27. LYTHRACE^:. 141 



white and downy, fl. corymbose. E. B. iii. Suppl. 484 a & b. 

 P. scandica (Syme) ed. viii. 1 Fr. scarlet. Lower part of the 

 1. often subpiimate, the lobes becoming more and more com- 

 bined as they approach the extremity of the leaf wbich is only 

 deeply and doubly serrate. [. p. minima (Ley) ; 1. narrower with 

 shallower lobes, fr ."small globose. J. of B. 1897, t. 372.] [West of 

 England, Wales.] Arran. Q3. Brecon.] T. V. E. S. 



6. P. Aria (Ehrh.) ; /. of fl. -shoot roundly oval or elliptic, 

 entire below unequally and doubly serrate or with many small 

 broad lobes especially towards the end, lateral veins 9 14 on 

 each side, underside of 1. uniformly snowy-white-felted, fl. corym- 

 bose. E. S. 1858. Lobes deepest a little below the end of the 

 leaf. Chalky banks and limestone rocks. T. V. E. I. 



7. P. rupic'ola (Syme) ; /. of Jl.- shoot obovate narrow and 

 entire below with many small broad lobes on the upper half, 

 deepest near the end, lateral veins 5 8 on each side, underside 

 of /. uniformly snowy -white-felted, fl. corymbose. Sy. E. B. 

 483 Oiten the basal half of the edge of 1. is entire. Exposed 

 rocks. T.V. E.I. 



8. P. latifolia (Syme) ; 1. offl.-shoot elliptic with triangular- 

 oval acutely serrate lobes deepest near the middle of the sides 

 of leaf, lateral veins 5 9 on each side, underside of I. ashy- 

 feltedflocculent, fl. corymbose. Sy. E. E. 484. P. scandica Bab. 

 [P. rotundifolia Bechst. (non Mcench).] L. often very acute with 

 very acute lobes which are longer than broad, basal \ finely 

 serrate. Fr. dark or reddish brown. Hilly woods. T. V. E. 



9. P. tormindlis (Ehrh.) ; I. ovate or cordate lobed glabrous, 

 lobes triangular acute serrate the lower ones larger and spreading, 

 fl. corymbose. E. B. 298. Fr oval brown. Woods and hedges 

 in the" South. T. IV. V. Wild Set vice-tree. E. 



Order XXVII. LYTHRACE^. 



Cal. tubular, lobed ; valves valvate or distant in the bud, some" 

 times with intermediate teeth. Pet. between the lobes of the 

 calyx, very deciduous. Stam. inserted in the tube of the cj 1., 

 below the pet. and equalling them or 2, 3, or 4 times as mary. 

 Ovary free, 2 4-celled. Style 1. Caps, inenibranaceous, 



1 The Rev. A. Ley in a paper on this group in ' Science Gossip,' 1895, 

 p. 113, considers the broader-leaved plant with larger fruit from the West 

 of England distinct from the Arran plant, using the name of" P. scandica 

 Asch. " for the latter. H. & J. G. 



