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Var. Mikanii, Syme. Radical le. pinnate, leaflets narrow of 

 6 10 pairs. 



In drier places than last, roots more aromatic. Bute; Arran, /. G. Baker. 



* 3. V. PYRENAICA, L. Heart-leaved Valerian. Stem erect, 

 furrowed, 2 3 ft. high. Le. large (5 6 inches), heart-shaped, 

 coarsely toothed ; upper ones with 1 or 2 pairs of very small 

 lanceolate leaflets on the short footstalk. Fl. light purple, or 

 rose colour, in terminal corymbs. 



Rare. Banks of the Clyde, Carmyle. "On the Calder at Woodhall," Pair. 

 Calderwood glen. P. fi 7. 



2. FEDIA. Corn-Salad. 



1. P. OLITOBIA, Vahl. Lamb's- Lettuce , Common Corn-Salad. 

 Stem dichotomous, smooth, or slightly downy, 2 6 in. high. Le. 

 spathulate. Stem le. narrower, broad at the base, often slightly 

 toothed. Bracts linear, ciliate. Fl. pale blue, in dense cymes. 

 Fruit compressed, having a corky mass on the back of the fertile 

 cell. 



Frequent. On banks and in corn fields (B) A. 4 6. Below Carmyle ; near 

 Govan; Cambuslang; Gourock; Cumbrae and Arran. 



2. F. DENTATA, Vahl? Smoot/t Narrow-fruited Corn-Salad. 

 Stem 4 12 in. high, branched, slender and wiry. Le. narrow, 

 more or less toothed at the base. Fl. in the forks of the stem ; 

 cymes loose. Bracts small, narrow. ' ; Capsule ovate, flattish and 

 2-ribbed in front, acuminate," crowned with the prominent oblique 

 unequally-toothed cup-shaped limb of the calyx. 



" Field at Covant-burn bridge," Patr. "Arran," Lands. (E) A. 8. 



38.-DIPSACACE^l. 



1. DfpSACUS. Teasel. 



D. SYLVESTRIS, L. Wild-Teasel. Stems erect, 4 5 ft. high, 

 prickly. Le. sessile, opposite and undivided. Stem le. broadly 

 connate at the base. Involucre long, stiff", prickly, curved up- 

 wards. Scales of the receptacle not hooked at the extremity. Fl. 

 in dense heads, pale lilac. 



Rare. In waste places. (E) B. 8 9. Arden Quarry, near Thomliebank ; 

 Inchinnan bridge; Blantyre; and near Hamilton. 



D. FULLOXUM, L. FuUer's-Teasel. This is now considered to be a cultivated 

 variety of the former, with the scales of the receptacle hooked at the extremity. 



2. SCABIOSA. Scabious. 



S. SUCCISA, L. Devil's-bit Scabious. Rhizome abrupt (prae- 

 morse) below. Stem nearly simple, 1 2 ft. high. Root-le. 



