NEW OR RARE SCOTTISH PLANTS. 303 



rigidi glabri cylindrici geniculati ; folia radicalia 

 liniaria canaliculata (ante anthesin plana) glaberri- 

 ma, apice acuta basi parum ciliata, caulina opposita' 

 basi connata vaginantia, vaginis brevibus ; flores 

 subsessiles congesto-capitati bracteati, bracteis flori- 

 bus subaequalibus ; calyx laevis, dentibus calycinis 

 scariosis membranaceis ; petala apice bifida, ungui- 

 bus membranarum destitutis glabris ; squamae co- 

 ronatas brevissimae bi vel tri dentataa. 



Lychnis viscaria differs from this species in the 

 following characters : Radical leaves, much longer, 

 apices obtuse, stem much taller, flowers thin-spiked 

 on short peduncles ; bracteae twice as short as the 

 flowers ; calyx rugose ; petals entire ; claws of the 

 petals furnished with longitudinal membranes at 

 their margins ; margins ciliated ; squamae of the 

 crown larger. 



This beautiful little plant was discovered many 

 years ago, by the late Mr G. Don of Forfar, who found 

 it on the highest mountains of Clova, Angusshire,. 

 on rocks facing the south, near their summits, but 

 very sparingly. The Scotch plant exactly agrees 

 with the figure in Flora Danica, except in the num- 

 ber of pistils, the Scottish specimens having uni- 

 formly five : I am fully convinced, that a specific 

 character, taken from the numbers of pistils, must 

 be inadequate. The figure of this species, in Eng- 

 lish Botany, is tolerably good, considering its ha- 

 ving been taken from a dried specimen ; the repre- 



