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lege of Lhuluden, near Dumfries^ and upon the 

 walls by the fide of the Clyde^ at Rofeneath ; np- 

 Rof3-]Jland, in Loch-Lcmond, and numberJefs 

 other places. G. VI. VII. 

 From one root arife fevcral branches, which recline 

 at their bale, but afterwards grow ereft about 

 two inches high : tlie leaves are oval, gibbous, 

 obtufe, felTile, alternate, fmooth, and crouded 

 clofe together at the fummits of the unfiow'ring 

 branches, but more diilant in the flow'ring ones. 

 3 his, together with the unfolded Cyma^ makes 

 the tops of the young branches bigger than the 

 bottom, like an inverted cone. The Cyma, or 

 little umbel, which terminates the branches, is 

 generally trifid, and confifts of an uncertain 

 number of flowers from three to nine, Ifandino- 

 either on very lliort pcduncies, or quite felTile. 

 1 he petals are acute, of a pale flefh color, with 

 a red Carina. The germina are of a bright red. 

 The ftam.ina ten, five arifmg from the bafe of 

 the petals, and five between them, with red An- 

 thers. The whole plant is fmooth and reddifli in 

 decay. 

 It is defcrib'd by Halter in his Stirp. Hehet. n. 963, 

 but cannot properly be referr'd to any fpecies of 

 Linnaus. The ledum annuum of Linnaeus he liim- 

 felf informs us, bears a yellow flower. Flor.fucc. 

 f. 154. i^ Mantifs, p. 3H9 •, it cannot therefore 

 be that. And the ledum mbens. Sp. pi. 619, has 

 but ^vtfiamina^ which has ocafioned him in his 



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