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HAB. Fields and hedges, generally among bushes. About Redhall, 

 4 miles from Edinb., and amongst rocks- by the sea going from Cor- 

 rie to Brodic, in the Me of Arran, Lightf. Hedges about Hamil- 

 ton, and in a field at the back of Kenmuir wood, Glasg., Hopk. 

 Fl. summer months. 0. 



Two to three feet long, more glaucous than the last ; leaflets much 

 broader, more regularly in threes, their petioles acting as tendrils; 

 Jiowers paler coloured and larger. The extremes of this and the 

 lust species appear different enough ; but Mr. Murray and myself 

 examined a Fumaria, which is a common weed in the Glasgow Bot. 

 garden, which is so intermediate between the two, that it was dif- 

 ficult to say to which it should belong. 



* Caps, linear, 2- or more-seeded (Corydalis, Decand). 



3. F. claviculala (climbing Fumitory), spikes lax, stem climb- 

 ing pinnate, leaflets 3 5-partite, lobes ovate acute, petioles 

 ending in tendrils. Lightf. p. 380. E. B. t. 103. 



HAB. Rocks, stony places, and roofs of houses, most abundant, espe- 

 cially in the Highlands. Inverness, Mr. G. Anderson. Fl. July, 

 Aug. 0. 



Stem long, very slender, and whole plant extremely delicate. Flowers 

 pale yellow, small. 



2. OCTANDRIA. 



2. POLYGALA. 



1 . P. vulgar is (Milkwort), flowers in a terminal raceme crested, 

 wings of the cal. nerved obtuse longer than the cor., stem her- 

 baceous procumbent, leaves linear-lanceolate. Lightf. p. 38 1 . 

 E. B.I. 76. 



HAB. Dry hilly pastures, abundant. Fl. June, July. 7/ . 



Stem 4 8 inches long, branched at the base. Flowers blue, purple, 

 or white. Cor. beautifully crested at the extremity. Cal. leaves 

 persistent, inclosing the fruit. 



3. DECANDRIA. 



3. GENISTA. 



* Branches unarmed. 



1. G. scoparia (common Broom), leaves ternate and solitary ob- 

 long, flowers axillary shortly pedicellate, legumes hairy at the 

 margin, branches angular. Lightf. p. 382, and E. B. t. 1339 

 (Spartium scop.). 



HAB. Dry hills and bushy places, plentiful. Fl. June. ^ . 



Three to six feet or more high. Branches long, straight, green. 

 Flowers large, bright yellow ; keel broad ; stam. and long twisted 

 style much exposed by the spreading of the petals. Legume large, 

 compressed, dark brown. 



2. G. tinctoria (Dyer's Greenweed), leaves lanceolate glabrous,. 



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