8 1. RANUNCULACE.E. 



2. ERODIUM. Sep. and pet. 5. St. (monadelphous) united below ; 

 5 sterile, and 5 fertile, with glands at their base. Carpels 

 curling and twisting up on the long beak when ripe. Awn 

 of the carpel bearded inside. 



ORD. 20. BALSAMINACE^E. 



1. IMPATIENS. Fl. irregular. Lower sep. spurred. Lateral pet. 

 in pairs. Capsule suddenly opening, with 5 valves. 



ORD. 21. OXALIDACE^. 



1. OXALIS. Sep. 5, united below. St. 10, monadelphous at the 

 base. Capsule 5-celled. Seeds with an elastic coat 



SPECIES OF THALAMIFLORyE. 

 1. RANUNCULACEJE. 



1. CLEMATIS. Clematis. 



*C. VITALBA, L. Traveller's Joy, Old Man's Beard, Virgin's 

 Bower. Stem climbing by means of the twisted petiotes. Le. 

 opposite, pinnate; Leaflets stalked, ovate, acuminate, coarsely 

 serrate, inciso-lobate, cordate at the base. Fl. in loose panicles ; 

 greenish white, fragrant. Fr. with long feathery awns. 



Very rare. Trailing in hedges at Stonelaw, beyond Rutherglm ; rarely 

 flowering. (E) Sh. 6. 



2. THALfcTRUM. Meadow-Rue. 



1. T. ALPINUM, L. Alpine Meadow-Rue. Stem simple, 4 6 

 in. high. Le. mostly radical, upon long stalks, bi-ternate, leaflets 

 small, roundish, crenate or lobed, dark green. Raceme terminal, 

 of few drooping flowers. St. 10 20. Ach. with a hooked point. 



On the highest mountains in Arran. (H) P. 6 7, 



2. T. MINUS, L. Lesser Meadow-Rue. Stem flexuose, IS 18 

 in. high, smooth. Stipules with reflexed auricles. Le. 3 4imes 

 pinnate, leaflets numerous, broadly wedge-shaped, 3-cleft and 

 toothed, glaucous below. Fl. loosely panicled, drooping, pale 

 greenish yellow. Ach. compressed, strongly ribbed. 



Dry pastures, rare. Arran. (S) P. 6 7. 



3. T. FLAVUM, lj. Yellow Meadow-Rue. Stem erect, 2 3 

 ft. high, deeply furrowed, branched. Le. ternately bi-pimate; 

 leaflets ovate or oblong, wedge-shaped or rounded at the base, 



