76 PENTAND. MONOG. 



19. JASIONE. 



1. J. montana (Sheep's Sit or Sheep's Scalions). Lightf. p. 504. 

 E B. t. 882. 



HAB. Dry hilly pastures, as at Chatelherault, by Hamilton ; at Bro- 

 dic Castle, in the Isle of Arran, &c., Light/. Dry sandy places 

 about Glasg., frequent, Hopk. Fl. June., July. Q. 



Stem 6 10 inches high, branched upward. Leaves rough , oblongo- 

 lanceolate. Flowers bright blue, in terminal dense hemispherical 

 heads, with a many- leaved involucre. Cat. small, superior, 5- 

 toothed. Cor. cut into 5 deep segments. Anthers united at the 

 base : and thus was placed in the class Syngenesia by the older 

 writers. 



20. LOBELIA. 



1. L. Dor t manna (Water Lobelia},, leaves linear 2-celled entire, 

 scape nearly naked, flowers race in eel. Lightf. p. 505. *. 21. 

 E. B. /. 140. 



HAB. Frequent in almost every freshwater lake in Scotland, and par- 

 ticularly in the Highlands and western isles, growing near the 

 edges of the water, Lightf. In Bardowie and Mugdoch lakes, near 

 Glasg., plentifully, Hopk. FL August. 11 . 



Leaves about 2 inches long, immersed in the water, erecto-patent, a 

 little curved backward, with two tubes or cells ! Scape flowering- 

 above water, with 1 or 2 scales near the base, rounded, 1 foot high. 

 Flowers distant on the raceme. Peduncles short, with a small brae- 

 tea at their base, single-flowered. Flowers pale blue, a little 

 drooping. Col. tubular. Cor. subinfundibuliform, slit down on the 

 upper side, limb of 5 irregular spreading segments, a little bearded 

 at the base. Fruit erect. 



21. 1MPATIENS. 

 1. I. Noli-me-ta7igere (yellow Balsam), joints of the stem 



swelling, leaves ovate serrated petiolate, peduncles solitary 



many-flowered. E. B. t. 937. 

 HAB. Moist groves. Abundant in a wet glen at Castlemilk, perhaps 



escaped from a garden, Hopk. Fl. July, Aug. . 

 Stem 1 foot high, rounded, succulent, fragile. Flowers large, yellow, 



spotted with orange. Cal. of 2 yellow green leaves. Caps, bursting 



elastically and scattering its seeds with considerable force. 



22. VIOLA. 



* Stigma acute, recurved (stipules undivided). 

 1. V. liirta (hairy Fiolet), stemless, leaves cordate rough, as 



well as the petioles and capsules, with hairs, cal. obtuse. 



E. B. t. 894. 

 HAB. Woods and pastures. Blackford hills, and links between Cock^ 



enzie and Gosford, Maugh. Guillon links, E. Lothian, Mr. Ar- 



nott. Fl. May. H/ . 

 Flower-stalks taller than the leaves, and bearing below the middle two 



small bracteas. 



