556 



CORIS monspeliensis 



Corts. 



PENTANDRIA MONOOYNI^. 



Nat. ord. LvaiMACHiJE. Jus»ieu gen. 95. Div. I. Flores cauli insi- 



denies. x 



PrimuxacEjE. ^Brown^od. 1. 427. 

 CORIS. Cat. veotiicosus^ apice A-tieatatas, Iq ambitl^ 5-setosua* per- 

 siEtens. Cor. (hypogyna) tti^ulosa &-fida insequalis. Stam. coroUae laciniis 

 opposita. Stigma 1. Caps^ 5^valvis, calyce tecta ^ um. numerosa. Canlis 

 (kerbaceus) ramosissimm, ^ilmUitf IfaiisnHignoms; folia Imearia altema; 

 floret spicati terminalei. Ju^ieu ge£. 96. 



GoriB monspeliensis. Linn. sp. pi. ed. 2. 1. 252, Lamarck encyc. 2. 110. 

 illustr. t. 102, Lam. Sf decand. ft. fran^. 3. 437. Desfont. ftor. ail. 1. 

 185. Willd. sp. pi. 1. 100. Hort. Ketv. ed. 2. 1. 383. Curtis's magaz. 



2131. 

 Cons quorundam. C/t«. Aut. 2. 174; optimi. 

 Simfito petreo. Cavan. in an. de tcienc. nat. 2. 271. 

 Symphytum petneum. Cam«r. epit. 699. 



A genus of only one recorded species, and belonging to 

 the Order Primulacece, defined in the Prodromus of Mr. 

 Brown, as follows : 



" Calyx 5- (seldom 4-) cloven, regular, permanent. 

 Corolla of one petal, inferior (under the pistil), regular 

 (seldom irregular), limb of 5 (seldom 4) segments. Sta- 

 mens epipetalous (upon the corolla), of the same number 

 with and opposite to the segments of the limb. Germen 

 onecelled: style one: stigma capitate (headed). Capsule 

 valvular : receptacle of the seed central, insulated : seeds nu- 

 merous, peltate, albuminous : embryo enclosed, parallel with 

 the umbilicus: radicle with no determinate direction. The 

 whole order is herbaceous, \^4th generally opposite, but 

 sometimes whorled, and even scattered leaves. It agrees 

 with MyrsinecB in disposition of the seed, situation of the 

 embryo in relation to the umbilical point, and by the 

 stamens being placed opposite to the segments of the limb 

 of the corolla, but differs from that order in general habit, 

 and by a capsular seedvessel." (B-om the Latin). 



An old, though not common, inhabitant of our flower- 



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