45. R. CHAM/EMORUS. 297 



ii. Arctici. Caules steriles nulli. Rhizomata 

 subterranea lon^ra. Flores terniinales, subsolitarii. 

 Acini in baccam compositam cougesti. 



45. R. Chamsemonis Linn. 



R. caule erecto inermi unifloro, floribus dioicis, 

 foliis simplicibus lobatis plicatis. 



R. ChamcemoTiLs Linn. Fl. Suec. ed. 2. 174 (1755); Sp. 

 PI. 708. Eng. Bot. t. 716. Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 412. Reiclien. ! 

 Fl. Germ, exsic. 2174 (sp.). Bab. ! Man. ed. 6. 120. Rubi 

 Germ. 113. t. 49. Arrh. Mon. 57. Lange, Danske Flora, 

 340. Syme's Eng. Bot. iii. 158. t. 440. 



Stems subterranean, creeping extensively. Flowering 

 shoots erect, 3 — 8 inches liigh, unarmed, with 3 or 4 distant 

 ovate scales below, leafy above. Leaves 2 or 3, alternate, 

 stalked, reniform, with 5 blunt unequally dentate lobes, 

 plicate, with hairs and stalked glands on the veins beneath or 

 on both sides. Stipules ovate, attached to the stem. Flower 

 terminal, large, dioecious. Sejoals ovate. Petals obovate, 

 large, white. Fruit very large, red, but becoming orange- 

 yellow when ripe, of few large drupels. 



Ilahitat. — Turf-bogs on mountains. 



Area.— 7 8 . 10 11 ... 15 



.... 28. 



Localities. — vii. Cader Fronwyn, Flint. — viii. Edal Cross, 

 Derby. — x. Cronkley Fell, X. W. York. — xi. Durham (Herb. 

 Borr. !) ; Cheviot, X. North. 



XV. Ben Lawers, Mid Perth; Clova and Glen Isla, For/. ; 

 Loch na Gar, ^S'. A herd. 



xxviii. Stranagalvally ^lountains (Mackay), Glen Garro 

 Mountains (E. Murphy in Loud. Mag. i. 437), Tyrone. 



Mr Watson adds Provinces 9 . . 12 13 14 . IG. 



