POLVAND. POLYGYN. 1/1 



Two to three feet h!,a;h. Lcavi-s biternat? ; Icafli-tn 3 — ;") IoIxm!, radi- 

 cal ones on lone;' footstalks, cauline ones sessile. Fbnrcrs lavge, 

 firoopine;, mostly puri)le. Exterior ,v/fo». imperfect ; but not form- 

 inii^ a plaited lacerated membrane, as deserib'-d and figured in E. B., 

 at least not in any specimens that I have examined. 



](). STRATIOTES. 



1. S. aloides [IVater- soldier) leaves ensiform triangular aculeato- 

 serrate. E.B.t.S'/9. 



Hab. Ditches and lakes. Duddingston Loch, Maii^h, Loch of C'hinie, 

 Rev. Mr. M' Ritchie. Forfar Loch, Mr. Arnott. i'7. July. 1/. 



A most remarkable plant, with numerous radical leaves like those of 

 an Aloe, G — 8 inches long ; thrown up from creeping stolons, which 

 run deep into the mud. Scape 4 — G inches long, compressed, two- 

 edged. From the centre of a two-leaved compressed sjiatha arises 

 one white flower. Pet. large, handsome. Sometimes the flowers 

 arc dioecious, and sometimes the stani. are on the same flower with 

 the 5- or G-clcft styles. 



3. POLYGYNIA. 



11. ANEMONE. 



1. A nemorosa [JVood Anemone)^ leaves ternatc lobed and cut, 

 involucre the same petiolate, stem single-flowered, capsules 

 without awns. Ijglilf. p. 284. E. B. t. 3.55. 



Hab. Moist woods and ptistures, and upon the high mountains. Fre- 

 quent on Ben Lomond. Fl. Apr. — June. Ij. . 



Stem 4 — 8 inches high, simple. Flowers large, white, tinged with 

 purple on the outside. — This is the only one of t'ais beautiful genus 

 of which Scotland can boast, and tv/o out of the four attributed to 

 England (A. apenniiiu and ranunculoides) are but the outcasts of 

 gardens. 



12. CLEMATIS. 



1. CI. Vitalha {Traveller's Joij), stem sarmentose, leaves piti- 

 nate, leaflets cordato-ovate inciso-lobate, petioles scandent, 

 peduncles rather shorter than the leaves. E. B. t. 612. 



II AB. Collington woods, Mai/^/t. Near Callander, Mr. Arnott. FL 

 May, June, fj . 



Stem m<inY feet long, climbing. Petioles acting as tendrils. Flowers 

 greenish white, panicled. Capsules with \oniX feathery tails, which 

 have a beautiful appearance in the winter. — This plant is common 

 in the S. of Britain, especially in chalky soils : in the N. gradually 

 becoming scarcer. Are the plants truly wild in the places above- 

 mentioned "< 



13. THALICTRUM. 



1. Th. alpi/mm {aJpbie IMcadow-Rne), stem simple nearly 

 leafless, raceme simple terminal, flowers drooping, segments 

 nf the leaves glabrous. Lightf. p. 28G. E. B. t. 2()2. 



Hab. ra.stmes in the Highhnd mountains, plinliful F/. J'.dy. 7/. 



