TETRATSD. MONOG. OO 



common. Light/. Banks of the Nith at Kirkconnell, Stewarliy o( 

 Kirkcudbright, Mangh. f 7. June, July. % . ' .' 



One foot to two feet high, branching upward. Leaves pinnate with a 

 terminal leaflet ; the rest of the leaflets opposite, all ovate, some- 

 times cordate at the base, glabrous, strongly serrated, petiolated ; at 

 the base of each pair of petioles are two small toothed appendages in 

 the larger leaves : these are wanting in some specimens. Heads of 

 Jlowers much crowded, dark purple. Limb of the perianth in 4 

 ovate segments, its tube enveloping the germcn and having at 

 its base 4 ciliated scales or bracteas {cal. of authors). Seed I, 

 rurely 2. — Allied to the plants in the natural class leosundria. 

 9. EPIMEDIUM. 



1. E. alpinum (barren JVbrt). E. B. t. 438. 



Hab. About the ruins of Mugdoch castle, near Glasg., abundantly, 

 Hopk. Hunter's Tryste, near Edlnb., Dr. Hastings. — A naturalised 

 plant in all probability. Ft. May, June. 7/ . 



Stems several from the same root, erect, simple, bearing a compound, 

 triternate leaf ; base of the petioles awoWen ; /cf//^f/5 heart-shaped, 

 extremely delicate, ciliated at the margin, hairy beneath, cordate, 

 serrated, lateral ones inequilateral. Panicle shorter than the leaf, 

 springing from the swollen base of its petiole. Flowers reddisli, 

 nectary white, like an inflated membrane. Anthers very curious, of 

 2 cells, opening by 2 valves^ which spring back upwards, and suft'er 

 the pollen to escape. 



10. CORNUS. 



1. C. snngui?iea (wild Cor7iel- tree or Dog-tvood), arborescent, 

 branches straight, leaves opposite ovate green on both sides, 

 cymes destitute of involucre. E. B. t. 249. 



Hab. Quoted doubtfully by Mr. Lightfoot as growing by the sides of 

 mountains in Scotland. Strathearn, Mr. Arnott. Woods near 

 Revelrigtoll, Maugh. Fl. June, July. Tj , 



Five to six feet high. Bark in the older branches dark red, as are the 

 leaves before they fall ; these are strongly nerved, entire, slightly 

 hairy beneath. Cymes of numerous white flowers at the ends of the 

 branches. 



2. C. suedca {dwarf Cornel), herbaceous, leaves all opposite 

 ovate glabrous, flowers fevv umbellate surrounded by a 4- 

 leaved involucre and springing from the axil of the forked 

 extremity of the stem. Liglitf. p. 119. E. B. if. 310. 



Hab. Moist places in the Highland mountains, not unfrequent. In 

 Athol, about Loch Rannoch, on Ben More and Cheaileach irt 

 Breadalbane ; about Loch Broom, Ross-shire, Light/. Pentland 

 hills. Dr. Hope. Plentiful on the foot of the precipice on the N. 

 side of Ben Nevis, Mr. Murray. About Inverness, Mr. G. Ander- 

 son. Fl. July, Aug. 11 . 



Root creeping. iSiem about 6 inches high. 17m fee/ terminal from the 

 axil of two young branches, whicli do not exceed the general- flower- 

 stalk in height till the fruit is ripe. Drupes red, said by the High- 

 landers to create appetite, and hence called^ Lus-a-chraois, Plant 

 of gluttony. {L^ghf/.) 



