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3. ANDROMEDA. Marsh-Andromeda. 



A. POLIFOLIA, L. Wild-Rosemary. Stems slender, woody 

 below, branching, prostrate. Flowering stems ascending. Le. 

 oblong-lanceolate, margins rolled back, glaucous beneath, ever- 

 green. Fl. in short racemes, drooping, pale pink, or rose-coloured. 



Not common. (I) Sh. 59. In the moss behind the Garnkirk railway station : 

 Gadder moss; Paisley moss," Mr: Murray. 



4. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. Black Bear-Berry. 



A. UVA-URSI, Spreng. Stems long, trailing, bark coming off 

 in scales. Le. obovate or oblong, entire, shining, rigid, and ever- 

 green. Fl. in terminal drooping racemes, rose-coloured. Berries 

 small, globular, bright red. 



Common on the Holy Isle at Lamlash, Arran. (H) Sh. 56. 



44. PYROLACEJE. 



1. P^ROLA. Winter-Green. 



1. P. SECUNDA, L. Serrate Winter-Green. Stem branched, 

 3 5 in. high, with several scales. Le. numerous, ovate, acute, 

 serrate. Fl. in a secund raceme, white, drooping, nearly closed. 

 Style very long. Stigma 5-lobed, without a ring or projecting 

 points. 



Very rare. "In Kittoch glen, near Busby." Dr. Ross. (S) P. 7, 



2. P. HINDU, L. Lesser Winter-Green. Le. tufted, broadly 

 ovate or rotundate, entire, or slightly crenate, thick, smooth, on 

 longish stalks. Ped. 4 6 in. high, with 1 or 2 small scales. Fl . 

 drooping, in a short raceme, pale pink. St. and style shorter 

 than the cor. Stig. large, 5-rayed. 



Frequent in mossy woods. (S) P. 7 8. Falls of Clyde; Bothwell woods; old 

 quarry near Lambhill bridge ; Cadder Wilderness; wood east side of Gourock, Ac. 



45 AQUIFOLIACE^. 



1. J'LEX. Holly. 



I. AQUIFOLIUM, L. Common Holly. A small evergreen tree. 

 Le. ovate, shortly stalked, shining, thick, waved, and bordered 

 with strong spines, upper ones when a tree entire. Fl. in dense 

 clusters, axillary white. Berries bright scarlet, seldom yellow. 

 A well-known tree, of great beauty, with very hard, tough wood. 

 Frequent. In woods and hedges. (B) T. -1 8. 



