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17. £. scoS'icits (Maiaball) ; ^1 . tolitary, nearly erect not rooting at the nodes, 
early root-1. numerous small deciduous without lamiiKr, later root- and lower 
Ftem-I. larger with or without obtuse oblong-lanceolate laminae, upper steni-l. 
lanceolate rather obtuse sessile or subsessile, pet. obovate-truncate, carp, 
obovate pitted.— 7?. pctiolaris Marsh, (not H. B. K.), J. of B. 1892, p. 289, t. 
328.— Glabrous, 1. entire. Nearly related to Sp. IS, of which it is perhaps 
a variety.— Margin.s of Highland lakes. P. VI.--VIII. S.I. 
18. R. Flam'mula (L.) ; /. ovate- or linear-lauceolate nearly 
entire staiked, stem reclining at tlie base aiul rootiny, ped. fur- 
rowed, carp, obovate minutely pitted pointeJ . — E. li. 387. R. 
ill. 10. — Stem G — 18 in. high ; sometimes procumbent and 
rooting. L. sometimes serrate, hairy or glabrous. — Small forms 
(var. radicans Nolte) are often mistaken for R. reptans. A large 
floating form from Cornwall may be var. nafans Pers. — In wet 
places. P. VI. — VIII. Lesser Spearwort. E. S. 1. 
19. R. 7-ep'tans (L.) ; /. linear entire, st. procumbent filiform 
creeping, carp, ovate obtusely beaked. — Si/. E. Ji. 30. St. 82. 
14. — St. rooting at every joining. Fl. very small. A doubtful 
species. — Wet places. Sandy shore of Ulleswater, Westm. 
West end of Loch Leven, Kinross-shire. P. VI. — VIII. E. S. 
20. R. ophioglossif alius (Vill.) ; lovjer I. cordate-ovate stalked, 
upper 1. oblong sessile amplexicaul, stem erect hollow, carp, ob- 
liquely ovate margined tubercled with a short terminal point. 
~E. R. S. 2833. '^R. iii. 21.— Glabrous. Fl. small. St. about 
1 foot high, branched, many-flowered, tapering below. — Hythe, 
Southampton, Mr Groves. E. Gloster. St. Peter's Marsh, 
Jersey (said to be extinct). A. VI. E. 
21. R. Lin'r/iM (L.) ; /. long-lanceolate acute .somewhat 
serrate sessile amplexicaul, stem erect, ped. not furrowed, carp. 
margined minutely pitted, with a broad svordshaped beak. — 
E. B. 100. R. iii. 10.— Fl. large. St. 2—3 feet high. St. and 
1. glabrous or with adpressed hairs. Early submersed 1. 8^ — 9 in. 
long 3 in. broad ovate-oblong blunt cordate at base. — Marshes 
and ditches, rather rare. P. VT. VII. Great Spearwort. 
E. S. I. 
tt L. undivided, fl. yellow, nectary with a scale. 
22. R. Ficdria (L.) ; root with fascicidate knobs, I. cordate 
stalked angular or crenate, st. with 1 — 3 1., single-flowered, sep. 
usually 3, carp, smooth blunt. — E. B. 584. R. iii. 1. — Fl. about 
1 in. across ; pet. usually 8 ; rarely apetalous. St. 3 — 8 in. long, 
weak, often producing axillary bulbs. — a. diver gens ; lobes of 
lowest 1. separate at base, lowest sheaths narrow. — /3. incumbens ; 
