.54 PENTANDltIA MONOGYNIA. 



G2. ASPERUGO. 



1. A. procumbens, stems prostrate, square, rough ; leaves ellip- 

 tic-lanceolate, rough ; flowers small, blue, axillary, solitary, on 

 short stalks; calyx when in fruit deflexed, much enlarged, 

 German Madicort. 



Hob. " In the Holy Island," Ray. " On Bamburgh -Castle, 

 confined to a small spot," Miss Nivison. June, July. () 



G3. LYCOPSIS. 



1. L. arvensis, herb bristly ; leaves lanceolate, wavy, somewhat 

 toothed, very bristly ; stalks of the bright blue flowers and fruit 

 erect ; limb of the corolla slightly unequal. Small Buyloss. 

 Ilab. Corn fields frequent. June, July. Q 



G4. ECHIUM. 



1. E. vulgare, stem bristly and warty ; stem-leaves lanceolate, 

 bristly, single ribbed ; spikes lateral, deflexed, hairy ; flowers 

 most beautiful, at first reddish purple, then brilliant blue. Ft- 

 per's Bugloss* 



Ilab. Waste grounds, and occasionally in dry corn fields. 

 Banks of the Whiteadder, from its mouth to Edring- 

 ton ; Holy Island Links ; Wooler, Thomp. North side 

 of the Tweed above the Union Bridge, &c. July. $ 



65. PRIMULA. 



1. P. vulgaris, leaves obovate-oblong, toothed, wrinkled; stalks 

 single-flowered ; limb of the corolla flat. Common Primrose. 



Hab. Grassy banks towards the sea, and in deans, com- 

 mon. April, May. If. 



We have gathered a variety with purplish flowers in Long, 

 ridge Dean ; and the variety with the flowers in an um- 

 bel is abundant in the ravine above Burnmouth, and, ac- 

 cording to my friend Mr BAIRD, on the banks of the Eye, 

 &c. The latter is a very remarkable monstrosity, distin- 

 guished for its size and beauty. The common stalk is 

 strong, 4 or 6 inches long, bearing an umbel of about 9 

 flowers, each supported on a partial stalk with lanceolate 

 brae teas at their bases. The flowers are rather less than 

 the single ones, but the limb is equally expanded. In 



