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scapes very short, spikes sometimes only 3- or 4-flowered. — The 
mountain plant may be (1) P. serpentina (Vill.) or (2) P. alpina 
(L.) ; they are both said to have lateral veins of 1. nearer the 
margin than midrib, (1) to have coriaceous, (2) herbaceous 
leaves. The var. lanata, (Edm.), hirsuta (Syme), is a small very 
hairy form from Shetland. Sy. E. B. 1167. [f. pvmila (Kjellm.) 
IS a small form with subglobose few-fld. spikes and scapes exceeding the 1.] — 
Sea-coast and on mountains. P. VI. — IX. E. S. I. 
*** Placenta ^-winged. Seeds 1 in each cell. Cor.-tuhe 
glabrous. 
3. P. lanceoldta (L.) ; I. lanceolate attenuate at both ends 5- 
veined, scape furrotved, spike ovate or oblong-cylindrical, bracts 
ovate acute or cuspidate, 2 lateral sep. keeled. E. B. 507. — L. 
nearly glabrous, length 3 — 12 times the breadth. Anth. and 
filaments yellow. Bracts and sep. black at the tip. A very 
variable plant. Spikes globose, scape and 1. silky, neck woolly, 
in sandy places ; spikes very long, 1. very long and broad, in 
rich damp soil. In rare cases stoloniferous, and often woolly 
near the sea {eriojyhylla H. & L.). — Meadows, pastures and 
sandy places. P. V.— VII. Ribwort. E. S. I. 
[P. Timbali (Jord.) ; rootstock many-headed, bracts with 
scarious margins ; is sometimes found in cultivated fields.] 
4. P. media (L.) ; I. elliptic-ovate sessile or with short broad 
stalks pubescent, scape terete, spike cylindrical, bracts ovate- 
acuminate, Sep. not keeled. — E. B. 1559. — L. usually lying flat 
on the ground, sometimes shortly lanceolate and ascending. 
Anth. yellow, filaments purple. — Meadows and pastures. P. 
VI. — IX. Lamb's-tongue. E. I. 
**** Placenta 2-u'inged. Seeds 2 — 4 in each cell. Cor. -tube 
glabrous. 
5. P. major (L.) ; 1. broadly ovate on longish channelled 
stalks, scai)e terete, spike long, bracts ovate keeled about as 
long as the cal., sep. with a prominent dorsal rib. — E. B. 1558. 
R. xvii. 1127. — L. ascending. Anth. purple. Seeds about 8. 
— P. intermedia (Gilib.) ; 1. downy coarsely dentate, scapes 
downy arcuate-ascending, is probably distinct. It is not very 
rare in England. R. xvi:. 86. — Fields and waste places. P. 
VI.— VIII. Way-bread. E. S. I 
[P. arendria (W. & K.), a branching leafy plant, was found 
abundantly on Burnham Sand-hills, Som.] E. 
