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cor. closed. — E. B. 53. — 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. St. 

 8 — 18 in. high. — Corn-fields and dry banks in the Eastern 

 Counties and the Isle of Wight. A. VII. JPurple CovMvheat. 



E. 



3. M. praien'se (L.) ; ^. 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 projecting. — E. B. 

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

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

 varying greatly in size. El. large, pale yellow, horizontally 

 patent. St. 6 — 12 in. high. — /3. ericetorum (D. Oliv.) ; hispid, 

 1. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, bracts toothed, fl. near to- 

 gether, cor.-tube whitish. — y. M. montamim (Johnst.) ; smaller 

 in all its parts, bracts quite entire, 1. linear-lanceolate hispid, 

 the 2 lower obovate-lanceolate blunt. — Woods and thickets. 

 ^. West of Ireland, y. Mountains. A. VI.— VIII. E. 8. 1. 



4. M. syhat'icitm (L.) ; fl. axillary secund in distant pairs, 

 bracts mostly all entire linear-lanceolate, cor. about twice as 

 long as the glabrous calyx, open lips equal in length. — E. B. 

 804.- — Teeth of the cal. longer than the tube. L. linear-lanceo- 

 late, entire. Fl. very small, deep yellow, erect. St. 12 in. high. 

 —Alpine woods. A. Vn. E.S.I. 



8. Mim'ttltts Linn. 



*1. M. l^eus (L.) ; 1. roundish ovate veined, lower ones 

 stalked, uppermost 1. clasping, st. creeping, fl. yellow. — Sy. E. 

 B. 967. — An Ajnerican plant, naturalized in many boggy places. 

 P. VI.— IX. E. S. I. 



, 9. Pedicitla'eis Linn. 



1. P. palus'tris (L.) ; st. solitary erect branched throughout, 1. 

 pinnatifid, segments oblong blunt lobed, cal. ovoid pubescent, 2- 

 lobed, lobes incise-dentate crisped. — E. B. 399. — Upper lip of 

 the cor. with a short truncate beak with a triangular tooth on 

 each side. Fl. large, crimson. St. 12 — 18 in. high, angular, 

 with alternate branches. Whorl of ovate-acute scales at root- 

 crown. — Marshy and boggy places. A.? V. — VII. Lousewort. 



E. S, I. 



2. P. syhat'ica (L.) ; st. branched at the base erect, brandies 

 long spreading prostrate, 1. pinnatifid, segments ovate lobed, cal. 



