iO 1. SANfljrctLACE^. 



681. li. iii. tl.— Fl, very small, pale yellow. Nect, I'ound, 

 open, bordered all round, rarely not bordered _ above. _ Lower 

 1. broad, glabrous, shining. Stem 1—2 feet Mgb, tbiclc— By 

 and in ditches and ponds. A. VI.— IX. Celery-leaved Crow- 

 foot. E. S. I. 



0. Fr.-d. straight; carp, not transversely wrinkled, basally 

 attached. 



[R. alpestris and R. gramineus were probably recorded through 

 mistakes.] 



t L. undivided, fl. yellow, nectary nearly or quite naked 

 bordered. — L. nearly paraHel-veined. 



15. R. Flam'mula (L.) ; I. ovate- or linear-lanceolate nearly 

 entire stalked, stem reclining at the base and rooting, ped. fur- 

 rowed, carp, obovate minutely pitted pointed. — -B. B. 387. R. 

 iii. 10. — Stems 6 — 18 in. high ; sometimes procumbent and 

 rooting. L. sometimes serrate, hairy or glabrous. — Small forms 

 are often mistaken for R. reptans. — In wet places. P. VI. — VIII. 

 Lesser Spearioort. E. S. I. 



16. R. rep 'tans (L.) ; I. linear entire, st. procumbent filiform 

 creeping, carp, ovate beaked.' — Sy. E. B. 30. St. 82. 14. — St. 

 rootmg at every joining. Fl. very small. — Wet places. West 

 end of Loch Leven, Kinross-shire. P. VI, — VIII. S. 



[i2. ophioglossif alius (Vill.); lower I, cordate-ovate stalked, 

 upper 1. oblong sessile amplexicaul, stem erect hollow, carp, ob- 

 liquely ovate margined tuhercled with a short terminal point. 

 —E. B. S. 2833, R. iii. 21.— Glabrous. Fl. small. St. about 

 1 foot high, branched, many-flowered, tapering below. — St. 

 Peter's Marsh, Jersey. A. VL] 



17. R. Lin'gua (L.) ; I. long-lanceolate acute somewhat ser- 

 rate sessile amplexicaul, stem erect, ped. not furrowed, carp. 

 margined minutely jritted vnth u broad swordshaped beak. — 

 E. B. 100. R. iii. 10.— Fl. large. St. 2—3 feet high. St. and 

 1. glabrous or with ^adpressed hairs. — Marshes and ditches, 

 rather rare. P. VI. VII. Oreat Spearwort. E. S. I. 



tt L, undivided, fl. yellow, nectary with a scale. 



18. R. Fiairia (L.) ; root with fascictdate knobs, I. cordate 

 stalked angular or crenate, st. with 1 — 3 L, single-flowered, sep. 

 usually 3, carp, smooth blunt. — E. B. 684. R. iii. 1. — Fl. about 

 1 in. acros.s ; pet. usually 8. St. 3—8 in. long, weak, often pro- 

 ducing axillary bulbs. — a. divergens ; lobes of lowest 1. separate 

 at base, lowest sheaths narrow. — ;8. incumbois ; lobes of lowest 

 1. overlapping at the base, lowest sheaths broad clasping. — 

 Damp rather shady places, common. P. IV. V. Pilewort. 



E. S. I. 



