FIGWORT FAMILY 367 



below ; leaves in distant pairs, lanceolate, smooth : flowers axillarj', 

 in distant paiI■^, all turning one way : corolla 4 times as long as the 

 caljx, pale yellow, closed, lower Up longer than the upper. — 

 Woods ; common. According to Linnaeus, cows are fond of it, 

 and the best and yellowest butter is made where it abounds ; but 



MELAMPVRUM PRAT^NSK i^Cdnnoyn \'t:lhzi''' Ci^zi'-z^'Ju'af). 



the name pratense (growing in meadows) is inappropriate, as it is 

 rarely found in such situations. — Fl. June — ^September. Annual. 

 4. M. sylvdticwn (Sub-alpine Yellow Cow-wheat), diflcring from 

 the last in having sub-erect, deep yellow flowers with the corolla 

 only twice as long as the calyx and with ns'lips open and equal, 

 occurs rarely in mountainous woods in tlje north. — Fl. July, 

 August. Annual. 



