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pale blue or nearly white. Cor. smooth, hairy within. Cap. short, 

 crowned by the minutely serrated segments of the cal. 



Frequent. In moist woods. (S) P. 78. Banks of the Clyde near Carmyle ; 

 banks of the Calder and of a small stream running into Clyde below Bothwell 

 bridge, &c. 



4. C. TRACHELIUM, L. Nettle-leaved Bell- Flower, Throat-wort. 

 Stem erect, angular, hispid, 2 3 ft. high. Lower le. cordate, on 

 long stalks, upper ones lanceolate, acuminate, both coarsely doubly- 

 serrate, rough. Fl. large, blue, in few-flowered axillary racemes. 

 Cor. bell-shaped. 



Very rare. "On the old walls of Mugdock Castle," ffopk. (E) P. 79. 



2. J^sidNE. Sheep' s-Scabious, Sheep's-Bit. 



J. MONTANA, L. Stems decumbent or ascending, 6 10 in. 

 high. Le. linear, waved on the edges, hispid. Fl. collected into 

 a dense head. Bracts ovate. Ped. long, solitary, smooth above. 

 Pedicels very short. Cal. segments small, setaceous. Cor. small, 

 light blue. 



Frequent. Dry banks, on a light gravelly soil. (B) A. B. 6 9. Tollcross sand 

 hills; banks of the Clyde ; Gourock; Cumbrae; Bute and Arran. 



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1. LOBELIA. Water-Lobelia. 



L. DORTMANNA, L. Scape or stem almost leafless, rising 

 slightly above the surface of the water. Stems tufted, sending 

 up le. 1 2 in. long, composed of 2 hollow tubes. Raceme of very 

 few, pale blue, drooping fl. 



Not common. In the shallow part of lakes. (S) P. 78. Bardowie and 

 Mugdock lochs; Loch Lomond; Dunloskin Loch, near Dunoon; Loch Ascog, 

 Bute, and Arran. 



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1. VACCfNiUM. Whortleberry. 



1. V. MYRTILLUS, L. Blaeberry, Bilberry, Whortleberry. A 

 small branching shrub, nearly erect, 1 2, and even 3 ft. high in 

 woods. Stems angular. Le. ovate, serrate, smooth, deciduous. 

 Ped. axillary, 1-fl. reflexed. Cor. globular, white tinged with 

 pink and green, nearly waxy. Fl. nodding. Berry globular, 

 black, with a glaucous bloom. 



Common. Heathy woods and banks in mountainous districts. (B) Sh. 46, 

 Cadder Wilderness ; Cathkin hills ; near Cambuslang ; Maryhill ; Gourock, &c. 



