PETSTAND. PENTAG. 97 



HAB. Bogs and \vet pastures, frequent. Fl. Aug. I/ . 



Leaves mostly radical, on long footstalks, cordate, entire, nerved, one 

 on the stem be!ov.'4he middle, sessile. Stem angular, from 1 inch 

 (as I have seen it in N. Ilonaldshu, and Orkney, with perfect flowers) 

 to 8 or 10 inches high, angular. Flower solitary, terminal, large, very 

 handsome, yellowish white. Petals broadly obovate. Nectaries, 

 each an obcordate scale, with white hairs along the margin, which 

 are terminated by a yellow, pellucid, globular gland. 



5. PENTAGYNIA. 



73. STATICE. 



\. S. Armerla (Thrift}, leaves linear, scape simple bearing a 

 round head of flowers. Lightf. p. 173. E. B. i. 226. 



HAP,. Common on the muddy shores of the sea, in salt marshes, and 

 upon the tops of the highest mountains. Fl. July, Aug. jj. . 



Hctidy of flowers rose coloured, intermixed with scales, and having 

 besides a brown membranous three-leaved general involucrum, ter- 

 minating below in a sheathing jagged covering to the upper part of 

 the scape. 



2. S. Limojiium (Sea-lavender), scape panicled rounded branch- 

 ed, leaves glabrous ovato-lanceolate undulate obtuse nerveless 

 tipped with a small point. JE. B. /. 102. 



HAB. Coast of Galloway, near Kirkcudbright, common, Maugh. 

 Leaves large, radical, thick, subcoriaceous. Flowers crowded, secund, 

 accompanied with niembranaceous scales, bright blue. 



3. S.reti&ilata (matted Sea- Lavender) scape repeatedly dicho- 

 tomous zigzag, the lower branches sterile^ leaves spathulute 

 acute glabrous. E. B. t. 328. 



HAB. Mull of Galloway, Mr. Goldle. FL Aug. 3/ . 



Leaves small, spreading. Flowers somewhat spiked on the terminal 



branches of the scape, purplish. Whole plant not more than from 



4 to G inches high. 



74. LINUM. 



1. L. usitotissimum (common Flax}, leaves lanceolate alternate, 

 cal. leaves acute o-nerved, petals crenate, stem subsolitary. 

 Lighlf.p. 173. 



HAB. Corn-fields. Fl. July. Q- 



One or one foot and a half high, slender, branched above. Leaves di- 

 stant. Flowers large, purplish blue. From the stem flax is made, 

 and from the seed a valuable oil is extracted. 



2. L. catkarticum (purging F/.r), leaves opposite oblong, stem 

 dichotomous above, petals acute. Lightf. p. 1 7-1. E. B.t.3S'2. 



HAB. Common in dry pastures. FL June, July. 0. 

 Stem slender, upright, 2 fi inches high. Flowers gracefully drooping 

 before expansion, while, small. 



75. SIBBALDIA. 



1. S. procumlens (procumbent Siblaldla), leaves ternate, leaflets 

 wedge-shaped tridendate. Lightf. p. 175. E.J3.1.S97. 



