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8. 0. Hi-derce (Ivy Brr)om-rape). — A purplish species, about a 

 foot high, with loose spiL'e : i-vcmed sepals; nearly glabrous 

 slaiiieiis, and yellow stigma. — On Ivy ; uncommon. — Fl. June, 

 July. Perennial. 



9. 0. minor (Lesser Broom-rape). — A slender, yellow-brown or 

 purplish species, about a foot high, with a loose spike ; many- 

 veined, ovate, acuminate j'f/)fl/j' ; white or yellowish corolla-limb ; 

 stamens hairy below, smooth above; 5iy/f- nearly smooth , stigma 

 purple. — Chiefly upon Clovers, but occasionally upon various 

 other plants ; frequent. — Fl. June, July. Annual. 



10. 0. ametlii'Siea (Purple Broom-rape),* with its corolla much 

 curved at the base, and the middle lobe of the lower lip much 

 the longer, occurs rarely on Daiiciis giiminijer.— Fl. June. 

 Annual. 



2. Latt-iRjEA (Toothwort). — A pale, pink-tinged, fleshy plnnt, 

 partly parasitic, partly saprophytic, with \ii flowers in 2 rows down 

 one side of the stem ; calyx bell-shaped, 4-(:l(Tt ; cornlla gaping, 

 2-lipped, the upper lip arched, entire, deciduous, the tube 

 persistent. (Name from the (_ireek lalhraios, hidden, from its 

 growth in shady places.) 



T. L. Squameiria (Toothwort). — The only s[)eci('s, a remarkable 

 pale plant, with a fleshy, branched riiizame thickly clothed with 

 tooth-like scales, which are hollowed out into glandular cavities ; 

 each branck bears a i-sided raceme of drooping, duU-reddish 

 flowers, with a broad bract at the base of each. — Among dead 

 leaves and on the roots of Hazel, Elm, i\:c. The glands in the 

 hollows of the buried .scales probably aid in the absorption of 

 liquid organic food from the decaying leaves. — F"l. April, May. 

 Perennial. 



ORD. LVH. LENTIiaiLARIi'.-E.— BuTTERWriRT F.VMIIV 



Herbaceous plants living in water or in .marshy ground, bearing 

 either undivided radical leaves, or much ciivided cauline ones with 

 numerous small bladders on them. Their floicers are monos\ni- 

 metric, and either solitary or racemO;Se ; the calyx infeiior, 

 persistent; carulla 2-li[iped, spurred, deciduous ; slaiiieiis 2; avu.rx 

 superior, i-chambered ; style i, very shiirt ; stigitia of 2 uncijual 

 lips ; capsule 2-valved, many-seeded. The two British genera, 

 Utriculdria, the Bladderworts, and the Piligiiicuhi, the Butterworts, 

 are both of them carnivorous. The formesr are submerged, rootless 

 plants with finely divided leaves, bearing minute bladders, fur- 

 nished with trap-doors, which capture water-fleas and other minule 

 aquatic animals, and yellow flowers which rise above the surface 



