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6. P. scot'ica (Hook.) ; I. obovate-lanceolate, cal. swollen, teeth 

 short ovate blunt, cor.-limb flat its segments broadly dbcordate 

 approximate half the length of the tube, caps, scarcely exceed- 

 ing calyx. — E. B. S. 2608. — Half as large as the preceding. 

 Umbellate, Fl. bluish purple with a yellow centre. Germen 

 globose. Stigma with 5 points. Rarely scape wanting. — Sandy 

 heaths of the extreme North of Scotland. P. V.— VIH. S. 



3. Cto'lamen Linn. Snow-bread. 



Jl. C. hederifdlium (Willd.); 1. cordate-oyate angular den- 

 ticulate, cor.-throat 5-angled, sep. ovate acuminate denticulate. 

 — Sy. M. £, 1130, 1137. — St. a large depressed tuber. L. after 

 the fl., with wavy white blotches above. Fl. pink with a red 

 base (rarely white in ^.Jlcariifolium Sy. E. B. 548). Fr.-ped. 

 rolled ut) spirally. — Woods near the borders of East Sussex and 

 Kent ! 'Mr. W. W. Saunders. P. VIII. E. 



4. Ltsima'chia Linn. Loose-strife. 



1. L. thyrsifi6ra (L.) ; racemes axillary stalked dense, 1. oppo- 

 site lanceolate. — E. B. 176. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high; Fl. small, very 

 many. Cor. divided almost to its base into nai-row segments 

 separatedby mijiute teeth, yellow and as well as the cal. spotted 

 withoraijge." ■ Stam. combined below into a short ring. — Marshes 

 in the North. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



2. L. vulgaris (L.) ; st. erect, ^crMcfes compound terminal and 

 axillary, I. ovate or ovate-lanceolate nearly sessile opposite or '6 or 

 4 in a whorl, cor.-segments entire with glabrous edges, stam. 5 

 combined through i of their length. — E. B. 761.— St. 2—3 feet 

 high. L. variable in size, shape and pubescence. Panicle much 

 branched or nearly simple. Fl. yellow. Starved forms pass for 

 L. punctata. — Sides of rivers and pools. P. VII. E. S. I. 



[L. punctata (L.); St. erect, ped. axillary opposite or whorled 

 1-ti., 1. ovate-laaceolate jSlightly stalked opposite or whorled, 

 tipper 1. narrower, cor.-iegm. ovate glandular-ciliate, stam. 6 

 combined below. — Sy. E. B. 1142. L. verticillata Bieb. — St. 



1 1^ ft. high. St. and 1. downy. Sep. narrowly lanceolate. 



Cor. yeUow. Ped. rarely branched, downy, falling short of 

 leaves.— Dulverton, Devon ! Hingham, Norf. ! P.VI. VIL] E. 



[i. cilidta (L.); st. eiect, ped. axillary opposite or whorled 

 I. opposite ovate-lanceolate subcordate with ciliate stalks, cor- 

 seffments roundish cienaie, Jilaments 10 free 5 sterile. — E. B. S. 



2922. Fl. yeUow. St. 3 feet highp — American. Serberg- 



ham, Cunib. ! and was there in 1816. P. VI. VII.] E. 



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