344 TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 



and then with the preceding, but not common. 

 ^. V. 



The radical leaves are often rounded as in the pre- 

 ceding, but fmaller : the ftalks are weak, and 

 commonly trail upon the ground : the flalk- 

 leaves are haftate^ with an angle or dent on each 

 fide near the bafe, and iland on fliort peduncles. 



All authors have defcribed this as a diftind fpecies 

 from the preceding •, we do not therefore prefume 

 to dilTcnt from the general opinion, otherwife we 

 fnould be difpofed to term it only a variety, as 

 we have obferved the limits between them infen- 

 fibly vaniihing into one another. 



grcenlan- C.-foliis reniform^ibus carnofis integerrimis. Sp.pl. 

 dica g. c)04 {Earth. a5t. 3. />. 143. /. 144.; 



Greenland Scurvygrals. AngJis, 

 Upon the highland mountains, about Loch-Ran- 

 noch^ In Verthfmre^ &c. and in the Orknies. Mv. 

 Stuart, S . V. VI. 



The radical leaves are very fmall and fucculent, 

 convex on the under fide, and have long thread- 

 like footllalks : thofe on the flalk are haftate and 

 angular, and have fhort footllalks. The plant 

 is not above two inches high, and from the fpe- 

 cimens we have feen, we fufpedt it to be only a 

 ftarv'd variety of the Brfl kind. 



afjzlica 4. COCHLEARIA foliis omnibus ovato-lanceolatis 

 fubfmuatis. Sp.pL 903. {Ger.em, 401,/. 2, Mo- 

 ris. 



