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OCTAND. TRIGYN. 



Hab. Moist woods and hedges, rare. Banks of the river at Rosslyn, 

 Dr. Parsons. Woods, Bothwell, Ilopk. Fl. March. h . 



Stem rather stout, I — 3 feet high, but little branched, naked beUnv, 

 leafy above, and hence bearing some resemblance to a Palm. Flmi-- 

 ers yellowish green, each accompanied by an ovate concave bractea, 

 drooping. Perianth infundibuliform, limb 4-cleft. N^/w. included 

 in 2 rows of 4 each, Jihinumts very short. Berry ovate, blueish black. 



6. ACER. 



1. A. psciido-Platamis {Si/camore), leaves 5-lobed nnc(inally 

 .serrated, racemes pendulous subtoinentose. Jj"htl. p. 631). 



E.B.t.tm. 



Hab. Near houses and in gentlemen's plantations frequent^ but .scarcely 

 indigenous. Light/. Fl. May, June. Fj . 



A large tree with sjireading brandies. Floircrs greenish. Germcn pu- 

 bescent. Fi-uit with 2 long, membranaceous wings, which greatly 

 aid its dispersion. The wood is used for bowls and trenchers, 

 and other turnery-work 5 and the Highlanders are said to make a 

 wine of the sap. 



2. A. campeitre (common Maple), lolies of the leaves mostly 

 5 inciso-crenate, racemes upright subtometUose. Lurhtf. p. 640. 

 E.B. f.304. 



Hab. Woods, but not very common. F/. Mav, June, h . 

 A small tree with rough bark full of deej) fissures. Leaves small. Wood 

 often beautifully veined, and then much valued. 



2. TRIGYNIA. 



7. POLYGONUM. 



* Leaves ovate or lanceolate. 

 t Spikes of ^flowers terminal, soUtunj. Nut triquetrous (Bistorta). 



1. P. B'/slorta [Bistort or Snakeweed), stem simple bearing one 

 .spike, leaves ovate waved the radical ones running down into 

 a footstalk. Ligktf. p. 206. E. B. /.509. 



Hab. Moist meadows, but not common. About Inverary, Lightf. 

 Marshy ground at Roseburn near Coltbridge, and banks of the North 

 Esk, below Hevock mill, Mangh. Waste ground, Kilbride, Vre. 

 (ilen near C^astlemilk; and banks of the Kelvin at Gairbraid, Ilopk. 

 Below Greenock, Bute and Arran, plentiful, Mr. Murraij. Fl. 

 June. 1/ . 



One or one foot and a half high. Upper leaves with long sheaths. 

 Spike cylindrical, dense. Flowers flesh-coloured, on short foot- 

 stalks, with small bracteas at the base. Stam. S. Stifles 3. Root 

 large, tortuose, very astringent. 



2. P. viiiiparnm {viviparous alpine Bistort), stem simple hear- 

 ing one spike, leaves linear-lanceolate the lower ones ellip- 

 tical petiolate their margins revolute. Lightf. p. 206. E. B. 

 t. 669. 



Hab. His^hlaiid iiK/uiitains, frctiuent in i]y\ situations. Fl. June, 11 



