66 WILD FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 
5 teeth, inserted below the seedcase (inferior) ; corolla of 5 petals, united into a wide bell-shaped 
(campanulate) gaping tube and separating into 5 equal spreading lobes, inserted below the seed- 
case (hypogynous) ; stamens 4, nearly equal, inserted on the corolla-tube (epi-petalous) ; carpels 2 ; 
capsule i-celled, opening from the top by 2 valves. Small creeping plants growing in wet mud, 
with narrow leaves all rising from the root (radical). 
Common Mudwort. (Limosel'la aquat'ica. Linn.) — The only British species. As 
just described. The minute flowers are white or pink, on fleshy stalks | or 1 inch long, hidden 
away among the relatively long stalks of the entire oval leaves. [ Plate 24. 
Rare. In wet mud on the borders of ponds, in places which have been covered with water during 
the winter; in England, Scotland, and Ireland. July — September. Annual. 
VI. SIBTHORP IA. Linn. — Flowers minute, yellow or pinkish, stalked, solitary, in the axils ot 
the leaves. Calyx of 4 to 8 spreading sepals, united at the base, free from and inserted below the 
seedcase (inferior) ; corolla of as many petals as there are sepals or 1 more, united into a short 
tube and spreading into a circular limb (rotate) with as many lobes as there are petals, inserted 
below the seedcase (hypogynous) ; stamens 4-8, as many as the sepals, 2-celled, inserted on 
the corolla-tube (epi-petalous) ; carpels 2, the stigma 2-lobed ; capsule 2-celled, many-seeded, 
flattened, opening from the top down the middle of the cells by 2 valves (loculicidal). Small 
trailing herbs with stems often rooting at the nodes and roundish stalked leaves either alternate 
or in circles round the stem (whorls). 
Cornish Money-wort. (Sibthorp'ia europsea. Linn.)— The only British species. As 
just described. The minute yellowish-pink flowers are on short stalks in the axils of the leaves ; 
the sepals are 4 in number ; the corolla is composed of 5 unequal petals, with the tips bent 
inwards, yellowish, the 3 larger being marked with pink, scarcely longer than the sepals ; the 
capsule is roundish, of 2 oval lobes. The stems are very slender and thread-like, and form 
tangled masses, rooting at the nodes ; the leaves are on long stalks, round and heart-shaped 
at the base, or kidney-shaped (reniform), scalloped (crenate), and hairy. The whole plant 
is of a tender green and is covered with jointed white hairs. [ Plate 24. 
Rare. In damp shady places, on the banks of springs and small streams ; in Cornwall, Devon, 
Somerset, and Sussex, in one or two places in Wales, southern Ireland, and the Channel Isles. 
June — October. Perennial. 
VII. FOXGLOVE. (DIGITALIS. Linn.)— Flowers large, showy, purple, white, or yellow, 
in a tall, terminal, spike-like cluster (raceme). Calyx of 5 sepals, united into a long tube and 
separating into 5 short, unequal lobes, inserted below the seedcase (inferior) ; corolla of 5 petals, 
united into a large tubular or bell-shaped (campanulate) gaping tube, which is contracted at the 
base and then becomes much inflated, and is finally indistinctly 4- or 5-lobed, inserted below 
the seedcase (hypogynous) ; stamens 4, in 2 unequal pairs, included in the corolla-tube, on which 
they are inserted (epi-petalous) ; carpels 2 ; capsule conical, 2-celled, opening from the top 
down the cell-walls (septicidally) by 2 valves, to free the numerous minute seeds. Stout erect herbs 
with alternate leaves up the stem and a rosette of root-leaves. 
Common Purple Foxglove. (Digitalis purpurea. Linn.)— The only British species. 
As just described. The flowers are if-2^ inches long, drooping, deep rose-colour, hairy 
and speckled inside with purple dots, solitary on short stalks up the erect stem, forming long 
stately clusters. The stems are 2-6 feet high, stout, erect, and usually unbranched (simple) ; the 
leaves are large, oval, wrinkled, and downy, those from the root having long stalks. 
