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9. R. PULCHER, L. Fiddle,- Dock. Stems procumbent, branches 

 spreading, slender, 12 15 in. high. Le. mostly radical, oblong, 

 cordate at the base, blunt at the apex, contracted in the middle ; 

 upper ones lanceolate, acute. Enlarged segments of the peri. 

 triangular -ovate, with raised netted ribs, toothed below, 1 or 2, 

 sometimes all 3, bearing a tubercle. 



Very rare. " On an embankment of stones by the Avon, between Barncluith 

 and Hamilton wood," Pair. (E) P. 68. 



B. Plants acid. 



10. R. ACETOSA, L. Common Sorrel, Sourock. Stems erect, 

 scarcely branched, 1 2 ft. high. Le. mostly radical, oblong, 

 sagittate. Fl. in leafless panicles, usually turning red; dioecious 

 or monoecious. Outer segments of the peri, reflexed, inner en- 

 larged, roundish-cordate, entire, with a minute scale-like tubercle 

 at the base of each. 



Very common. Pastures and hedge banks. (B) P. 57. 



11. R. ACETOSELLA, Ij.SJieep's Sorrel Stems slender, 3 12 

 in. high. Radical and lower le. hastate-lanceolate, upper ones 

 mostly linear. Fl. in slender terminal panicles, dioecious. Outer 

 segments of the peri, erect; inner ones ovate, scarcely enlarged, 

 no tubercles. 



Very common. On dry banks and gravelly places. (B) P. 57. 

 R. scutatus, L. Garden Sorrel. Le. hastate-ovate, slightly contracted in the 

 middle. 



Near Hamilton, an escape from cultivation, H. & A. 



3. OxfRiA. Mountain-Sorrel. 



O. KENIFORMIS, Hook. Kidney -Shaped Mountain- Sorrel 

 Stems slender, 8 12 in. high. Le. mostly radical, reniform, on 

 long footstalks. Fl. small, in spike-like racemes, pedicels thick- 

 ened upwards, lower portion slender. Fruit very beautiful, with 

 its scarious winged border. 



Frequent. Amongst rocks near cascades, in mountain glens. (H) P. 7 8. 

 Glen Messen; Puck's glen, above Piashfield; Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa, Arran. 



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1. DAPHNE. Spurge-Laurel. 



D. LAUPJEOLA, L. An evergreen shrub, 1 3 ft. high. Le. 

 lanceolate, attenuate below, quite smooth, crowded at the apex 

 of the branch, which is naked below. Racemes axillary of 3 5 

 yellowish green, drooping fl. Bracts ovate, concave. Berry 

 bluish black; poisonous. 



Very rare. In the woods, Bothwell. Cannot be considered as indigenous. (E) 

 Sh. 1 5. 



