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given par excellence, to some medicinal plant by the ancients, 
but which probably bore little or no resemblance to the present. 
1. P. orbicular e L. (round-headed R.) ; head of flowers glo- 
bose, of fruit oval, radical leaves eordato-ovate petiolate crenate 
lower cauline ones ovate-oblong, upper as well as the bracteas 
lanceolate, stigmas 3. E. B. t. 142. 
Chalky soils, to the south of London ; but rare. On the downs 
of Sussex and Hampshire; in Surrey and Kent. y. 7, 8. — Stem 
1 foot high. Root-leaves numerous, but often withering while the 
stem is yet in perfection, as is the case with those of Campanula 
rotundi folia ; cauline ones remote, gradually becoming smaller up- 
wards. Heads of flowers of a most beautiful blue colour. The 
capsules too form a curious oval head, with the persistent calyces, 
each calyx spreading in a stellate manner. 
2. P. spicdtum L. ( spiked It .) ; head of flowers oblong, of 
fruit elongated cylindrical, radical leaves cordate-oblong petio- 
late somewhat doubly serrate, upper ones linear-lanceolate 
sessile, bracteas linear, stigmas 2. Borrer in E. B. S. t, 2598. 
Woods, thickets, hedges, and fields recently cleared of woods, in 
several stations about Mayfield, Warbleton, and Waldron, Sussex. 
y. 6, 7. — Formerly cultivated, and the root eaten as a salad or 
boiled. Is our plant not an escape from gardens? Much taller than 
the last species. Spike of flowers 2 — 4 inches long greenish white. 
Upper part of the stem almost bare of leaves. 
3. Jasione Linn. Sheep’s-bit. 
Cor. rotate, in 5 deep narrow segments. Anthers united at 
their base. Stigma club-shaped. Caps. 2-celled, opening at the 
top by minute teeth. ( Flowers collected into a head , within a 
many-leaved involucre .) — Name: laauovy, a plant used in me- 
dicine, supposed by some to be a Convolvulus ; from iaopai , 
taaopa i, to heal. 
1 . J. montdna L. ( annual S., or Scabious ) ; leaves linear waved 
hispid, peduncles solitary elongated, root annual or biennial. 
E. B. t. 882. 
Dry heathy pastures, in a light gravelly or heathy soil. © or $. 
6 — 9. — Stem 6 — 10 inches high, branched. Flowers bright blue, in 
terminal, dense, hemispherical heads. Cal. small, superior, 5-toothed. 
Okd. XLYIII. LOBELIACEiE Juss. 
Calyx-tube cohering more or less with the ovary, 5-lobed, 
lobes persistent. Corolla mostly irregular, 5-lobed; aistivation 
somewhat valvular. Stamens 5, free from the corolla; anthers 
cohering, 2-celled, usually dissimilar, the two lower ones mu- 
cronate or bearded, three upper naked or bearded. Ovary 
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