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2. S. MINOR, L. Lesser Skullcap. A smaller and smoother 

 plant than the last, 4 8 in. high. Le. entire. Fl. small, pale 

 pink, lower lip spotted. 



Very rare, and probably extinct in the vicinity of Glasgow; as the station of 

 Ure's, at Rosebank on the Clyde, is now cut up by a railway; and the last one 

 picked was at Buttery-burn Loch, 25 years ago. " Bog between Luss and 

 Helensburgh," H. & A, Cockle Bay, Bute. (E) P. 710. 



56- LENTIBULARIACE^!. 



1. PiNGufcuLA. Butterwort. 



1. P. VULGARIS, L. Common Buttemvort. Le. all radical, 

 spreading, pale green, fleshy, covered with minute crystalline 

 points, margins involute, curving back from the point after being 

 gathered, hiding the roots. Scape 3 5 in. high, with a single 

 drooping violet-blue fl., palate hairy; spur subulate. Capsule 

 ovate. 



Frequent. Begs and heaths. (S) P. 5 7. Cathkin hills ; banks of the Eittoch 

 burn; marshy places all round the shores of the Firth, and on the hills plentiful. 



2. P. LUSITANICA, L. Pale Butter wort. Smaller than the last, 

 with a slender downy scape. Fl. pale yellow, tinged with purple ; 

 spur cylindrical, obtuse, curved, shorter than the limb of the cor. 

 Cap. globose. 



Not common. Wet bogs. (A) P. 6 9. Cumbrae ; Bute and Arran. 



2. UTRICULARIA. Bladderwort. 



1. IT. VULGARIS, L. Greater Bladderwort. A floating plant, 

 6 12 in. long, or even more in deep water. Le. multifid, seg- 

 ments capillary, bearing little green bladders, with a small crest. 

 Flowering stems 6 8 in. high, with 6 8 rather large, bright 

 yellow fl, in a raceme. Spur about half the length of the cor. , 

 more or less curved, conical. Palate broad, convex, upper lip 

 short. 



Very rare. (B) P. 6 7. "Deep hole in the marsh, Possil; also at Rob- 

 royston ? " HopTc. " Loch Davie, Arran, 1 ' Lands. Island of Cumbrae. 



2. U. MINOR, L. Lesser Bladderwort. Smaller in size than 

 the last, very much branched, slender. Le. small, tripartite, and 

 repeatedly forked, bearing 1 2 bladders. Fl. small, pale yellow. 

 Spur very short, or a mere projecting blue point. 



Not common. Ditches, pits, and pools. (B) P. 6 9. Frankfield Loch; Possil 

 marsh ; St. Germans Loch ; and Cumbrae. 



57. PRIMULACEJE. 



1. PK^MULA. Primrose, Coivslip. 



1. P. VULGARIS, L. Primrose. Le. all radical, obovate-oblong, 

 tapering from the middle downwards, toothed, wrinkled, pale 



