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LITTORE'LLA * *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Moncecia f , Tetra'ndria. 
Natural Order. Plantagi'ne.e, Dr. R. Brown. — Lindl.Syn. 
p. 169. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 194. — Rich, by Macgilliv. 
p.428. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 530. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 174. — 
Plantagines, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 89. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 93. — 
Syringales; subord. Primulos.e ; sect. Plantagin.e; type, 
Plantaginacea; ; Burn. Out!, of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 958, 1026, 
and 1027. 
Gen. Char. Sterile Flower (figs. 1, 2 & 3). Calyx (see figs. 
1 & 2.) of 4, egg-shaped, upright, acute sepals. Corolla (see fig. 2.) 
of 1 petal, tubular, permanent ; tube the length of the calyx, rather 
tumid ; limb in 4 deep, equal, egg-shaped, pointed, moderately 
spreading segments, finally membranous. Filaments (fig. 3.) 4, 
from the bottom of the tube, hair-like, very long, at first doubled 
inward, then upright, equal, finally flaccid. Anthers (see fig. 4.) 
upright, heart-shaped, of 2 cells, bursting lengthwise. Fertile 
Flower (see figs. 6 & 7.) sessile. Calyx 3-parted. Corotla (figs. 
5, 6, & 7.) of 1 petal, membranous, permanent, pitcher-shaped, 
contracted at the mouth, with obsolete toothings. Germen supe- 
rior, elliptic-oblong, very small. Style (figs. 6 & 7.) thread-shaped, 
upright, very long. Stigma simple, pointed. Capsule (fig. 8.) 
1 -celled, 1 -seeded. 
The 4-sepaled calyx; the 4-cleft corolla; and very long fila- 
ments, of the sterile flowers ; the 3-parted calyx ; the pitcher-shaped 
corolla, contracted at the mouth ; the very long style ; and the 1- 
seeded capsule, of the fertile flowers; will distinguish this from 
other genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
LITTORE'LLA LACU'STRIS. Lake Shore-weed. Plantain 
Shore-weed. 
Spec. Char. 
Eng. Bot. t. 468. — Hook. FI. I.ond. 1. 168. — I, inn. Mant. p. 295. — Huds FI. 
Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 415. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. iv. pi. i. p. 330. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. iii. 
p. 1011.; Engl. FI. v. iv. p. 130. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p.229. — Gray’s Nat. 
Arr. v. ii. p.295. — Lindl. Syn. p. 170. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 401. — l.ightf. FI. 
Scot. v. ii. p.571. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 89 — Putt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p 457. — 
Itelh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 390. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 271. — Grev. FI. Kdin. p. 
200. — Rev. G. E. Smith’s Pl.ofS. Kent, p.64. 1. 1. f.2. — FI. Devon, pp. 153 
and 141. — Johnst. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 204.— Winch’s FI. of N'orlhumb. and 
Durh. p. 61.— Perry’s PI. Varvic. Selectae, p. 77. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Ire), 
p. 81 . ; FI. Hibern. p. 176. — Plantago uni flora, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 167. — Plantayo 
palustris gramineofolio, monanthos, parisiensis, Ray’s Syn. p. 316. — Subu- 
laria repens, folio minus rigido. Dill, in Linn. Corresp. v. ii. p. 136. — Subula- 
ria repens, foliis convexo planis. Dill. Muse. p. 542. t. 81. 
Localities. — I n watery sandy places, especially about the margins of lakes 
and pools. — Bucks; Langley Heath.— Cambridges/i. Gamlingay Bogs. — In 
Fig. 1. Calyx of Sterile Flower. — Fig. 2. Calyx and Corolla of ditto. — Fig. 3. 
Stamens. — Fig. 4. Anther. — Fig. 5. Corolla of Fertile Flower. — Fig 6. Calyx, 
Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 7. Two Fertile Flowers, at the base of the flower-stalk 
of a Sterile Flower. — Fig. 8. A Capsule. 
* From littus, Lat. the shore ; from its place of growth, 
t See folio 46, note f. 
