80 PE5JTAND.— ^MONOG. 



Stem 2 — 4 tor 6 inches high, very slender, and much branclied from 

 near the base. Pa???V/('.s- spreading, dichotomous with a. single tiovver- 

 stalk between the brai.ches. 



3. E.liUaralis [djvarf S'a-side Eryth7'CBu), stem simple or much 

 branched, leaves ovato-nbloug, flowers sessile capitato-pani- 

 culate, cal. as long as the tube, deeply cleft. Do7i, FaiC. 

 {C.piilchella). E.^B. 1.230 J {Chirom'a lilt.). 



Hab. Fruit discovered, I believe, by G.Don. Sea-coast of Elgin, near 

 Brodie House, Jatues Brodie, Esq. of Brodie. Guillon Links, Mcmgh. 

 Shores of the Moray Firth, I). Don. FI. June. ©. 



Rarely exceeding 2 — 3 inches high, stout in ])roportion to its height, 

 very leafv ; radical leaves small, lower cauiine leaves almcst linear 

 obtuse. Cal. segments very long, in my specimens scarcely united 

 by a membrane as in the two other species, and as long as the 

 tube : but most of the characters here laid down are said by Mr. 

 Turner to vary in specimens he has seen, and I doubt if the plant 

 be really distinct from the E. Centaiuiuni. 



28. SAMOLUS. 



1. S. Vulcrcmdi {Brooh-iveed or IVater Pbnpernel), leaves ob- 

 tuse, racemes many-flov.'ered, pedicels with a small bractea. 

 Light f. p. 142. E'.B.t.lQS. 



IIab. Ma shv places, but not very frequent. Isle of GV^ha, L'lghtf. 

 Banks of the Clyde aiid Bowling-bay, plentiful, Hopk. Largs, 

 Bute, and Arran, Mi\ Murray. Lime-kilns, Fifeshire, and Guillon 

 Links, near Edinb., M«»^/(. J7. .Inly. 1/. 



Stem 8 — 10 inches high, rounded, glabrous, as well as the ovate sub- 

 petiolate and entire fleshy leaves. f/o?fe;\>- small, white. CaZ. small, 

 -toothed. 



29. LONICERA. 



1. L. Caprijolium {pule perfoliate Hn7ieysvckle), dowers. Twgent 

 whorled terminal sessile, upper leaves connato-perfoliate. 

 E. n. f. 7f)9. 



Ha3. C'oHington woods, Maugh. and Mr. JVeatherhead. Corstor- 

 phine-hill, and hedges near Dalmeny, Linlithgowshire, Maugh. Fl. 

 June. I7 . 



Berries smooth, orange-coloured. 



2. L. Periclymptiiim {common HovcTjmckle or Jl^oodbine),^o\\'- 

 ers ringent ca])itate terminal, leaves all distinct. LightJ'.p. 143. 

 E. B. t. 800. 



Hab. ^^'oods and hedges, frequent. A var. with deeply notched 

 leaves is found in a small wood at Calderbridge, Hopk. Ft. July. Tj • 



Berries red. The stems of both species invariably twine in the same 

 direction. 



30. RHAMNUS. 



1. Rb. catharticits {Buckthorn), spines terminal, flowers 4-cleft 

 dioecious, leaves ovate sharply serrated. LightJ'. p. 1092. 

 E. B. t. 1629. 



Has. About Durrifries, Mr. Yalden. Fl. May. Pj • 



