48. GENTIANACE^E. 113 



46.-OLEACE^3. 



1. Liotf STRUM. Privet 



L. VULGARE, L. A bushy shrub with slender branches, 6 8 

 ft. high. Le. lanceolate or oblong, entire, with short petioles. 

 Fl. in dense panicles. Cor. small, white. Berries globular or 

 somewhat ovate, black. Nearly an evergreen. 



Common. Hedges and thickets, much planted. Fl. every season at the Mill 

 on the banks of the Kelvin. (E) Sh. 6 7. A questionable native. 



2. FRAXINUS. Common Ash. 



P. EXCELSIOR, L. A large handsome tree. Le. pinnate ; with 

 from 7 to 11 leaflets, which are ovato -lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrate. Fl. appearing before the le. in clusters, surrounded at 

 the base by thick scales. Stamens sometimes absent. Fruit a 

 single samara. 



Very common. In woods. (B) T. 45. 



47.-APOCYNACE^l. 



1. VfNCA. Periwinkle. 



1. V. MINOR, L. Lesser Periwinkle. Stems trailing, very 

 tough. Le. ovate or oblong, smooth, evergreen. Flowering stems 

 short, erect, bearing 1 blue or white fl. Cal. segments smooth. 



Frequent. Probably introduced. (E) P. 46. Woods at Barncluith, Hamil- 

 ton ; Bothwell Castle ; Stonelaw beyond Rutherglen. 



*2. V. MAJOR, L. Greater Periwinkle. Larger than the last. 

 Le. broadly ovate, ciliate on the margin. Cal. segments narrow, 

 ciliate on the edges. Cor. large, blue. 



Very rare, and certainly introduced, being frequently cultivated. Bothwell 

 woods ; " Skelmorlie and Kelburne woods," Mr. Murray. (E) P. 4 5. 



48.-GENTIANACE^5. 

 1. ERYTHEMA. Centaury. 



1. E. CENTAURIUM, Pers. Common Centaury. Stem erect, 

 branched above, quadrangular, 8 10 in. high. Le. ovate-oblong, 

 in opposite pairs. Fl. corymbose, nearly sessile, pinky red. Cal. 

 about half as long as the tube of the opening cor. Plant very 

 bitter. 



Frequent. In dry pastures. (B) A. 69. Between Wishaw and Motherwell ; 

 near Blantyre ; banks of Clyde opposite Dalziel Camp ; Gourock ; Cumbrae and 

 Arran. 



2. E. LINARIFOLIA, Pers. Dwarf-luftedCentaury. Stem erect, 

 seldom branched, 3 6 in. high. Root le. crowded, spathulate ; 



