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Show Tr BLE THe BRITISHIN SE DIVISION B:R [yf bs. A 1. Common Cow-wheat. re The root is finall, oblong, crooked, and white, andhas a few. fibres. The ftaik is flender,. weak, angulated, but moderately upright, very much branched, and G@ in which’ the flower/is white, fpotted with vel low. This has been defcribed by fome as a di tinct. fpecies, but erroneoufly. It is common with us among the voody, and furnifhed with he leaves ftand in pairs, and have no foot one way The feed-veffel is oblong and hooked at the : the feeds are large. The whole plant is of a blackith colour. It is common in woods, and flowers in-June and July. C. Bauhine calls it Me Others, Crateagonum« 2. Narrow-leaved Cow-wheat. Meélampyrum anguftifolium SC 707,. The root is long, flender, white, crooked, and full of fibres. The ftalk is firm, flender,,and of a purplith colour: it is erect, and not much branched: The leaves :{tand in pairs, and they have no foottt they are placed at diftances upon the ftalk, and are very long and narrow; ‘ofa deep flowers are large, and ufually of a yel-e ; but in this there is a great deal of variation ; we fee them fometimes white; fomei red, and fometimes of a mixed colour beall thefe. at the tops of the ftalks in a kind is, or fhort, thick, f{quare fpikes. fel is oblong, and the feeds are 8 commonin the northern counties of Eng. and flowers in July. ne calls it Mela rum luteum angufiiith, Crefted o heat. is a very pretty variety of this plant, Theftalk is lender, fquare, tolerably upright, pur plith_ colour;; fomewhat. branched, and fi oot high. The leavés ftand in pairs: they are oblor n and; moderately» broad, of a deep. green, ‘and dented. fharply and deeply at the.edees. Thofe which. grow at the tops of the ftalks differ fromthe reft: they are fhort, broad, and of a deep red, which gives the tops of the plane a purple tinge, .whence its name. The flowers grow among thefe,. and are la ¢ and beautiful: they.are variegated with red and yellow. TE \-veffel is large andoval :, the feedsare few, large, and, whitith. It is found in. the: cornfields in fome other counties but. it is nota com plant. It flowers in Auguift. C. Bauhine calls) it Melan coma. J.Bauhine, Triticum v C atisa ufeful plant for the fatten; cattle: in places where it is more commonthey ufe it for that purpofe; and with us it would bi very well worth the hufbandman’s while to among the great number of thofe plants brought from abroad, which are now fo fuccefsfully cultivated in ourfields ; as faintfoine,, chict tils, and the like. This, -being;.a native of England, would grow more freely than any of them, and it would not require a rich, foil ; fo that the. trial ght be made with little: e e ortrouble. It is common among the corn in Flanders, as in fome counties of England; and they ah it with the grain, and. let it. come. into their bread; it increafes the quantity, and does no harm Some the bread in whichit i mixed caufes gi inefs of the head and other comee ee it d plaints ; but this is contradi@ed by thofe whohave experience. It fattens cattle fafely and {pee F DEV AS TON The root:is long, flender, and white, e ftalk -is: fquare, erect, firm, and very branched: it is-a foot high, and ufuallyis i reenifh colour, ves ftand two at.a joint: they are lone, w, and of a deepgreen. 4 he Thofe which grow on the lower part! of the alk are not at all jagged; but thof on the itings near the bafe. oie. Uen sN H..0..0} D4 Ey Dig te ER BAG XAT. S$ Mi Pel DersOrr gb: LENDTIBUL ARITA. SHE flowerconfilts of a fingle petal, approaching to the labiated fhape: it is formed into two Purple-headed Cow-wheat. bout a foot high. ofe toward the bottom of the ftalk are obfomewhat broad, and deeply indentedtowardthe bafe ; thofe on the upper part of the plant are longer and narrower, and altogether plain. The flowers are large and yellow: they grow in loofe at the tops of the ftalks, bending BR RUB THI SH lips, a palate, and a fpur: the upper lip is undivided and obtufe; the lower lip is larger, and is alfo undivided; the palate which rifes between them is heart-fafhioned: the fpur is fmall, and runs out behind the flower. The cupis compofedof tenlittle hollow leaves, and falls with the flower: the feed-vefiel is round andlarge. snnus feparates this g eenus from the gigenerality of the others, placing Annus fef ig it, with a few more in his fécond:clafs; amiong the diandria monogynia , the threads being two in each flower, and the rudiment of-the capfule fisgle. He-alfo-takes awayits ufuial and received name lentibularia, and calls:it utricularia. Lhaveteftored the former and familiar name, and joined the genus to thofe with which it is united by-nature’; the nuinber of the threads in the centre being.a trivial confideration, when feen, in com+ petition with the eflential characters, by whichit is placed among the plants that have a flower confifting of a fingle petal, and followed by‘aifingle-capfule; this being. the. general diftingtion. of the preféntclafs. Lentibulavia vulgaris. Lentibularia minima. The root is compofedofa vaft tuft of fibres: From this grow’ numerous’ long and flender bottom fhoots, which {pread upon the mud at the of thofe waters in which the’ plant grows. On thefé fland the leaves: they are of a dark green, beautifally divided, and as they are Kept feparate by the water make a beautiful appear- ance; but whentaken out they fall together and : loofe their fhape. Among thefe grow round bodies, of the biga nefs of the leaves of duckweed: they are not regular part of the leaves, nor do they grow from any diftiné placeon them, but irregularly among them, and ina great number 5 fome terminate the fhoots, and others are difpofed loofély among the leaves. The ftalks rife from thefe foots, and are flenweak, and naked. From the middle upwards grow the flowers: are thefe ftand fingly on long footftalks, and large and yellow: the {puris of a conic figure. The feed veflel is large and round: the feeds are numerous and {mall. It is common in ditches, and other ftagnating waters in the fens in Linéolnfhire, and elfewhere; and flowers in July. aquaticum lentiC. Bauhine calls ir J = This is an extreamly minute but verypretty planc. The roots are a few, white, long, and extreamly {mall fibres. The firft fhoots from thefe. are numerous, long, flender, and naked for the moft part; but fometimes there grow on them a few fmall and finely divided leaves: whether there be leaves or not, there are conftantly many little round bodies, perfectly refembling thofe of the common kind. Theftalks are minute, extreamly flender, and naked. Theyare ufually of a yellowifh colour, fometimes redifh ; and onthefe ftand the flowers. They are large, and of a pale yellow: they have each a feparate, fhort footftalk; and they grow at diftances, one above another, from the middle of the ftalk to the top. The feed-veffel is round and fmall ; and the feeds are very minute. It is common in Northamptonfhire, and in many places where it is not much regarded, floating upon the water. It flowers in June. Plukenet calls it Milifolium paluftre galericulatum minus flore minore. Ray, Lentibularia minor, Boccone, Aparine aquis innatans capreolis donata. The commonwriters, Millifolium gale- ater millfoil. TI. FOREIPGN 1. Large-leaved Lentibularia. Lentibularia foliis majoribus. The root is compofed of numerous long, black ny, and grows in v SPB -ecl Es 2. Little Hooded Millfoil. x. Common HoodedMillfoil. D.EMrS I OW The ftalks are terminatec by clufters of fin fhort leaves, placed very thick too downy matter BRET TS D1 V. LS Per firft fhoots fpread upon the furface, and , andvery finely divided ; fo that they ble thofe of fume of the water crowfoots. N° XU. SPECIES: Among thefe grow feveral fhoots, that fpread likewife in the fame manner, and have leaves on them like the firft from the root, but fmaller. The ftalks rife, fome from thefe, and others from the root: they are flender and yellowith : they are not naked, as thofe of the preceding fpecies, but have leaves of the fame kind with Kk thofe |