264 57. SCEOPHULA.EIACE«. 



hose many- (1 — 15-) fioioered, sep. roundisli blunt •witt a broad 

 membranous margin, staminode roundisJir-reniform, — E. B. 854. 

 S. Balbisii Horn., Koch. — St. 2 — 5 feet bigb. Bracts linear, 

 blunt. Fl. dark purple, occasionally milk-wbite. Caps, ovoid, 

 pointed. — Specimens from Cambr. and Heref. seem to be the 

 iS. cinerea, Dum. ; their staminode is rounded at tbe end, not 

 emarginate. — In wet places. P. VII. Vlfl. E. S. I. 



4. S. Scoi-oddnia (L.) ; I. cordate-triangular toith large double 

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

 lax few-flowered, sep. roundish downy with a membranous 

 margin, staminode roundish entire. — S. B. 2209. — St. 2 — 3 feet 

 high. L. wrinkled. Bracts leajlihe, lower exactly like the leaves. 

 Fl. purple. Caps, ovoid, acute. — In moist places. West of 

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



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



J6. S. verndlis (L.) ; I. downy cordate-acute doubly serrate, 

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

 sep. oblong with a recurved apex. — U. B. 567. — St. about 2 feet 

 high. Fl. yellow, im/lated ; the mouth much contracted. Caps, 

 ovoid, acute. Differing greatly from the other species and 

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

 rare. P. Iv. V. E. S. F 



6. LiMOSEL'iA Linn. Mudwort. 



1. i. aquat'ica (L.) ; 1. lanceolate-spathulate on long stalks, 

 ped. axillary crowded shorter than the petioles. — E. B. 357. 

 St. 80. 15. — Very small; st. 0, except the naked stoles. Fl. 

 small, white or rose-coloured. Caps, minute, ovoid. — Muddy 

 places where water has stagnated. A. VU. — IX. E. S. 



7. Melampt'btjm Linn. Cow-wlieat. 



1. M. aistdtum (L.) ; spikes densely imbricate A^-sided, bracts 

 heartshaped acuminate pectinate-dentate lower ones with a long 

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

 the base. Fl. yellow, tinged vnth purple. L. linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, entire, with netted veins beneath. St. 8 — 12 in. high. — 

 Woods and thickets in the Eastern Counties. A. VII. Crested 

 Cow-wheat. E. 



2. M. arven'se (L.) ; spiJces 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 long lanceolate-attenuate teeth from an ovate base, 



