86 PENTAND.-— DIGYN. 



the different states of the plant, the flowers, leaves and fruit, should 

 be carefully examined from the same individual tree.- — LLiiwnhtiKi 

 produces good timber. The inner bark is esteemed antiscorbutic, 

 and the Highlanders also make ropes of it. Light/, p- 1094. 



40. CUSCUTA. 



1, C. etiropcea {greater Dodder), flowers sessile, cor. 4 — 5 -cleft 

 without any scale at the base of the stam., stigmas sin)ple. 

 £.5.^.3/8. 



Hab. Parasitic on nettles, flax, ^'c., rare. On lint, in a field near 

 Musselburgh, Mr. P. Neill. Fl. Aug. Sept. 0. 



Stems filiform, long, red, climbing, with small tubercles for roots, per- 

 fectly leafless. Flowers clustered, pale yellowish rose colour. 



2. C. Epithymum (Ze'Sier Dorff/er), flowers sessile, cor. mostly 4- 

 cleft with a small fringed scale at the base of each stam., stigr 

 mas simple. Light/, p. 1090 (C europcea). E. B. t. 55; 

 and descr. p. 37 S, 



Har. On furze, heath, thyme and other plants in exposed hilly si- 

 tuations. On furze bushes near MoUance in Galloway, Dr. Bur- 

 gess. Rare about Glasgow. On flax at Hamilton and Woodhall, 

 Hopk. — May not this be the C. europ.? Fl. July. Aug. 0. (1/ ? 

 Sm.) 



^mailer than the last, but well distinguished by the scales on the cor. 



41, GENTIANA. 



* Mouth of the Cor. naked, not ciliated. 



\. G. nivalis {small alpine Gentian), cor. 5-cleft infundibuli- 

 form, branches alternate 1-flowered, cauline leaves lanceolate, 

 E. B. t. 896. 



Hab. BenLawers, Dickson. Fl. Aug. 0. 



One inch to four inches high, rarely simple. Leaves elliptical, upper 

 ones narrower. Floxcers brilliant blue. Cor. with small segments 

 between the larger ones. Cat. with 5 teeth and as many angles, 

 which are tinged with reddish brown, 



** Mouth of the Cor. ciliated, 



2. G. amarella {autjimnal Gentian), cor. 5-cleft hypocrateri- 

 form bearded in tlie orifice, cal. 5-cleft, segments equal. 

 Light/, p. U)2. E.B.f. 236. 



Hab, Diy mountainous pastures, but not common, Lightf. Links to 

 the eastward of Cockenzie, Maugh. Guillon Links, Mr. Arnott. 

 Links of St. Fergus, Mr. Murray. Fl. Aug. 0, 



Six to eight or ten inches high, .S^em square. Xeat'es ovato-lanceolatej 

 nerved. Flowers large, purplish. 



3. G. campestris {Field Gentiaii), cor. 4-cleft hypocraterifonn 

 bearded in the orifice, cal. of 4 leaflets two outer ones very 

 large. Light/, p. 152. E. B. t. 237. 



jiAB. Upland pastures, especially in the Highlands, frequent, Ligh/f. 

 About Kcnmuir and Airdric, Hopk. Hills between Pettycur anc^ 



