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LIMOSE'LLA* * 
Linnean Class and Order. DiDYNA'iwiAf, Angiospe'rmia J. 
Natural Order. Scrophulari'nea: §, Dr. h. Brown. — Lindl. 
Syn. p. 187. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 228. — Scrophula'- 
RiNiE, Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 434. — Sm. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 115. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit, p.528. — *Scrophula'rije, Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 
100. — Lysimachije, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 95. — Sm. Gr. of Bot. p. 95. — 
Syringales; subord. Primulosa:; sect. Menthina:; type, 
Scrophularia'cea: ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 900, 958, & 978. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, in 5 spear- 
shaped, pointed, upright, nearly equal segments, permanent. Co- 
rolla (figs. 2 & 3.) of 1 petal, somewhat bell-shaped ; tube (fig. 
2, a.) cylindrical, the length of the calyx ; limb (fig. 2, b.) in 5 
deep, egg-shaped, spreading, slightly unequal segments, the 2 up- 
permost concave, lower one smallest. Filaments (see fig. 3.) 4, 
from the mouth of the tube, awl-shaped, almost equal, shorter than 
the limb, sheltered by its 2 upper segments, but spreading slightly 
laterally, and converging in pairs. Anthers roundish, of 2 lobes. 
Germen (fig. 4.) egg-shaped, blunt. Style tapering, short. Stigma 
capitate, globose, cloven. Capsule (fig. 5.) egg-shaped, of 2 cells, 
and 2 valves, the partitions || narrow, from the indexed margins of 
the valves. Seeds (figs. 8 & 9.) numerous, oblong, furrowed, 
transversely wrinkled, attached to a large, egg-shaped, central 
receptacle or placenta, (see figs. 6 & 7). 
The 5-cleft calyx ; the bell-shaped, nearly equal corolla ; and 
the globose, imperfectly 2-celIed, 2-valved capsule ; will distin- 
guish this from other genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
LIMOSE'LLA AQUA'TICA. Water Mud wort. Common Mud- 
wort. Plantain Mudweed. False Plantain. 
Spec. Char. Leaves spear-shaped, somewhat spatulate ; their 
stalks (petioles) twice as long as the flower-stalks. 
Engl. Bot. t. 357. — Hook. FI. Lond. t. 62. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 881. — Huds. FI. 
Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 276. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 668. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 145. — 
With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 742. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 319. — Lindl. Syn. p. 
192. — Hook. Br. FI. p. 289. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 331. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 
197. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 139. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p.294. and v.iii. p. 366. — 
Relli. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p. 256. — Ait. Hort. Kew. (1st ed.) v. ii. p.359. and 
(2nd ed.) v. iv. p. 51. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 190. —Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and 
Durham, p. 42. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 181. — Perry’s PI. Varv. Select®, p. 53. — 
Mack. Catal. of PI. of Irel. p. 59. The Irish Flora, p. 125. — Plantaginella pa- 
lustris, Ray’s Syn. p.278. — Plantago aquatica minima clusii. Park. Theatr. 
Bot. p. 1244. n.4. — Blackst. Spec. Bot. p.74. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla; a, the tube; 6. the limb. — Fig. 3. Corolla 
opened vertically to show the two pairs of stamens. — Fig. 4. Germen, Style, and 
Stigma. — Fig. 5. The Capsule. — Fig. 6. The same after the seeds are discharged, 
showing the two valves, and the central placenta. — Fig. 7. A Capsule divided 
transversely. — Fig. 8. The Seeds. — Fig. 9. A single ditto. — All, except fig. 8, 
more or less magnified. 
* From limus, mud; the plant growing in muddy places. Hooker. 
+ See folio 31, note -f. t See folio 72, note $. § See folio 50, a. 
|| The partitions, at first connected with the receptacle, separate from it as 
the capsule advances to maturity, so that the latter finally consists of but one 
cell : which is the case in verbascum, and more or less with many other seed- 
vessels similarly constructed. Sir J. E. Smith. 
