TETRAND. MONOG. 



5.5 



common, Light/ . Banks of the Nith at Kirkconnell, Stewartry of 

 Kirkcudbright, Maugh. Fl. June, July. Jj. . 



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 germen and having at 

 its base 4 ciliated scales or bracteas (caZ. of authors). Seed I, 

 rarely 2. Allied to the plants in the natural class Icosandria. 

 9. EPIMEDIUM. 



1. E. alpinum (barren Wort"). E. B. t. 438. 



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

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

 plant in all probability. Fl. May, June. 3/ . 



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

 triternate leaf ; base of the petioles swollen j leaflets 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 reddish, 

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

 2 cells, opening by 2 valves, which spring back upwards, and suffer 

 the pollen to escape. 



10. CORNUS. 



1. C. sanguined (wild Cornel-tree or Dog-wood), 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. T? . 



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

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

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

 branches. 



2. C. suecica (dwarf Cornel), herbaceous, leaves all opposite 

 ovate glabrous, flowers few umbellate surrounded by a 4- 

 leaved involucre and springing from the axil of the forked 

 extremity of the stem. Lig/itf. p. 119. E. B. t. 310. 



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

 Athol, about Loch Rannoch, on Ben More and Chealleach in 

 Breadalbane; about Loch Broom, Ross-shire, Lightf. 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. 7/ . 



Root creeping. Stem about 6 inches high. Umbel terminal from the 

 axil of two young branches, which 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, Plata 

 of gluttony. (Ligbff.) 



