. Field and woodland plants. e orderScrophidariacece; and, likeother allied plants of thisgroup, are partial parasites(See page 349), deriving aportion of their food fromthe roots of grasses by meansof suckers. They havethe following features incommon :—Leaves tubular, with fournarrow teeth. Corolla muchlonger than the calyx, consisting of a very long tube and two lips,the upper lip undivided, with its sides turned back, and thelower with three spreading lobes. A kind of palate also closesthe mouth of the tube. The fruit is an ovate capsule, containingfrom one to four seeds. The
. Field and woodland plants. e orderScrophidariacece; and, likeother allied plants of thisgroup, are partial parasites(See page 349), deriving aportion of their food fromthe roots of grasses by meansof suckers. They havethe following features incommon :—Leaves tubular, with fournarrow teeth. Corolla muchlonger than the calyx, consisting of a very long tube and two lips,the upper lip undivided, with its sides turned back, and thelower with three spreading lobes. A kind of palate also closesthe mouth of the tube. The fruit is an ovate capsule, containingfrom one to four seeds. The three species referred to are:— 1. The Common Cow Wheat (i/. pro tense).—A smooth, erectplant, from six to eighteen inches high, with spieading, oppositebranches ; and sessile, narrow leaves, often coarsely toothed at thebase. The flowers are pale yellow, over half an inch long, arrangedin pairs in the axils of the upper leaves, and all turned to^\ardsone side of the stem. The corolla is three or four times the length. ^ I, Two Twigs op hollyOne from a lower, and one from the topmostbranch of ttie same tree, tlie former in fruit. WOODS AND THICKETS IN SUMMER 147 of the calyx. This plant is very common in moist copses andthickets, and flowers from June to August. 2. The Crested Cow Wheat {M. cristaUim).—A widely-distributedplant, found principally in the copses and thickets of the easternand southern counties. Its stem is from six to twenty inches inheight; and the leaves arc very narrow, and generally entire except
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