730 DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. Lathr mA. 
divisible into four portions, but as readily breaking in any other direc¬ 
tion ; after flowering separating into two or four parts. Style corres¬ 
ponding to the bend of the upper lip of the blossom, rising over the 
anther, and presenting its summit to the opening, whence the pollen 
escapes. Seed-vessel a yellow glandular substance at the base on the fore 
part, doubled down, and so brittle as not to admit being straightened. 
The teeth at the base of the leaves, particularly of those next the flowers, 
sufficiently distinguish this from M. sylvaticum , in which all the leaves are 
entire. The lower lip of the blossom in M. sylvaticum is turned down¬ 
wards and outwards, in M. pratense it turns upwards and inwards, 
mouth" closed, not gaping, as in the first-named species. 
Common Yellow Cow-wheat. (Welsh: Gliniogai melyn. E.) (Fre¬ 
quent in woods and thickets, especially in clayey soil. E.) 
Sometimes mistaken for M. sylvaticum, probably because it grows in like 
situations; thus too much attention to a trivial name may be the occa¬ 
sion of error. 
Var. 2. Blossom white, with two yellow spots on the lower lip. Ray. 
Woods and thickets, in soil that retains moisture. Frequent in Norfolk 
and SufFolk. Woodward. In woods near the road from Birmingham to 
Hales Owen; and at Edgbaston. A. July—Aug.'* 
M. sylvaticum. Flowers unilateral: leaves in distant pairs: blos¬ 
som widely gaping, lip deflexed. E.) 
{Hook. FI. Lond. 176— E.Bot. 804. E.)— FI. Dan. 145— Kniph. 9. 
Stem above one foot high. Leaves very entire, all of them undivided, very 
long, spear-shaped. (In general habit resembling the preceding; but 
blossoms only half the size, and entirely yellow, the lower lip not extend¬ 
ing beyond the upper. E.) 
(Small-flowered Cow-wheat. E.) Woods and shady places : not com¬ 
mon. In the way from Taymouth to LordBreadalbane’s cascade, and about 
Finlarig, at the head ofLochTay. Lightfoot. Wick Cliffs, Somersetshire. 
Mr. Swayne. Woods at Castle Howard. Teesdale. Ryclal, Westmore¬ 
land. Mr. J. Woods, jun. Woods near Hanwood; near Bedston, Lud¬ 
low. Dr. Evans. Banks of the Tees above Middleton ; Egleston wood. 
Rev. J. Harriman. At Wince Bridge, Teesdale. Mr. Brunton. Scale 
. Hill, Cumberland. Mr. J. Woods, jun. Bot Guide. Side of Bala Pool, 
on the rock above Llanycil. Mr. Griffith. Banks of the Llugwy, by the 
fall of Rhaiader y Wenoel. B. Botfield, Esq. Moness, and at Corra 
Lyn. Mr. Winch. Woods about Abergavenny, at the foot of the Sugar 
Loaf, in great plenty. Purton. E.) A. June—Aug.t 
LATHRiE 7 A.J Germen with a depressed gland at its base : 
Caps . one-celled ; receptacles lateral, sponge-like. 
* Where this plant abounds, the butter is yellow, and uncommonly rich. Swine relish 
the seeds. Sheep and goats eat it. Cows are very fond of it. Horses and swine re¬ 
fuse it. 
j* Cows, sheep, and goats eat it; and with a plentiful allowance of it soon grow fat, (but 
the butter obtained from such pasturage has been observed by Linnaeus to be of a deep 
saffron or reddish hue. E.) 
$ (From Aafywoj 1 , secret; descriptive of the shady recesses in which only it is 
found. E.) 
