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—Half as large as the preceding. FI. bluish-purple with a yel- 
low centre. Germen globose. Stigma with 5 points—Sandy 
heaths of the north of Scotland. P. VII. s. 
2. Horronia Linn. Water-violet. 
1. H. palustris (L.); fl. whorled stalked upon a long solitary 
cylindrical stalk., cor. longer than the calyx, 1. pectinated.—E. B. 
364.—L. submerged crowded. Fl. rising above the water, purple 
and yellow. Style longer than cal., stam. inserted in tube, anth. 
and filaments about equal in length; or style shorter than cal., 
stam. inserted at top of tube, filaments 3 or 4 times as long as the 
anthers. The former of the varieties is apparently barren.—Ponds 
and ditches. P. V. VI. E. I. 
3. CycuAMEN Linn. 
Tl. C. hederifolium (Willd.) ; 1. cordate angular crenate, throat 
of the cor. with 5 teeth.—H. B. 548.—Stem a large depressed 
tuber. IL. appearing to be radical. Fi. nearly white, upon long 
stalks which roll up after flowering and bury the germen.—Sand- 
hurst and Gouldhurst, Kent; Notts. P. X. E. 
4. Lysmacaia Linn. 
1. L. thyrsiflora (L.); racemes axillary stalked dense, 1. oppo- 
site lanceolate—E. B. 176. Naumburgia R.—St. 1—2 ft. high. 
Fl. small very numerous. Cor. divided almost to its base mto 
narrow segments separated by minute teeth, yellow and as well 
as the cal. spotted with orange. Stam. combmed below into a 
short ring.— Marshes in the north. P. VI. VII. E.S8. 
2. L. vulgaris (L.); st. erect, panicles compound terminal and 
axillary, 1. ovate or ovate-lanceolate nearly sessile opposite or 3 or 
4 in a whorl, cor.-segments entire with glabrous edges, stam. 5 
combined for half their length.—£. B. 761.—St. 2—3 feet high. 
L. variable in size, shape and pubescence. Panicle much branched. 
or nearly simple.—Sides of rivers and pools. P. VII. 
*3, L. ciliata (L.) ; st. erect, ped. axillary opposite or whorled 
racemose, J. opposite or 4 in a few of the uppermost whorls ovate- 
lanceolate subcordate with ciliated stalks, cor.-segments roundish 
crenate obtuse cuspidate, filaments 10 free 5 sterile—E. B. 8. 
2922.—Il. yellow. Ped. nodding at the end. St. 3 feet high. ? 
—Near Serbergham, Cumb. Mr. W. Backhouse. P. VII. E. 
4. L. Nummularia (L.) ; st. prostrate creeping, fl. solitary ax- 
illary, sep. ovate acute, filaments glandular connected at the base, 
1. opposite roundish or ovate shortly stalked.—BE. B. 528.—Pe- 
duncles shorter than the leaves. Fl. occasionally in pairs.— 
Damp places. P. VI. VII. Money Wort. 
