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An elegant little shrub with yellow blossoms, which expand 

 in sunshine only, and are of ephemeral existence. The 

 stamens, when rudely touched, retire from the style, and 

 lie down in a spreading form upon the petals, an interest- 

 ing example of vegetable irritability. 



Mr WINCH found a single specimen of Delphinium consolida, 

 in fields near the Loch on Holy Island ; but, as he in- 

 forms me, it may have been imported with corn, and can 

 scarcely claim a place in our Flora. 



II. POLYGYNIA. 



163. ANEMONE. 



1. A. nemorosa, stem single-flowered ; leaves and involucre 

 stalked, ternate, lobed and cut ; petals 6, elliptical, white, tinged 

 with purple on the outside ; seeds pointed, without tails. Wood 

 Anemone. 



Hob. Woods, deans, and elevated moors, abundant. April. 



164. THALICTRUM. 



1. T. minus, leaves doubly pinnate, leaflets ternate, 3-cleft, 

 glaucous on both sides ; flowers panicled, pendulous ; stem zig- 

 zag ; stipulas rounded. Lesser Meadow-rue. 



Hob. Dry pastures. Tweed banks opposite Spring Gar- 

 dens ; Spittal Links, and banks beyond Hudshead, 

 Thomp. Common on our coast. June, July. If 



2. T. majus, leaves triply pinnate, leaflets ternate, lobed, glau- 

 cous beneath ; branches of the panicle aggregate, somewhat um- 

 vellate ; flowers drooping ; stipulas crescent-shaped, notched. 

 Greater Meadow-rue. 



Hal. " Rocky and woody banks of the Eye at Nether- 

 byres," Rev. A. Baird. June, July. If 



t 3. T. flavum, stem erect, furrowed, leafy ; leaves doubly pin- 





