often unequal at the base. Panicles branched, bearing
numerous whorls of drooping flowers, which are monoecious.
Enlarged petals cordate, waved and somewhat toothed
at the margin, reticulated, one bearing an oblong, not
very evident grain. Nut ovate, acutely triquetrous, pale
brown.
Our figure is taken from specimens gathered near the
Gare Loch, Dumbartonshire; Perfect fruit was obligingly
communicated by Mr. Henderson, ofMilton, Peterborough,
from plants sent from Glen Fruin.—W. J . H.
The leaf is here reduced in size.
