. Flowers of the field. Botany. FIGWORT FAMILY 357 sands).—Not a native species, but quite naturalised, growing freely from seed besides extending widely by means' of its long, rooting stems; leaves smooth, 5-lobed, cordate, rather fleshy, purple on the under surface ; flowers small, solitary, lilac— On old garden walls; common.—Fl. nearly all the year round. Perennial. 2. L. Eldtiiie (Sharp-pointed Fluellen).—A small, prostrate plant, with downy stem and leaves, the latter hastate; flowers small, solitary, axillary, on long, slender peduncles; eorolla with upper lip purple, lower yellow, with
. Flowers of the field. Botany. FIGWORT FAMILY 357 sands).—Not a native species, but quite naturalised, growing freely from seed besides extending widely by means' of its long, rooting stems; leaves smooth, 5-lobed, cordate, rather fleshy, purple on the under surface ; flowers small, solitary, lilac— On old garden walls; common.—Fl. nearly all the year round. Perennial. 2. L. Eldtiiie (Sharp-pointed Fluellen).—A small, prostrate plant, with downy stem and leaves, the latter hastate; flowers small, solitary, axillary, on long, slender peduncles; eorolla with upper lip purple, lower yellow, with spur straight.—Cornfields ; frequent.—Fl. July—October. Annual. 3. L. spuria (Round-leaved Toad-flax, Male Fluellen).'— Kesembling the last so closely that it luight be mistaken for a luxuriant specimen of it; but with roundish ovate leaves and rather larger flowers, with the spur bent up at a right angle to the iVroUa.—It grows in similar situations to, and some- times with, L. Eldtine, but is less common.—Fl. July—Octo- ber. Annual. 4. L. repeits (Pale blue Toad-flax).—A slender, erect plant, about a foot high, with glaucous, linear leaves, and pretty pale lavender, purple- veined flowers in a spike-like terminal raceme.—Calcareous soils; rare. — Fl. July—Sep- tember. I'erennial. 5. L. vulgaris [Yellow Toad-fiax).—An erect, herbaceous ])lant, i^^-' feet high, with numerous, crowded, linear, acute leaves, glabrous, and sometimes glaucous ; and dense, spike-like, termi- nal racemes of large, yellow flowers.—Hedges ; very common. The variety- known as Peloria, with a polysymmetric, s-spurred corolla, IS rare.—Fl. June—October. Perennial. 6. L. m'uwr (Least Toad-flax).—X small, erect plant, less than. \'ULg4rI?: (1 'cl/azu ).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resem
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