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Hab. Corn-fields and way-sides, not unfiequent, as about Kirkcaldy 

 and Kinghorn, and at Charlestow^n, Lord Elgin's lime-works and 

 under Arthur's Seat, Lightf. About Glasg. occasionally, amon"- 

 rubbisb, but generally near houses and gardens, Hopk. Dum- 

 blane woods, and Peterhead, frequent ; Arran sparingly, Mr. Mur- 

 ray. Ft. June, July, g . 



Two to three feet high. Radical leaves spreading petiolate. Spikes 

 of flowers lateral, secund, recurved, forming, in fact, upon the stalk 

 one long common spike, or raceme. Cor. most beautiful, at first 

 reddish purple, then brilliant blue. At Duncansby , Caithness, very; 

 dwarfish and with white flowers. 



11. PRIMULA, 



1. Pr. vulgar u {common Primrose), leaves dentate rugose, scape 

 one-flowered, limb of the cor. plane. Lighlf. p. 136 (Pr. 

 Verts y.). E.B.i.A. 



Hab. A^'oods, hedge-banks and pastures, abundant. Fl, Apr. May. If. . 



2. Pr. elatior (Oxlip), leaves dentate rugose contracted below 

 the middle, scape umbellate, limb of the cor. plane. Liohtf. 

 p.VS6 (P. Feris ^.). E. B. t. 513. 



Hab. CoUington woods ; sea-coast between N. Queensferry and In- 

 verkcithing, Maugh. P/. Apr. May. %. 



3. Pr. Feri<i {common Couslip or Paigle), leaves dentate rugose 

 contracted belrtvv the middle, scape umbellate, flowers droop- 

 ing, limb of the cor. concave. Lightf. p. 136 (Pr. Feris a ) 

 E. B. 1.5. 



Hab. Pastures and woods. Bothwell and Woodhall ; but introduced 

 and not indigenovis about Glasg., Hopk. Fl. May. 1/ . 



Mr. Hoj)kirk, as well as other Botanists, maintains the opinion that 

 the P. elatior is a hybrid produced by the other two. 



4. Pr. farinosa [Bird's-eye Primrose), leaves crenate smooth 

 mealy beneath, scape umbellate, flowers erect, limb of the 

 cor. plane. Lightf . p. 137 . E. B. t. 6. 



Hab. Wet mountain pastures, but not very common, Lightf. 



Pastures by Bigliouse and Armidale, Suthtnland ; east coast of 



Caithness ; and in Orkney, but very dwarfish, Borr. and Hook. 



Fl. June, July. 2/ . 

 One of the most elegant of all plants. Thepowdery substance on the 



leaves and scape has a musky smell. Flowers purple with a yellow 



eye. 



12. MENYANTHES. 

 1. M. trijoliata {com7no7i Buckbean),\ea.\es ternate. Lightf. 



p. 137. E. B. t. 495. 

 Hab. Marshy places, in pools of water, abundant. H. June, July. }/ , 

 Stem spreading. Leaves on long footstalks, ternate ; leaflets obovate, 

 obscurely toothed ; the base of the leaves is sheathing,' from 

 whence springs the flowerstalk supporting a raceme or thyrsus of 

 several flowers. Pedicels short, bracteated. Cor. infundibuliform. 



