76 PENTANP. .AIONOG. 



19. JASIONE. 



1. J. monlana [Sheep's Bit or Sheep's Scabious). Lightf. p.50i. 

 E. B. t. 882. 



Hab. Dn? hiliy pastures, as at Ch;vtelherauit, by Hamilton j at Bro- 

 dic Castle, in the Isle of Arrnn, &c., Lighff. Dry sandy places 

 about Gla'jg., frequent, llopk. Ft. June, Jidy. ©• 



Stem G — 10 inches high, branched upward. Lertres rough, oblongo- 

 lanceolate. Floivers bright blue, in terminal dense hemispherical 

 heads, with a many- leaved involucre. Cal. small^ superior, 5- 

 toothed. Cor. cut into ;> deep segments. Anthers united at the 

 base : and thus was j)laced in the class Si/ngeuesla by the older 

 writers. 



20. LOBELIA. 



]. L. Dortmnnna {JVaier Lohelia), leaves linear 2-celled entire, 

 scape nearly naked, flowers raceaied. LigklJ. p. 505. t. 21. 

 E. B. t. 140. 



Hab. Frcciuent in almost every freshwater lake in Scotland, and par- 

 ticulariv in the Highlands and vrestern isles, growing near the 

 edges of the water, "Ughtf. In Bardowie and Mugdoch lakes, near 

 Glasg., plentifully, Hopk. Fl. August. 1/. - 



Leaves about 2 inches long, immersed in the water, erecto-patent, a 

 little curved backward, with two tubes or cells ! Scape flowering 

 above water, with I or 2 scales near the base, rounded, 1 foot high. 

 Flowers distant on the raceme. Peduncles short, with a small brac- 

 tea at their base, single-flowered. Flowers pale blue, a little, 

 drooping. Cnl. tvibular. Cor. subinfundibulifojm; slit down on the 

 upper side, limb of 5 irregular spreading segments, a little bearded 

 at tlie base. Fruit erect. 



21. IMPATIENS. 



1. I. Noli-wc-langere {yellow Balsam), joints of the stem 



swelling, leaves ovate serrated petiolate, peduncles solitary 



reany-flowered. E. B. t. 937. 

 Hab. Moist groves. Abundant in a wet glen at Castlemilk, perhaps 



escaped from a garden, Ilopk. Fl. July, Aug. 0. 

 Steml foot high, rounded, succulent, fragile. F/ozrers large, yellow, 



spotted with orange. Cal. of 2 yellow green leaves. Cajui. bursting 



elastically and scattering its seeds with considerable force. 



22. VIOLA. 



* Stigma acute, recnrvecl (stipules undivided). 

 1. V. hirla {hainj Violet), stenilcss, leaves cordate rough, as 



well as the petioles and capsules, with hairs, cal. obtuse, 



E. B. t. 894. 

 Hah. Woods and pastures. Blackford hills, and links between Cock- 



enzie and Gosford, Maugh. Guillon links, E. Lothian, Mr. Ar- 



nott. Fl. May. 7/. 

 Flo'vrr-^talks talVn' than'the lea^eS;and benring belcw the middle tvo 



sinnll brarU<as. 



