136 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
woolly hairs. Calyx-segments ovate, acute. Corolla twice as long 
as the calyx ; spur nearly as long as the corolla, acute, curved, 
making a right angle with the under side of the corolla. Capsule 
sub-globular, shorter than the calyx, opening by 2 pores, each 
formed by the fall of an operculum. Seeds ovoid, with close irre- 
gular network of strongly-elevated ridges. Plant clothed with short 
rather bristly- woolly hairs, intermingled throughout with shorter 
gland- tipped ones. 
In cornfields, on chalky, and more rarely sandy ground. Rather 
common in the South and East of England, extending North to 
the counties of Lincoln, Nottingham, and York, but not lately 
seen in the latter county. 
England. Annual. Late Summer and Autumn. 
Very like L. Elatine, but a stouter plant, with the primary 
stem more erect, and the branches shorter ; the leaves larger, 
rounder, the largest 1 to 2 inches long, and a greater number of 
them opposite, none of them sngittate or hastate at the base, 
though sometimes cordate, on shorter stalks. Pedicels stouter, less 
spreading, hairy throughout. Calyx-segments broader, consider- 
ably enlarged after flowering. Corolla rather more than half an 
inch long, pale-yellow, the inside of the upper lip purplish-maroon, 
the lower lip darker yellow ; palate bright-yellow ; the spur much 
more incurved than in L. Elatine, and making nearly a right angle 
with the tube of the corolla. Capsule about the size of a pepper- 
corn. Seeds similar to those of L. Elatine. In both these species 
the abortive stamen is represented by a small scale. 
Hound-leaved FlueU'ui. 
French, Linaire Velvote. German, Eibl'dllricjer Frauenjlachs. 
The derivation of the common name of this species of Toadflax, as given by Prior, 
is curious. He says, in Dutch it was originally jluweelen, downy, velvety ; hence the 
French velvote. It is from this, and not, as Parkinson states, a Welsh word. 
Section IIL— LINAEIASTRUM. Chav. 
Annual or perennial. Stems simple or branched, erect or 
decumbent, with the branches not rooting. Leaves sessile, pin- 
nately nerved and entire ; the lower ones (or rarely all) opposite or 
verticillate. Elowers in terminal racemes or spikes. Corolla w r ith 
the palate prominent, closing the throat, and not extending much 
beyond the upper lip. Capsule opening by 4 to 10 teeth at the 
apex. Seeds angular and wingless, or denticular and winged. 
