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entire base, buds nodding ovoid, sep. broadly linear acuminate, 
seeds tubercular obovate-oblong subacute below. — E. B. S. 
2935. — Root not truncate. Rosettes loose, sessile. St. 1—2 
ft. high, obscurely or very bluntly angled especially below. 
L. flaccid, mostly pendulous. — South of England, rare. P. 
VII.— IX. E. 
tt Stem with raised lines, stigma entire. 
6. U. rqseum (Schreb.) ; rosettes loose, I. stalked ovate nar- 
roived and acute at both ends serrulate, buds usually nodding 
ovoid acuminate, sep. lanceolate acuminate, seeds obovate- 
oblong narrowed to a rounded base. — E. B. 693. — St. 1 —2 ft. 
high, branching, with two sharp and two blunt angles. Petioles 
long.— Damp places. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 11. 
7. E. tetrag(hium (L. sec. Curt.) ; rosettes dense subsessile, 
I. strap-shaped much denticulate-serrate, limb of interm. 1. 
decurrent, buds erect, seeds oblong-obovate tubercular. — Sy. 
E. B. 502. Curt. i. 66.— St. 1—2 ft. high, with 2—4 raised 
lines, usually much branched. — Damp places. P. VII. VIII. 
E. S. 
S. F.. Lam'yi (F. Schultz); rosettes dense, I. lanceolate denticulate- 
s-Trate slightly rounded at the 'base n-itli sometimes a zhort petiole^ buds 
erect.— iJ. 23. 13.— St. 1—3 ft. high. Nearly allied to Sp. 7 but diftering 
by the glaucous lanceolate more acute less strongly dentate 1., close 
pubescence and larger fl. — Woods and roadsides. P. VII. VIII. E. 
** Stoles cestival long-Jointed xvith small leaves, primary 
stem erect, stigma usually entire. 
9. E. obscurum (Schreb.) ; I. tapering from a rounded base 
sessile remotely denticulate, lower 1. oblong blunt, buds erect, 
seeds oblong-obovate. — E. virgatum (G. & G.), Sy. E. B. 503. 
— Resembling E. tetragonum, but the caps, much shorter and 
1. very dififerent.— Wet places. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
*** Stoles cestival long-jointed vdth very small leaves ending in 
autumnal bulbs which become detached, base of stem cordlike. 
10. E. palm'tre (L.) ; stoles long slender, st. rooting near the 
base, /. narrovdy lanceolate from a ivedgesha^ped base sessile not 
decurrent, top of raceme nodding, sep. lanceolate, seeds subfusi- 
form attenuate and acute below and the testa prolonged above 
smooth.— E. B. 504. — St. round, often with two rows of 
down, 6 — 18 in. hish. L. entire or denticulate. — ligulatum 
(Baker) is a broad-leaved form.— Bogs. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
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