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acute, sharply serrate. Cymes with 5 principal branches. Fl. 

 numerous, cream-coloured, odour disagreeable. Fr. purple or 

 black. 



Frequent. Woods and waste places. (B)T. G 7. Kelvinside wood; Stonelaw; 

 Cathcart, &c. 



2. VIBURNUM. Guelder-Rose. 



1. V. O'PULUS, L. Common Guelder-Rose. A small tree, with 

 smooth branches. Le. large, 2 3 in. broad, 3 5-lobed, subcordate 

 at the base, acuminate and coarsely toothed ; leafstalk with 2 or 

 more sessile glands at the top. Cymes large. Fl. white, outer 

 ones large, neuter. Berries reddish purple, globular. 



Frequent. Woods and coppices. (B) Sh. T. 6 7. Langside wood; hanks of 

 the Kelvin; Carmyle and Kenmuir banks; Cambuslang; the Rouken glen, &c. 



2. V. LANTANA, L. Way faring -tree, Mealy Guelder-Rose. A 

 large shrub, much branched ; shoots and le. when young covered 

 with down. Le. ovate, cordate at the base, serrate, veined and 

 downy beneath, upper side sparingly so ; pubescence stellate. 

 Cymes dense. Fl. small and white. Berries oblong, purplish 

 black. 



Rare. Dunglass glen, H. & A. (E) Sh. 56. 



3. LoNfCERA. Honeysuckle. 



L. PERiCLf MENUM, L. Common Honeysuckle, Woodbine. Stems 

 woody, twining and climbing over hedges, often to the extent of 

 15 20 feet. Lower le. slightly stalked; upper ones closely sessile, 

 oval, distinct. Fl. in terminal heads, sessile. Cor. pale yellow, 

 red externally about 1| in. long. Berries red. 



Frequent. In woods and thickets. (B) Sh. 69. Banks of the Kelvin ; Kenmuir 

 bank; beyond Ruthergien at Stonelaw ; Cambuslang glen, &c. 



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1. GALIUM. Bedstraw. 



A. Flowers yellow. 



1. Gr. VERUM, L. Yellow- Bedstraw, Ladies' -Bedstraw, Cheese- 

 Rennet. Stems decumbent and ascending, 6 12 in. high. Le, 

 small, linear, deflexed, margins revolute, downy beneath ; 6 8 in 

 a whorl. Fl. small yellow, in a dense panicle. Fr. smooth. 



Common. Dry sandy banks and pastures. (B) P. 7 9. Sand hills, Tollcross ; 

 Paisley Canal bank, <fcc. 



2. G-. CRUCIATUM, With. Crosswort, Mugwort. Stems erect, 

 12 ft. high, hairy. Le. ovate, 3-nerved, 4 in a whorl, hairy. 



