30 15. MALVACEAE. 



high. Le. alternate, lanceolate, acute at the apex. Sep. with 

 membranous margins, ciliate, strongly 3-nerved. Fl. large, dull 

 purplish blue. Cap. large, mucronate. 



Amongst corn, or where it has been cultivated. Banks of Clyde, near Govan 

 <fcc. A. 7. 



2. L. CATHARTTCUM, L. Purging Flax, Mill-Mountain. Stem 

 slender, wiry, erect, 210 in. high. Le. opposite, elliptical. Fl. 

 in terminal dichotomous cymes, small, white, drooping before 

 expansion. Gap. globular, mucronate. Plant smooth, glaucous, 

 green. 



Frequent. Banks and pastures. (B) A 69. Paisley Canal Bank ; near Cam- 

 buslang : banks of the Forth and Clyde Canal ; Gourock, &c. 



2. KADfoLA. Thyme-leaved Flax-Seed. All-Seed. 



B. MILLEGRANA, Sin. St. 12 in. high, repeatedly forked. 

 Le. ovate, acute, sessile. Fl. numerous, very minute, axillary and 

 terminal. Plant slightly glaucous, smooth, tinged with purple. 



Frequent. Damp heaths and moist gravelly places. (B) A. 7 8. Fossil marsh 

 in a cutting; on Gourock hills ; Cumbrae; Bute and Arran. 



15 MALVACE^. 



1. LAVAT^RA. Tree-Mallow. 



L. ARBOREA, L. Stem woody, 3 5 ft. high. Le. 5 7-lobed, 

 subrotund, plaited, pubescent, with stellate hairs. Ped. several 

 together, axillary, shorter than the leaves. Fl. pale purple, with 

 dark veins. 



On insulated maritime rocks. (A) B. 79. Considered native on Ailsa Craig. 

 Occurring as an outcast of gardens in Cumbrae, Bute, and Arran. 



2. MALVA. Malloiv. 



1. M. SYLVESTRIS, L. Common Mallow. Stem ascending or 

 decumbent, 2 3 ft. high. Le. deeply cordate at the base, with 

 5 7 acute deep lobes, plaited. Fl. axillary, 3 4 together, pale 

 purple, with darker veins. Carp, wrinkled on the back. Plant 

 with few hairs, except on the ped. and petioles; often with a 

 purplish blotch at the base of the leaves. 



Frequent. In waste places (B) P. 6 9. " Crossbasket," Ifopk. Dumbarton 

 Rock ; Bute ; Cumbrae and Arran. 



2. M. MOSCHATA, L. Musk-Mallow. Stem erect, 1^ 3 ft. 

 high. Lower le. reniform, cleft in 5 7 broad lobes, segments 

 toothed at the apex. Stem le. deeply pinnatifid, segments linear, 

 Cal. hairy. Epicalyx of 3 linear le. Carp, densely hairy on the 

 back. Fl. crowded towards the top of the stem, large, rose- 

 coloured, rarely white. 



Not common. Pastures and road sides. (B) P. 7 8. " Hamilton Haugh," 

 Pair. " Rocks between Wellshot and Cambuslang," Hopk. Dumbarton Rock ; 

 below Innellan, &c. 



