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1 or 2-flowered. Bracteas minute. Cor. white, striped and varie- 

 gated with pink. 



Very rare. A doubtful native. (E) P. 6 7. Banks of Clyde at Cranstonhill 

 Old Water- works, nearly destroyed by the washing away of the bank ; Forth and 

 Clyde Canal bank, at the pond above Cowcaddens. 



2. CALYSTISGIA. Bearbind, Hooded-Bindweed. 



1. C. SEPIUM, Br. Great Convolvulus. Stem twining and 

 climbing over hedges, several feet long. Le. arrow-shaped, lobes 

 truncate. El. solitary, on square peduncles. Bracts large, heart- 

 shaped, concealing the cal. Cor. large, white, rarely pink. 



Frequent. In hedges and thickets. (E) P. 68. Banks of the first stream 

 above Dalmarnock bridge, south side of Clyde; railway bank above Dunlop's 

 bridge ; banks of Clyde at Dalbeth ; field on the Possil road ; Gourock to Arran. 



2. C. SOLDANELLA, Br. Sea-side Convolvulus. Rhizome creep- 

 ing in the sand. Stem prostrate. Le. broadly rounded or 

 reniform succulent. Ped. single-flowered, with 4-winged angles. 

 Fl. very large, pink or rose-coloured, with a yellow band in the 

 centre of each segment. Forming a very elegant object when 

 lying on the bare sand. 



Frequent. Sandy sea shores. (E) P. G 8. Fintry bay, Cumbrae; Bute and 

 Arran. 



3. CUSCUTA. Dodder. 



C. EPILINUM, Weihe. Flax- Dodder. Stems slender, twining, 

 nearly simple. Heads of fl. sessile, bracteated. Cor. with a 

 globose tube, scarcely longer than the campanulate cellular cal. 

 Styles not longer than the flower (included). Scales adpressed to 

 the tube of the cor., bifid and fimbriated. 



Rare. Parasitical on flax, not native, but introduced with flaxseed. A. 8. 

 " Near Kilsyth," Mr. Duncan. "Arran," Lands. Near Chryston. 



C. Europxa and C Epithymum are both noticed, the latter in ffopk. FL G., 

 and both in Pair. Ind. PL Lan., as having been found on flax; may they not be 

 C- Epilinum? 



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1. E'CHIUM. Viper s-Bugloss. 



*E. VULGARE, L. Common Viper* s-Bugloss. Stem simple, 

 erect, hispid, 1 2 ft. high. Radical le. lanceolate, petiolate. 

 Stem le. linear-lanceolate, hispid. Spikes of fl. lateral, ultimately 

 forming a long, one-sided, compound raceme. St. longer than the 

 cor. Fl. at first reddish, turning bright blue. 



Rare. On rubbish. Possil road; near Govan; Bute. (B) B. 67. 



2. PULMONARIA. Lungwort. 



*P. OFFICINALIS, L. Stem 6 12 in. high. Le. ovate, cor- 

 date, stalked; upper stem le. ovate, sessile, all covered with 



