82 PENTAND. MONOG. 



'Leaves small, frequently 3 -lobedj lobes acute, deeply serrated. Racemes 

 few-flowered ; flowers small. Berries red. 



4. R. nigrum (black Currant), without thorns erect, racemes 

 lax pubescent pendulous with a simple flower-stalk at their 

 base, flowers campanulate, bracteas shorter than the pedicels, 

 leaves punctato-glandulose beneath. Ligktf. p. 146. E. B. 

 M291. 



HAB. Woods. Wood on the bank of the Sound of Isla, with R. ru- 

 brum, Lightf. Auchindenny woods, Mr. E. Shuter and Maugh. 

 Fl. May. Tj . 



Leaves large, 5-lobed, serrate. Pediceh long. Berries large, black. 



** Thorny. 



5. R. Grossularia (rough Gooseberry], branches prickly, leaves 

 rounded and lobed, peduncles hairy, pedicels single-flowered 

 with a pair of minute bracteas, fruit hairy. E. B. t. 1292. 



HAB. Hedges and woods. Hamilton woods, apparently indigenous, 



Hopk. Fl. Apr. May. T? . 

 The thorns are by some considered indurated stipules, since they spring 



from the point of insertion of the leaves. The R. Uva crispa is but 



a var. of this, with the bracteas united for the greater part of their 



length, and the fruit smooth. 



33. HEDERA. 



6. H. Helix (common Ivy), leaves 5-lobed the lobes angular, 

 floral leaves ovate, umbel erect. Lightf. p. 146. E. JB. t. 1267. 



HAB. Rocks and trunks of trees. Fl. Oct. Nov. Tj . 



Stems long, creeping, throwing out numerous radicles with which they 

 adhere to hard substances. Leaves very shining, dark green, often 

 veined with whitish lines. Flowers small, pale green. Cal. teeth 

 very minute. Petals reflexed. Ointment made of the leaves much 

 valued by the Highlanders as a cure for burns, Dr. Stuart. 



34. GLAUX. 



1. Gl. maritima (black Salt-ivort). Lightf. p. 147. E. B. t. 13. 



HAB. Sea-shore in muddy places, abundant. FL July. I/ . 



Stem 2 4 or 5 inches high, stout, branched, often procumbent, red- 

 dish. Leaves ovate, smooth, fleshy, entire, sessile, small. Flowers 

 sessile, solitary, axillary, rose coloured, with 5 obtuse spreading 

 lobes. 



35. VINCA. 



1. V. minor (lesser Periwinkle), stems procumbent, leaves ob- 

 longo-lanceolate their margins as well as the small lanceolate 

 teeth of the cal. glabrous. Light/, p. 147. E. B. t. 917. 



HAB. Coryton woods, Dr. Parsons. Kelburn and Skilmerlie woods, 

 Mr. Murray. Woods, Bothwell, but introduced, Hopk. Fl. May, 

 June. I/ . 



2. V. major (greater Periwinkle), stem suberect, leaves ovato- 



