DIADELPHIA= 209 



Ste)ii& from 10 inches to 1 foot in length, branching only from the 



root. Flowers small, roundish. 

 S. M. moscliala {Musk Mallow), stem erect, radical leaves reni- 



form in 5 or 7 broad incised lobes, caulineones 5-partite pin- 



nato-multifid, segments linear, cal. hairy, leaflets of the ext. 



cal. linear. Liglitf. p. 376. E. B. t. 754. 

 Hab. Meadows and pastures, not uncommon, Dumbarton castle, 



&c., Uopk. Fl. Aug. H • 

 Two to three feet high. Flowers \ar^Q, beautiful, rose colour, 1 — 2 



together from the axils of the terminal leaves. The leaves yield a 



faint musky smell if drawn through the hand. 



5. LAVATERA. 



1. L. arhorea (Sea-side Tree Mallow), stem arborescent, leaves 

 with about 7 angles downy plaited, peduncles axillary clus- 

 tered single-flowered. Lighif. p. 374. E. B. t.lSil. 



Hab. Rocks upon the sea-coast, as Inch-Garvey and Mykric-Inch, 

 in the Firth of Forth, and in Basse island, Sibhald. Fl. July, Aug. ^ . 



Three to five feet high. Flowers large, purple rose colour, shining, 

 darker at the base of the petals. 



XVII. DIADELPHIA. 



1. HEXANDRIA. 



1. FuMARiA. Cal. small, of 2 leaves. Pet. 4, irregular, one 

 of them gibbous at the base. Filaments 2, membranaceous, 

 each bearing 3 aiithers. 



2. OCTANDRIA. 



2. PoJ.YGALA. Cal. of 5 leaves, 2 of them wing-shaped and 

 coloured. Caps, compressed, obcordate. 



3. DECANDRIA. 



* Stam. all connected or monadelphons, the tube often cleft above. 



3. Genista. Cal. 2-lipped, upper one with 2, lower one with 

 3, teeth. Standard bent backwards from the rest of the 

 flower. {Genista dM^ Spartium^, Sm.) 



4. Ulex. Cal. of 2 leaves, with a small scale at the base on 

 each side. Legume turgid, scarcely longer than the cal. 



6. Anthyllis. Cal. inflated, S-toothedj inclosing the small, 

 roundish, 1 — 3-seeded legume., 



* I cannot see a single character attributed to Sparthm {m S. scoparium) 

 which is not equally found in Genista. I therefore follov/ Jussieu and De- 

 candoUe, in uniting our only British species with Genwta. 



P 



