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 entire, tvith netted veins beneath. — Woods and thickets in the 

 eastern counties. A. VII. Crested Cow-wheat. E. 



2. M. arvense (L.) ; spikes lax conical, bracts ovate-lanceolate- 

 attenuate pinnatifid with subulate segments and with a few large 

 glandular points beneath, cal. hispid equalling the cor.-tube with 

 elongate-lanceolate-attenuate teeth from an ovate base, cor. 

 closed. — E. B. 53 (bad). — Bracts purple-rose-colour. Fl. varie- 

 gated with yellow, rose-colour, and purple. L. linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, rough-edged, slightly downy on both sides, entire. — Corn- 

 fields and dry banks in the eastern counties and the Isle of 

 Wight. A. VII. Purple Cow-wheat. E. 



3. M. pratense ('L.);fl. 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, lower lip protruded. — E. B. 1 13. 

 — Teeth and tube of the cal. about equal in length. L. lanceo- 

 late, or ovate-lanceolate, or with a cordate base, entire, varying 

 greatly in size. Fl. large, pale yellow. — ^. ericetorum (D. Oliv.); 



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