120 OCTAND. TRIGYN. 



HAB. Moist woods and hedges, rare. Banks of the river at Rosslyn, 

 Dr. Parsons. Woods, Bothwell, Hopk. Fl. March. f? . 



Stem rather stout, 1 3 feet high, but little branched, naked below, 

 leafy above, and hence bearing some resemblance to a Palm. Flow- 

 ers yellowish green, each accompanied by an ovate concave bractea, 

 drooping. Perianth infundibuliform, limb 4-cleft. Stain, included 

 in 2 rows of 4 each, filaments very short. Berry ovate, blueish black. 



6. ACER. 



1. A. pseudo- Plat anus (Sycamore), leaves 5-lobed unequally 

 serrated, racemes pendulous subtomentose. Light/", p. 639. 

 E. B. t. 303. 



HAB. Near houses and in gentlemen's plantations frequent, but scarcely 

 indigenous, Lightf. Fl. May, June. Pj . 



A large tree with spreading branches. Flowers greenish. Gcrmen pu- 

 bescent. Fruit with 2 long, membranaceous wings, which greatly 

 aid its dispersion. The wood is used for bowls and trenchers, 

 and other turnery-work - } and the Highlanders are said to make a 

 wine of the sap. 



2. A. campettre (common Maple], lobes of the leaves mostly 

 5 inciso-crenate, racemes upright subtomentose. Lightf. p. 640. 

 .E. B, t. 304. 



HAB. Woods, but not very common. FL May, June. Tj . 

 A small tree with rough bark full of deep fissures. Leaves small. Wood 

 often beautifully veined, and then much valued. 



2. TRIGYNIA. 



7. POLYGONUM. 



* Leaves ovate or lanceolate. 

 t Spikes of flow ers terminal, solitary. Nut triquetrous (Bistorta). 



1. P. Bistorta (Bistort or Snakeweed), stem simple hearing one 

 spike, leaves ovate waved the radical ones running down into 

 a footstalk. Lightf. p. 206. E. B. /.509. 



HAB. Moist meadows, but not common. About Inverary, Lightf. 

 Marshy ground at Roseburn near Coltbridge, and banks of the North 

 Esk, below Hevock mill, Maugh. Waste ground, Kilbride, Ure. 

 Glen near Castlemilk ; and banks of the Kelvin at Gairbraid, Hopk. 

 Below Greenock, Bute and Arran, plentiful, Mr. Murray. Fl. 

 June. 11 . 



One or one foot and a half high. Upj:er leaves with long sheaths. 

 Spike cylindrical, dense. Flowers flesh-coloured, on short foot- 

 stalks, with small bracteas at the base. Stain. 8. Styles 3. Root 

 large, tortuose, very astringent. 



2. P. v'wiparum (viviparous alpine Bistort), stem simple bear- 

 ing one spike, leaves linear-lanceolate the lower ones ellip- 

 tical petiolate their margins revolute. Lightf. p, 206. 11. B. 

 /.-6G9. 



HAB. Highland mountains, frequent in dry situations, f'/. June. If. 



