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10. AcoNfTUM. Wolfs-Bane. 



*A. NAPELLUS, L. Monk's- Hood. Stem erect, leafy, 2 3 

 feet high. Le. palmately divided into 5 7 linear pointed seg- 

 ments. Fl. in racemes, dark blue. Upper sep. large, arching, 

 concealing the two curious upper petals. Very poisonous. 



Bare. (A) P. 5 7. Still more doubtful than the former. "Plantation below 

 Hamilton Bridge ; wild banks of the Avon, near Barnduith," Pair. "Wood at 

 Balmaha, Loch Lomond," Mr. Walter Gait. 



2. BE RB EH I DACE M. 



1. BERBERIS. Barberry. 



B. VULGARIS, L. A spiny shrub, 6 8 feet high. Le. clus- 

 tered, ovate, sharply toothed or ciliate. Fl. in pendulous 

 racemes, yellow, smell disagreeable. St. highly irritable, striking 

 against the stigma upon being touched at the base by a pin. 

 Berries acid, small, red, tipped with the black stigma. 



Not common. Hedges and woods. (E) Sh. 5 6. Hedge at Lambhill. "About 

 Lanark," Hopk. " Clyde below Hamilton Bridge ; Barmichael Wood, near Both- 

 Avell Bridge, is entirely covered with it," Patr. Inverkip and Cumbrae. 



2. EPIMEDIUM. Alpine Barrenwort. 



*E. ALPINUM, L. Stem erect, simple, 6 10 in. high. Le. 

 bi-ternate, with cordate leaflets, ciliated 011 the margin, hairy 

 beneath, lateral ones unequal. Pan. shorter than the leaf. FL 

 red, nectaries yellow. 



Very rare. "About the ruins of the Old Castle of Mugdock, abundantly," 

 Hopk. \\ ->. 



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1. NYMPELE'A. White Water-Lily. 



3ST. ALBA, L. A beautiful water plant, with the leaves and 

 flowers lying on the surface of the water. Le. deeply cordate, 

 smooth, entire. Fl. white, 4 6 in. in diameter. 



Frequent. St. Germans, Dougalston, and Bardowie Lochs; Hogganfield and 

 Frankneld Lochs; Pavers Kelvin and Cart; Loch Lomond; Bute, &c. (B) P. 7. 



2. NIJPHAR. Yellow Water-Lily. 



1. N. LUTEA, Sm. Of the same habit as the preceding. Le. 

 nearly as in the former, lobes more approximate. Fl. rising 

 slightly above the surface of the water, yellow ; said to smell like 

 brandy, hence named "Brandy-bottle." Stig. with 10 20 rays, 

 expanded, entire, anthers linear. 



In nearly the same stations as the former ; also in the Forth and Clyde Canal. 

 (E) P. 7. 



2. N. PUMILA, D.C. Least Yelloiv Water-Lily. Scarcely dis- 

 tinct from the former, but smaller. A nth. oblong, or subquadrate. 



