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3. S. aquatica (L.!); 1. cordate-oblong rounded-obtuse gla- 
brous crenate-serrate, st. and petioles winged, cymes dense corym- 
bose many (8—15)-flowered, sep. roundish obtuse with a broad 
membranous margin, staminode roundish-reniform entire.—E. B. 
854. S. Balbisii Horn., Koch.—St. 2—5 feet high. Bracts 
linear, obtuse. Fl. dark purple, occasionally milkwhite. Caps. 
ovate, pointed.—In wet places. P. VII. VIII. 
4. S. Scorodonia (L.); 1. cordate-triangular with large double 
teeth downy on both sides, st. bluntly quadrangular downy, cymes 
lax few-flowered, sep. roundish downy with a membranous mar- 
gin, staminode roundish entire.—-H. B. 2209.—St. 2—3 feet high. 
L. wrinkled. Bracts leaflike, lower exactly like the leaves. aN 
purple. Caps. ovate, acute.—In moist places. West of Corn- 
wall. Tralee, Kerry. Jersey. P. VII. E. I. 
** Cal. of 5 deep acute segments. Cor. yellow, no staminode. 
5. 8S. vernalis (L.); 2. downy cordate-acute doubly serrate, st. 
winged hairy, cymes axillary corymbose with leaflike bracts, sep. 
oblong with a recurved apex.—E. B. 567. St. 23.16.—St. about 
2 feet high. Fl. yellow, inflated, their mouth much contracted. 
Caps. ovate, acute. Differmg greatly from the other species and 
allied in appearance to some of the Calceolarie.—Waste places, 
rare. P. IV. V;. E.S. 
6. Limosexxa Linn. Mudwort. 
1. L. aquatica (L.); 1. lanceolate spathulate on long stalks, 
ped. axillary crowded shorter than the petioles—E. B. 357. St. 
30. 15.—St. 0, except the naked scions. Fl. small, white, or 
rose-coloured. Caps. minute, ovate.—Muddy places where water 
has stagnated. A. VII.—IX. 
7. Mevampyrum Linn. 
1. M. cristatum (L.); spikes densely imbricated 4-sided, bracts 
heartshaped acuminate pectinate-dentate lower ones with a long 
leaflike recurved point.—E. B. 41.—Bracts rose-coloured at the 
base. FI. yellow, tinged with purple. L. linear-lanceolate, acute, 
entire, with dark netted veins beneath.—Woods and thickets in 
the eastern counties. A. VII. Crested Cow-wheat. E 
2. M. arvense (L.); spikes lax conical, bracts ovate-lanceolate- 
attenuate pinnatifid with subulate segments and with a few large 
glandular points beneath, cal. hispid as long as the tube of the 
cor. with elongate-lanceolate-attenuated teeth from an ovate base, 
cor. closed.—E. B. 53 (bad).—Bracts purple-rose-colour. Fl. 
yellow variegated with rose-colour and purple. _L. linear-lanceo- 
late, acute, rough-edged, slightly downy on both sides, entire.— 
