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5. L. minor, Desf. (fig. 738). Lesser L. — A much branched, erect 

 annual, 3 or 4 inches high, with a slight, glandular down. Leaves, 

 although linear, yet broader and more obtuse than in any of the pre- 

 ceding species, and narrowed at the base. Flowers very small, on 

 long axillary peduncles ; the corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx, of a 

 pale purple or violet colour, with a short blunt spur. Seeds small, not 

 bordered. 



In waste and cultivated places, in temperate and southern Europe, 

 extending northward far into Scandinavia and eastward to the Cau- 

 casus. In Britain, not unfrequent as a weed of cultivation in southern 

 England, more rare in the north, in Ireland, and in Scotland. Fl. 

 summer. 



6. L. Cymbalaria, Mill. (fig. 739). Ivy L. — A perfectly glabrous, 

 trailing perennial, with slender stems, often rooting at the nodes. Leaves 

 stalked, broad, almost reniform, broadly 5-lobed, rather thick, and 

 faintly marked with 3 or 5 palmate veins. Flowers small, solitary, on 

 recurved axillary peduncles, of a pale lilac, with a rather short spur ; 

 the palate yellowish, closing the tube. Capsule nearly globular, con- 

 taining several warted but not winged seeds. 



On rocks, old walls, and stony places, in the Mediterranean region, 

 and now naturalised in many parts of central and even northern 

 Europe. In Britain, perfectly established in many places. Fl. the 

 whole season. 



7. L. spuria, Mill. (fig. 740). Round-leaved L. — A very hairy annual, 

 with slender, branching, prostrate stems, 2 or 3 inches to a foot or more 

 long. Leaves nearly sessile, broadly ovate or orbicular. Flowers 

 solitary, on hairy peduncles, in the axils of the upper smaller leaves. 

 Sepals ovate or broadly lanceolate. Corolla very small, yellowish, with 

 a purple upper lip ; the spur slender and recurved. Seeds warted, 

 without wings. 



In waste and stony places, in the Mediterranean region, and as a 

 weed of cultivation in central Europe, but not extending so far north 

 as L. Elatine. In Britain, only in cultivated places, in southern and 

 central England, and South Wales. Fl. the whole season. 



8. L. Elatine, Desf. (fig. 741). Pointed L. — A prostrate annual, with 

 the stem and leaves hairy, but less so than in L. spuria, which this 

 plant resembles in most respects ; the branches are, however, more 

 slender, the leaves angular or hastate at the base, the peduncles much 

 more slender, glabrous, and spreading at right angles, the sepals narrow- 

 lanceolate, and the spur of the corolla straight. 



In open woods, and heaths, in cultivated and waste places, in Europe 

 and western and central Asia, extending northwards into southern 

 Sweden. In Britain, chiefly as a weed of cultivation, but probably 

 truly indigenous in southern England and Ireland ; rare in the north, 

 but unknown in Scotland. Fl. the whole season. 



IV. SCROPHULARIA. SCROPHULARIA. 



Herbs, usually erect, with angular stems, opposite leaves, and rather 

 small flowers, of a dingy purple or yellow, in loose cymes forming a 

 terminal panicle. Calyx more or less deeply 5 -cleft. Corolla nearly 



