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** Placenta '2,-mnged. Seeds 1 in each cell. Cor.-tiibe 



2. P. marit'iina (L.) ; 1. linear channelled fleshy convex on 

 the back, scape terete, spike cylindrical, bracts ovate mucronate, 

 Sep. not mnged. — E. B. 174. — L. usually woolly at their base, 

 nearly flat and broad or linear, toothed or quite entire, glabrous 

 or hairy ; 3-veined, veins equidistant. Scape glabrous or hairy. 

 Caps, oblong-coaical. Very variable in size. In a Cornish 

 variety the 1. are only 1 — 2 lines in length and semicylindrical, 

 scapes very short, spikes sometimes only 3- or 4-flowered. — The 

 mountain plant may be (1) P. serpentina (Vill.) or (2) P. alpina 

 (L.) ; they are both said to have lateral veins of 1. nearer the 

 margin than midrib, (1) to have coriaceous, (2) herbaceous 

 leaves. Symes's var. hirsuta is a small very hairy form from 

 Shetland. Sy. £. B. 1167. — Sear-coast and on mountains. 



P. VI.— rs. E. S. I. 



*** Placenta i-winged. Seeds 1 in each ceU. Cor.-tvbe 

 glah-ous. 



3. P. lanceoldta (L.) ; I. lanceolate attenuate at both ends 5- 

 veined, scape furrowed, spike ovate or oblong-cylindrical, bracts 

 ovate acute or cuspidate, 2 lateral sep. keeled. — E. B. 507. — L. 

 nearly glabrous, length 4 — 12 times the breadth. Anth. and 

 filaments yellow. Bracts and sep. black at the tip. A very 

 variable plant. Spikes globose, scape and 1. silky, neck wooUy, 

 in sandy places ; spikes very long, 1. very long and broad, in 

 rich damp soil. — Meadows, pastures and sandy places. P. V. 

 —VII. Ribwon. E.S.I. 



[P. Timbali (Jord.) ; rootstock many-headed, bracts with 

 scaiious margins ; is sometimes found in cultivated fields.] 



4. P. media (L.) ; I. elliptic-ovate sessile or with short broad 

 stalks pubescent, scape terete, spike cylindrical, bracts ovate- 

 acuminate, Sep. not keeled.— E. B. 1569. — L. usually lying flat 

 on the ground, sometimes shortly lanceolate and ascending. 

 Anth. yeUow, filaments purple. — Meadows and pastures. P. 

 VT. — ^IX. Zamb's-tongue. E. 



»»»» Placenta 2-mnged. Seeds 2 — 4 in each cell. Cor. -tube 



5. P. major (L.) ; 1. broadly ovate on longish channelled 

 stalks, scape terete, spike long, bracts ovate keeled about as 

 long as the cal., sep. with a prominent dorsal rib,. — E. B. 1558. 



