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Sibthorpia.'] LXII. SCROPHULAKIACEjE. 
linear blunt, upper ones alternate, lower verticillate, sepals linear 
or linear-spatluilate shorter than the capsule or spur about as 
long as the corolla, seeds nearly flat surrounded by a striate wing. 
— L. maritima DC. L. Pyrenaica DC. Antirrh. supinum L. 
Near Plymouth, Devon, and Poole, Dorset (supposed to have been 
brought with ballast from Rouen). Newcastle upon Tyne (among 
ballast). Hayle and St. Blazey’s bay, Cornwall (perhaps also intro- 
duced). 2/.. 7, 8. — Stem much branched at the base, only a few 
inches high. Flowers at first in short racemes, yellow, the throat and 
spur usually with purple lines. We have not seen British specimens. 
8. L. minor Desf. ( least T.) ; leaves linear-lanceolate obtuse 
mostly alternate glandular- pubescent, flowers solitary axillary, 
pedicels three times as long as the calyx which is longer than 
the spur, segments of the upper lip of the corolla diverging, 
seeds oblong furrowed, stem erect much branched. E. B. 
t. 2014. 
Sandy fields, principally in the eastern and south-eastern parts of 
England. Rare in Scotland : near Glasgow ; Aill Water, Roxburgh- 
shire. At Sunday’s well in Ireland. 0. 5 — 10. — Stems 4 — 10 
inches high, with purplish-yellow flowers. 
[The Neapolitan Linaria purpurea Mill. (Bot. Mag. t. 99) is given 
in the Neiv Bot. Guide as being found at Redland, near Bristol, by 
Miss Wursley. Of course it is the outcast of a garden.] 
11. Limosella Linn. Mudwort. 
Cal. campanulate, 5-cleft, equal. Cor. shortly 5-cleft, cam- 
panulate, equal. Siam. 4, nearly equal. Anthers 1 -celled. 
Stigma capitate. Caps, globose, 2-valved, with a central pla- 
centa which is free above and connected below with a thin dis- 
sepiment, ultimately 1-celled. — Named from limus, mud; the 
plant growing in muddy places. 
1. L. aqudlica L. ( common i!/.) ; leaves lanceolate spathulate 
on long stalks, segments of the corolla oval oblong much shorter 
than the tube of the calyx. E. B. t. 357. 
Muddy places, and where water has stood, in several parts of 
England, Scotland, and Ireland, but often overlooked on account of 
its small size. ©. 7 — 9 . — Rhizome creeping, filiform, throwing 
up tufts of glabrous leaves one or two inches long including their 
petiole. Flowers minute, peduncled, arising from the base of the 
leafstalks, resembling scapes which are shorter than the petioles. Cor. 
pale rose-coloured. Anthers purplish blue. Seeds with a furrow on 
the back and numerous transverse striaz. 
12. Sibthorpia Linn. Sibthorpia. Money-wort. 
Cal. in 4 — 8 deep spreading segments. Cor. sub-rotate, of 
as many segments as the calyx or with an additional one. 
Stam. as many as the segments of the corolla, or one fewer. 
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