258 67. SCEOPHITLAEIACILS). 



Sep. oblong with a recurved apex. — E. B. 567. — St. about 2 feet 

 high. Fl. yellow, inflated; the mouth much contracted. Caps, 

 ovoid, acute. DiiFering greatly from the other species and 

 allied in appearance to some of the Calceolarim. — Waste places, 

 rare. P. IV. V. E. S.? 



6. Limosbl'ia Linn. Mudwort. 



1. i. aquat'ica (L.) ; 1. lanceolate-spathulate on long stalks, 

 ped. axillary crowded shorter than the petioles. — E. S. 357. 

 St. .30. 15. — Very small; st. 0, except the naked stoles. Fl. 

 small, white or rose-coloured. Caps, minute, ovoid. — Muddy 

 places where water has stagnated. A. VII. — JX. E. S. 



7. Melampt'ktjm: Linn. Cow~wlieat. 



1. M. cristdtum (L.) ; spikes densely imbricate A-sided, bracts 

 heartshaped acuminate pectinate-dentate lower ones with a long 

 leaflike recurred point. — E. B. 41. — ^Bracts rose-coloured at 

 the base. Fl. yellow, tinged with purple. L. Hnear-lanceolate, 

 acute, entire, with netted veins beneath. St. 8 — 12 in. high. — 

 Woods and thickets in the Eastern Counties. A. VII. Crested 

 Cow-wheat, E. 



2. M. arven 'se (L.) ; spikes lax conical, bracts ovate-lanceolate- 

 attenuate pinnatifid with subulate segments and with a few 

 large glandular points beneath, cal. hispid equalling the cor.- 

 tube with long lanceolate-attenuate teeth from an ovate base, 

 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. Purple Cow-wheat. 



E. 



3. M. praten'se (L.) ; fl. 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, lo%oer 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. Fl. large, pale yellow, horizontally 

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

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

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

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

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

 /3. West of Ireland, y. Mountains. A. VI.— VIII. E. S. I. 



4. M. sylvat'icum (L.) ; fl. axillary seound in distant pairs. 



