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7. L. r&pens (Ait.) ; glabrous, 1. linear scattered or partly 

 whorled, fl. racemose, sep. lanceolate as loug as the spur but 

 sborter tban tbe caps., seeds angular with transverse elevated lines. 

 —E. B. 1253. L. striata B C— PL white with blue veins. St. 

 erect, branched, leafy, 1 — 1^ foot high, slender. Seeds much 

 smaller than those of i. vulgaris. — L. italica and L. sepimn may 

 be hybrids between this and L. vulgaris. — Calcareous soils, par- 

 ticularly near the sea, rare. P. VII. — IX. K. I. 



8. £. milgdris (Mill.) ; glabrous, rachis and peduncles glan- 

 dular-hairy, 1. linear-lanceolate scattered crowded, tl. racemose 

 imbricate, sep. ovate acute glabrous shorter than the caps, or 

 spur, seeds tubercular-asperous with a smooth orbicular margin. 

 — JS. B. 658. — Fl. large, yellow, rarely milk-white with an 

 orange palate. St. erect, 2 feet high, as well as the 1. glabrous. 

 Common and partial flower-stalks occasionally glabrous. — The 

 state called Peloria with 6 spurs and an equal and regular Cor. 

 is rarely found. -E. B. 260. — /3. latifoUa (Bab.) ; 1. narrowly 

 lanceolate, fl.-l. often lanceolate very glaucous, fl. twice as large 

 in a few-fl. lax raceme, ped. glabrous, spur directed perpendicu- 

 larly downwards. Sy. J3. B. 964. L. speciosa Ten. ? — Hedges 

 on a graveUy soil. P. VI. VII. Yellow Toadflax. E. S. I. 



5. ScKOPHiriA'EiA Linn. Pigwort. 



* Cal. of 5 rounded lobes. Cor. purplish ; upper lip with a scale 

 {staminode) on its inner side. 



1. S. noddsa (L.) ; I. ovate acute subcordate glabrous doubly 

 and acutely serrate, lower teeth largest, st. acutely 4-aiigular, 

 cymes lax, sep. roundish-ovate with a narrow membranous 

 margin, staminode wedgeshaped slightly emarginate. — E.B. 1544. 

 — Root tuberous, thick, knotty. St. 2 — 3 feet high. Bracts 

 small, lanceolate, acute. Fl. greenish purple, lurid, sometimes 

 green or pale. Caps, ovate. — Moist hedges and thickets. P. VI. 

 VII. Knotted Figwort. E. S. I. 



2. S. umbrosa (Dum.)' ; I. ovate-lanceolate acute subcordate 

 glabrous sharply serrate, lower teeth smaller, St. and petioles 

 winged, cymes lax few- (4 — 8-) flowered, sep. roundish with a 

 broad membranous margin, staminode bilobed with diverging 

 lobes.— 8. Ehrharti, C. A. 8tev. E. B. S. 2875. Not 8. alata 

 Gill. — St. tall. Bracts Uaflike, lanceolate, acute. Fl. dark purple. 

 Caps, subglobose, blunt.— Wet places. P. VIII. IX. E. S. I. 



3. 8. aquat'ica (L. !) ; I. cordate-oblong roundly blunt gla- 

 brous crenate-serrate, st. and petioles winged, cymes dense corym- 



1 See Du Mortier in Bmll. Belg. vii. 36. 



