62 24. ROSACES. 



Sep. leaf -pointed, pinnatifid, thinly fringed with glands, patent or 

 -erect on the urceolate fruit. 



Thicket near Eastwood Mains Toll; Busby ; Paisley Canal bank; near 

 Cambuslang. 



Var. Watsoni, Baker. Le, smooth on the upper surface, 

 slightly hairy beneath, terminal leaflet ovate, doubly serrate, 

 secondary serrations gland-tipped ; petioles glandular and slightly 

 pubescent. Bracts and stipules gland-ciliated. Sep. leaf -pointed 

 and glandular on the back. 



Near Brodick. /. Q. Baker. 



7. ft. SY'STYLA, Woods. Close-styled Dog-Rose. A large 

 shrub, with arching shoots. Prickles, scattered, large, curved, 

 uniform. Leaflets elliptical, acuminate, sharply and unequally 

 serrate, without glands, slightly pubescent on the veins beneath. 

 Sep. deciduous, sparingly pinnate. Flowers white or rose colour. 

 Styles united in a column. Fruit ovoid. 



Very rare. "Hills to the north of Milngavie," Hopk. (E) Sh. 67. 



8. R,. ARVENSis, Huds. Trailing Dog- Rose. Stem with long 

 trailing shoots. Prickles small, uniform, hooked. Leaflets oval, 

 simply serrate, dull green above, glaucous beneath, without 

 glands. Sep. deciduous, short, slightly pinnate. Styles united 

 in a column. Fruit subglobose, scarlet. Flowers white. 



Very rare. In hedges near gardens. (E) Sh. G 7. "About Bogle's hole," 

 Hopk. In a hedge on the Kilbride road; near Gourock, &c. 



11. CKAT^E/GUS. Haivthorn, White-Thorn, or May. 



C. OXYACAJSTHA, L. A well-Tcnown busJi or small tree. 

 Branches with spines. Le. smooth, deeply cut in 35 lobes, 

 which are irregularly toothed, wedge-shaped at the base, acute 

 at the apex. Fl. in compact corymbs, white, sometimes rose 

 colour or pink ; delightfully fragrant. 



Very common. In hedges, &c. (B) Sh. or T. 56. 



'' This is divided by some botanists into two varieties, or even species. When the 

 leaves are cut and serrated, with large fl., styles 2 3, and fruit with 23 stones, 

 it is called C. oxyacanthoides, Thuill., and is rare; our common form is C. 

 monogyna, Jacq. 



12. P^RUS. Pear, Apple. 



1. P. MALUS, L. Crab- Apple. When grown out of hedges 

 becomes a small tree, with spreading branches. Le. ovate,, acute, 

 serrate, generally downy beneath. Fl. in simple umbels, large, 

 white, tinged with pink on the outside. Styles shortly united at 

 the base. Fruit nearly globular, very sour ; the origin of our 

 Apple. 



Not common. Woods and hedges. (E) T. 5. Near Crossbasket; Cadzow forest; 

 alderwood glen, &c. 



