292 66. i'OiYeoNAOBJ3. 



lanceolate, lower 1. cordate or rounded at the base. — Nut ovate- 

 elliptic, acute. Enlarged pet. broadest above their middle. 

 Lowermost whorls often each accompanied by a leaf. Veins of 

 th e 1. bright red. Branches ascending. — /3. JR. viridis (Sibth.) ; 

 ■("eins of the 1. green. Unopened anth. pale yellow. iJ. nemo- 

 rosus Schrad.^Woody places, rare. 0. "Woods and roadsides, 

 frequent. P. VI.— VIII. E. S. I. 



5. R.,pulcher (L.) ; enlarged pet. triangular-ovate netted with 

 ribs toothed below one principally tuberoled, branches spreading, 

 whorls mostly leafy, lower l.jiddleshaped or cordate-oblong blimt, 

 upper 1. lanceolate-acute, sf. procumbent.^ — St. straggling. 

 Whorls distant. Nuts ovate, acute, — Dry waste places. P. 

 VIL— IX. FiddU Dock. •"' " ' E.I. 



6. iZ. uhtnsifulius (L. ?) ; enlarged pet. ovate-blunt-triangular 

 subulate-dentate below with raised veins, and an oblong or ligu- 

 late entire point one prmcipally tubercled, lower I. cordate-ovate- 

 oblong blunt, upper 1. oblong or lanceolate, branches ascending. 

 — ^^Height 3 — 3 feet. A^' hoils usually distant and leafless. Nut 

 elliptic, nearly twice as long as broad. — I think that all the 

 British specimens that I ha-^-e seen areiJ. Finesii (Gren.), R. 

 dii-aricatus. (Fr.). They are probably not the true B. obtusifolius 

 (L.), which is H. syhestri^ (Wallr.) and has only slightly 

 toothed small triangular not prolonged and less strongly veined 

 enlarged pet., and a nut scarcely longer than broad, and ap- 

 pears to grow onlv in the North of Europe. — Pastures and 

 waste ground. P. 'VII.— IX. E. S. I. 



.7. R. prateii! sis (M. it K.) ; enlarged pet. vnequal cordate di- 

 lated and toothed at the hasc irith a small entire triangular point 

 one principallv tuberoled, 1. oblong-lanceolate acute, lower 1. 

 slightly cordate below.— -B. B. S. 2757.— St. and whorls often 

 tinged with dull red. Whorls near together but not crowded, 

 mostly leafless. Unopened anth. white. Nuts elliptic, abundant. 

 One enlarged pet. larger than the others, sometimes all .3 

 equally tuberoled'. — Marshy places, rare. P. VI. — IX. E. S. I. 



[R. conspei'sus (Hartm. ?), which has membranous netted 

 broadly cordate toothed enlarged petals, is found by Dr.'Amott 

 in Kinross-shire.] ' ' 



8. R. o-is'pus (L.) ; enlarged pet. cordate entire or cremdaie'_ 

 oiie principally tubercled, 1. lanceolate acute wavy crisped.— 

 lieig-ht 2 — 3 feet. St. and whorls .soinetimes tinged with 

 bright red. L, narrowed or tmncate below. Nut elliptic. En- 

 larged pet. equal, sometimes all equally tubercled. — Roadsides, 

 fields, &c. P.VI.— VIII. Curled Bock. E.S.I. 



9. R. aquaHicua (L.); eiilarged pet. broadlg cordate membra- 

 nous entire or wavy withmit tubercles, 1. lanceolate, lower 1. some- 



