208 MONADEI^H. POLYAND. 



about Canibuslang, Glasg., Hopk. Fisherrow Links and Arthur's 

 Seat, Edinb., Maugh. Ft. June — Sept. ©. 

 Stem weak, prostrate. Leaves deeply lobed. Flowers very small, 

 blueish purple. 



11. G. dissectum [jagged-leaved Crane's-bill), peduncles two- 

 flowered, petals notched rather shorter than the much awned 

 cal., leaves 5-partite, lobes trifid or laciniated Ihiear, capsules 

 smooth hairy, seeds punctate. Lighlf. p. 37\ . E. B. t. 753. 



Hab. Hedges and pastures. By the bridge in the meadows at Edinb., 

 Dr. Parsons. Occasionally about Glasg. in waste ground and dry 

 pastures. Ft. May — July. ©. 



Stems spreading. Distinguished by the much divided leaves, and the 

 short foofstalks of the blossoms, which, as Curtis observes, thus ap- 

 pear sitting among the leaves. 



12. G. columbimim {long-stalked Crane's hill), peduncles two- 

 flowered shorter than the leaves which are 5-partite, the lobes 

 divided into many acute segments, petals entire as long as the 

 much awned cal., capsules smooth glabrous, seeds punctate. 

 LightJ. p. 372. E. B. t. 259. 



Hab. Dry pastures. Rocky place by the road-side going from Glasg. 

 to Dumbarton, Llghtf. Road-side near N. Queensferry, rare, 

 Maugh. Near Glasgow, ^/r. M. .SVarA:. F/. June, July. 0. 



Stem very slender, procumbent} hair.s upon the stem, as in G. dissec- 

 tum, reflexed. Capsules quite glabrous. 



3. POLYANDRIA. 



3. ALTH.EA. 



1. A. officinalis (^Marsh-Mallow) , leaves oblongo ovate slightly 

 3_5. lobed serrated. Light/. p. 373. E.B.tAAl. 



Hab. Marshes, rare. Near Ardbiglandon the Solway Firth, Dr. Bur- 

 gess. Marshy places on the Campsie hills, near Glasg., Hopk. 

 Fl. Aug. % . 



Two to three feet high, remarkable for the white, soft, starry pubes- 

 cence on the whole plant. Flowers 3 — 4 together, axillary, on 

 short footstalks, pale rose colour, large. — Affords a very mucilagi- 

 nous juice. 



4. MALVA. 



1. M. sylvestris {common Malloiu), stem erect herbaceous, 

 leaves with 7 rather acute lobes, peduncles and petioles hairy. 

 Light/, p. 37 5. E.B.t. 671. 



Hab. Waste places and by way-sides, common. Fl. June — Aug. 1/, 

 Stem 2 — 3 feet or more high, branched. Flmvers large, purplish 



rose colour, with deeper veins, 3 — 4 together, axillary. Petals 



large, obcordate. 



2. M. rotundi/olia {dwarf Mallow), stem prostrate, leaves round- 

 ish cordate 5-lobed, fruitstalks bent down. Light/, p. 374. 

 E. B. t. 1092, and /. 241 {M. pusilla). 



Hab. Waste places and by way-sides. jR. June — Aug. Q, 



