17. HYPERICACE^E. 31 



3. M. ROTUNDIFOLIA, L. Dwarf-Mallow. Stems prostrate, 

 central ones ascending, 8 12 in. long. Le. deeply cordate at the 

 base, roundish, with 5 7 shallow, rounded, crenate lobes. Fl. 

 axillary, several from the same node, small. Pet. whitish, tinged 

 with lilac at the apex. Carp, slightly downy, the sides smooth. 

 Pedicels of the fruit recurved. 



Rare. " About Hamilton," HopTc. On rubbish, beyond Tradeston; banks of 

 Clyde. (E) P. 69. 



3. ALTH^E'A. Marsh-Mallow. 



A. OFFICINALIS, L. Stem erect, simple or slightly branched, 

 2 3 ft. high. Lower le. roundish; upper ones ovate, all plaited, 

 35 lobed, with triangular teeth, soft, with starry pubescence. 

 Ped. axillary, 1 3 fl. shorter than the le. Fl. large, pale rose- 

 colour. 



Very rare. Arran and Campsie. (E) P. 89. 



16. TILIACE^l. 



1. TfLiA. Lime-Tree. 



* 1. T. PARVIFOLIA, Ehr. Small-leaved Lime- Tree. Le. rather 

 thick, small, 1| to 2 in. across, when young covered with stellate 

 hairs, glabrous, with tufts of hairs in the axils of the veins 

 beneath, scarcely longer than their petioles; branches and petioles 

 smooth. Fr. subglobose, acuminate, " with filiform ribs, charta- 

 ceous," H. c& A. 



Woods. Not common. (E) T. 78. Only got in plantations; these three not 

 considered natives. Langside, Carmyle, &c. 



*2. T. EUROPJE 7 A, L. Common Lime or Linden-Tree. Leaves 



thin, twice the length of the footstalks, with a woolly tuft of 



hairs in the axils of the veins beneath ; branches and petioles 



glabrous. Fr. woody, "with slightly prominent angles," H. &A. 



Woods. Very common. Kelvin, &c. T. 7. 



*3. T. GRANDIFOLIA, Ehr. Large-leaved Lime-Tree. Le. 

 large, 2^ to 3 times longer than their petioles, 3 to 4 in. across, 

 downy beneath, with woolly tufts in the axils of the veins 

 beneath, young branches and petioles hairy. Fr. very hard, 

 covered with felt or down, ribs strongly marked ; when mature 

 -f to | in. long. 



Woods. Not common. On the Kilbride road, &c. T. 67. 



17 HYPERICACEJE. 



1. HYP^RICUM. St. John's-wort 



A. Styles 5. 



* 1. H. CALYCINUM, L. Large-flowered St. John's-wort. Stem 

 shrubby, simple or slightly branched, 1 ft. high. Le. oblong, 



