27. LYTHEACILE. 
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white and downy, fl. corymbose. — E. B. iii. Suppl. 484 a & b. 
P. scandica (Syme) ed. viii.' — Fr. scarlet. Lower part of the 
1. often subpinnate. the lobes becoming more and more com- 
bined as they approach the extremity of the leaf which is only 
deeply and doubly serrate. [8. p. minima (Ley); l. narrower with 
shallower lobes, fr. small globose. J. oj B. 1897, t. 372.] — [West of 
England, Wales.] Arran. \p. Brecon.] T. V. E. S. 
6. P. A'ria (Ehrh.) ; I. of ji.-skoot roundhj oral 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 snowj-'white-felted, li. 
corymbose. — E. B. 185S. — Lobes deepest a little below the end 
of the leaf. — Chalky banks and limestone rocks. T. V. E. I. 
7. P. rupic'ola (Syme); I. of ji.-sJioot oborate narrow and 
entire below with many small broad lobes on the upper half, 
deei)est near the end, lateral veins 5 — S on each side, underside 
of I. unifoitnly snov:i/->ckite-felted, fl. corymbose. — S>/. E. B. 
483.— Often the basal half of the edge of 1. is entire.— Exposed 
rocks. T. V. E. L 
8. P. latifoUa (Syme) : 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. ash)/- 
feItedjloccident,Q. corymhose. — S>y.E. B.iSi. P.scandica(Bah.). 
[p. rctundijolia B4chst. (non Mcench).] L. often very aCUte with 
very acute lobes which are longer than broad, basal j finely 
serrate. Fr. dark or reddish brown. — HUly woods. T. Y. E. 
9. P. tormindlis (Ehrh.) /. ovate or cordate lohed glabrous, 
lobes triangular acute serrate the lower ones larger and spread- 
ing, fl. corymbose. — E. B. 298. — Fr. oval brown. — Woods and 
hedges in the South. T. lY. Y. Wild Service-tree. E. 
Order XXYII. LYTHRACE.E. 
Cal.tubular, lobed ; valves valvate or distant in the bud, some- 
tinies with intermediate teeth. Pet. between the lobes of the 
calj-x, very deciduous. Stam. inserted in the tube of the cal., 
below the pet. and equalling them or 2, 3, or 4 times as many. 
Ovary free, 2 — 4-celled. Style 1. Caps, membranaceous. 
! The Rev. A. Ley In a paper on this group in 'Science Gossip,' 1S95, 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. 
