DECAND. rENTAGYN. 130 



<-kven, white, membranous scales united at their base. Flawrrs 

 numerous, in the axils of the upper leaves, solitary. Cal. nerve- 

 less, and, as well as the rather r,hort perluneles, glandu.lose and 

 viscid. Petals ovate, red, about as long as the cal. Peduncles after 

 flowering: slightly bent back. The seeds constitute the essential 

 character by which this species is distinguished from the following. 



8. A. marina ( Sea-side purple Sandtuorl), stems prostrate, leaves 

 semicylindrical fleshy awnless, stipules ovate cloven, capsule 

 longer than the cal., seed compressed smooth with a broad 

 membranous pellucid border. Lighlf. {/l. rubra p.). E.B. 

 t. 958. 

 . Hab. Common on the sea-coast. Banks of the Clyde at Helens- 

 burgh. F/. June, July. Q {Sm.) <? (Hopk.). 



Much'largcr and stouter in all its parts than the last, besides the re- 

 markable difierence in the seeds. It is also less branched and tiic 

 flowers are fewer. Do not these diflerences depend upon situation ? 

 14. CHERLERIA. 



1 . Ch. sedoiJes {dwarf Cherleria) . Light/, p. 232. E. /]. /. 1 2 1 2. 



Hab. Near the summits of the Highland mountains, not unfrequent. 

 Ben Teskerney and Ben Challum in Breadalbane ; on Baikeval in 

 Rum, Lij^htf. On Mal-grea and Mal-nantarmonaeh, between 

 Breadalbane and Glen Lyon ; and on Ben Achalader in tlie Braes 

 of Glenurchy, Dr. Stuart. Ben Lawers, Mai(gh. Fl. July, Aug. 7/ . 



Stems 2 or .'3 inches high, excessively tufted as in Silene acaulis, or 

 even more dense. Leaves crowded, linetu--subulate, channelled 

 above, slightlv ciliated and glandular at the edge. Flowers solitary, 

 terminal, "on short footstalks. Cal. yellow greeu; membranous at 

 +he ed'^'e " 



^ ''' 4. PENTAGYNIA. 



1.-,. COTYLEDON. 



1. C. Umbilicus {JFall Pennywort), leaves peltate crcuatc de- 

 pressed in the centre, stem spiked with the numerous racemes 

 of pendulous flowers, upper bractcas minute entire. Liqk/J'. 

 p. 234. E.B. t.323. 



Hab. Rocks and old buildings, but very local. Drummadonn, W. side 

 of the Isle of Arran, Craig of Ailsa and ruins ol I-colm-klll, Lightf. 

 Near Campbell-town, Mr. Armtt. By the light-house of the little 

 Cumbraes on the Clyde, Dr. Broivn. Common on rocks and old 

 walls along the coast from Kelly to Largs ; Arran, &c., Mr. Mar- 

 ray. Fl. June, July. 1/ . 



Stem from (5 inches to a foot high, rounded. V\1iole plant succulent. 

 Leaves mostly radical. Flov^ers cylindrical, yellowish green. 



16. SEDUM. 



* Leaves plane. 

 1. S. Telepkium (Orpine),\eiives flattish serrated, corymbs leafy, 



stem erect. Light/, p. 23 A. E.B.t.\3\^. 

 Hab. Borders of fields, liedges and waste places. I "pon a rock on the 



right-hand side of the road going from Dunibarlun to Glasgow, 



