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53. POLEMONIACE^. 
4. G. verna (L.); cor. salvcrsliaped 5-clcft with small inter- 
mediate bifid seg;ments, throat naked, cal. with j)rominent angles 
and sharp teeth, 1. ovate lower ones crowded, st. caspitose single- 
flowered with 1 or 2 jjairs of leaves. — E. B. 493. Bt. 40. 12. — 
St. prostrate, rooting, each terminating in a roselike tuft of 1. i 
and produeiug a single short flowering shoot. FI. rather large, | 
vivid blue. — Ihu'ren limestone districts. Teesdale, Dm-ham. 
Burrin and betw een Gort and Galway, Clare. P. IV. E. I. 
5. G. PneumonantJie (L.); cor. hellshaped 5-cleft, throat naked, 
cal. entire with li aear obtuse segments,^, mostly solitary slightly 
stalked, 1. linear obtuse. — E. B.20. — St. 4 — 10 in. high, leafy, 
simple, erect or ascending. FI. very large, deep blue with 5 
greenish bands down the middle of each segment. — Moist turfy 
heaths. A. VIII. IX. E. 
[G. acaulis (L.) E. B. 1594. is not a native.] 
\^SWERTIA perennis (L.), known from our plants of this 
Order by the 2 carious fringed glands at the base of each seg- 
ment of the cor. (E. B. 1441.), is said to have been formerly 
found in Wales.] 
Suborder II. Menyanthidece. 
5. ViLLARSiA Vent. 
1. V. nymplKEcides (Vent.); 1. opposite heartshaped floating 
wavy at the edges, peduncles aggregate 1 -flowered, cor. ciliated. 
— E.B. 2\7. St. 13.4. Linmanthemum Griseb., Koch. — Float- 
ing. St. long, round, branched. L. resembling those of Nympheea 
alba but much smaller. FI. yellow'. Ca])s. sometimes 3-valved. 
— Still places in rivers, rare. P. VII. VIII. E. 
r>. Menyanthes Linn. 
I. M. trifoliata (L.). — E.B. 49b. St. 8. — L. temate. Leaflets 
equal, obovate, wavy. Clusters stalked, each opposite to a leaf, 
many-flowered. Cor. flesh-coloured, densely bearded. St. as- 
ceu(hng, round, lesify. — Boggy places. P. V. — VII. Buckbean. 
Orde.r LIII. TOLEMONIACE.E. 
Cal. inferior, 5-parted, persistent. Cor. hyjiogvmous, regular, 
5-lobed. Stain. 5, unequal, on the tube of the corolla. Ovary 
,3-celled. Stigmas 3-fid. Caps. 3-celled, 3-valved, valves sepa- 
rating at the axis. 
1. PoLEMONiUKt. Cal. 5-fid. Cor. rotate, with a short tube 
and 5-lobed liiuh, throat nearly closed by the dilated bases 
of the filameutii, — G. F. G. Gam. i. 62. 
