niADELPH.— OCTAND. DECAND. 21 I 



Hab. Fields and hedges, generally among bushes. About Redhall, 

 4 miles from Edinb., and amongst rocks by the sea going from Cor- 

 rie to Brodic, in the Isle of Arran, Lighff. Hedges about Hamil- 

 ton, and in a field at the back of Kenmuir wood, Glasg., Hopk. 

 Fl. summer months. 0. 



Two to three feet long, more glaucous than the last ; leaflets much 

 broader, more regularly in threes, their petioles acting as tendrils; 

 flourrs paler coloured and larger. — The extremes of this and the 

 last species appear different enough ; but Mr. Murray and myself 

 examined a luiiiiaria, which is a common weed in the Glasgow Bot. 

 garden, which is so intermediate between the two, that it was dif- 

 ficult to say to which it should belong. 



■"''■* Cups, linear, 2- or more-seeded {Conjdul'is, Decand). 



3. F. claviculata (climbing Fumitory) , spikes lax, stem climb- 

 ing pinnate, leaflets 3 — 5-partite, lobes ovate acute, petioles 

 ending in tendrils. Lightf. p. 3S0. E. B. t. 103. 



Hab. Rocks, stony places, and roofs of houses, most abundant, espe- 

 cially in the Highlands. Inverness, Mr . G. Anderson. Fl. July, 

 Aug'. O. 



Stem long, very slender, and whole plant extremely delicate. Flowers 

 pale yellow, small. 



2. OCTANDRIA. 



2. POLYGALA. 



1 . P. vulgaris (Milkwort), flowers in a terminal raceme crested, 

 wings of the cal. nerved obtuse longer than the cor., stem her- 

 baceous procumbent, leaves linear-lanceolate. Lightf. p. 381. 

 E.B.i.76. 



Hab. Dry hilly pastures, abundant. F/. June, July. If.. 



Stem 4 — 8 inches long, branched at the base. Flowers h\ue, purple, 

 or white. Cor. beautifully crested at the extremity. Cal. leaves 

 persistent, inclosing the fruit. 



3. DECANDRIA. 



3. GENISTA. 



* Branches unarmed. 



1. G. scoparia (common Broom), leaves ternate and solitary ob- 

 long, flowers axillary shortly pedicellate, legumes hairy at the 

 margin, branches angular. Lightf. p. 382, and E. B. t. 1339 

 (Spartium scop.). 



Hab. Dry hills and bushy places, plentiful. Fl. June. Tj . 



Three to si.K feet or more high. Branches long, straight, green. 

 Flowers large, bright yellow ; keel broad ; stam. and long twisted 

 style much exposed by the spreading of the petals. Legume large, 

 compressed, dark brown. 



2, G. tinctoria (Dyer's Greenweed),\eaLves, lanceolate glabrous, 



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