132 57. PRIMULACE^E. 



green. Fl. on a sessile umbel, erect, dimorphous. Cal. tubular, 

 teeth narrow and pointed. Cor. large, pale yellow, sometimes 

 reddish purple, limb large, flat, tube with scale-like folds in the 

 mouth. 



Two varieties are made out of this single species, one with the flowers springing 



incuico a.i& uutuo uutui tinaoingiu c^euius, uiiu witii mu uuwcrs springing 



extremely short stalk, concealed by the base of the le., the other with 

 rising above the le., and bearing the flowers in an umbel this last is 



Woods and hedge banks. (B) P. 45 



*2. P. VEBIS, L. Cowslip, Paigle.Le. all radical, ovate, 

 crenate, suddenly contracted below the middle, wrinkled, downy. 

 Peduncle elongated. Fl. in an umbel, nodding. Cal. teeth broad, 

 obtuse. Cor. concave, smaller than in the former, with scale-like 

 folds in the contracted mouth of the tube, dull yellow, with orange 

 spots at the base of the limb. 

 Rare and introduced. Cathkin ; Bothwell and around Hamilton. (B) P. 45. 



2. GLAtfx. Sea-Milkwort, Black-Safauort. 



G. MARITIMA, L. Stem decumbent then erect, branched, 3 8 

 in. high. Le ovate, entire, opposite, sessile, fleshy. Fl. axillary, 

 solitary, sessile rose-coloured or pale pink. 



Very common. In muddy salt marshes, all along the Firth. (B) P. 67. 



3. LYSIMACHIA. Loosestrife. 



1. L. VULGARIS, L. Great Yellow Loosestrife. Stem erect, 

 branched, 2 3 ft. high. Le. nearly sessile, o vat o -lanceolate, 

 usually in whorls of 3 4. Fl. in short compound, leafy racemes 

 in the upper axils of the branches, and terminal, forming a large 

 leafy panicle. Cor. large, yellow, nearly campanulate; lobes of 

 the limb entire; filaments minutely glandular; plant downy. 



Very rare. Banks and shady places near water. (E) P. 78. Kenmuir bank; 

 Cambuslang ; "banks of the Clyde at Bowling. 



L. ciliata, L. Banks of the Leven above Dumbarton; "banksof LochLomond,' ? 

 Mr. Gault. Not native. 



2. L. THYRSIFLORA, L. Tufted Loosestrife. Stem erect, 1 2 

 ft. high. Le. opposite, sessile, lanceolate, entire, with minute 

 raised dots. Racemes axillary, on long peduncles. Fl. numerous, 

 small, collected into a dense thyrsus. Cal. with narrow segments. 

 Cor. deeply divided, often into 6 parts, yellow with orange dots. 



Not common. Wet marshes and streams. (I) P. 7. Possil marsh ; Forth and 

 Clyde Canal at Lambhill bridge, going east on the south bank ; Monkland Canal 

 beyond Blackhill locks. 



3. L* NEMORUM, L. Yellow -Pimpernel, Wood- Loosestrife. 

 Stem prostrate, 6 12 in. long. Le. opposite, 011 very short stalks, 



