222 PRIMHOSK FAMILY. 



70. PLUMB AGINACE^J, LEADWORT FAMILY. 



Known by the flowers with parts five throughout, viz. 5-lobed 

 plaited calyx, o stamens opposite as many petals or lobes of the 

 corolla and almost ,-eparate from them, 5 styles or > .-tigmas, and 

 the free ovary 1 -celled, containing a single ovule hanging; on a 

 sh-nder stalk which rises from its base ; the fruit a small utricle. 



1. Low hardy herbs, with haves all from the root, aiul flowers on scapes, having 

 a funnel-shaped srariiing ruly.r. urm-ly or quite separate /Ht'ils liiprriny at base, 

 and 5 almost or quite separate styles. 



1. AK.MK1.MA. Tufti-il plants with evergreen very narrow and entire leaves, 



simple scapes bearing a head of rose-colored flowers, and styles plumose- 

 hairy towards the ba-e. 



2. STAT'ICE. Broadish-leaved herlis, with scapes branching into a panicle, 



bearing 3-bracted (lowers or clusters : styles smooth. 



2. Plants of warm regions, with branching mostly woody stems bearing alternate 

 tntirb U'lircs, in/if brai'tvil spikes <;/' handsome Jiuteerts, huviity a tubular calyx 

 and corolla, ana one style bearing i'l stiymas. 



3. I'LOlBAiii i. Calyx ">-toothcd at the apex, glandular along the 5 ribs or 



angles. Corolla salver-form, with long tube. 



1. ARMERIA, THRIFT. (Old Celtic name latinized.) Fl. summer. ^ 



A. vulgaris (also called A. MAK/TIMA), COMMON THRIFT, wild on shores 

 of Europe, ,c., cult, in gardens for edgings, &c., with short spreading leaves 

 and scape 3' - 6' high. 



2. STATICE. (Ancient Greek, moaning astringent, the roots used as such 

 in popular medicine.) A few species of the. Old World are cult, in choice 

 gardens, but not commonly. 2/ 



S. Lim6niuin, SEA-LAVENDEB or MAKSH-HOSKMARY. Along the coast 

 in salt-marshes : with oblong or spatulutu thick and pale leaves on slender 

 peti.ilcs, scapes l-2 high, bearing hivcudei -colored (lowers all summer. 



3. PLUMBAGO, LKADWoKT (which the Latin name denotes). The 

 following are. cult, in conservatories, or turned out to flower all summer. 



P. Cap6nsis, CAPE L., with somewhat climbing angled stems, oblong 

 spatulate leaves, and large pale, or lead-blue corolla, the tube li' long. 



P. COCCinea, l\icn-ri.nwi:i:i;i> L., of the Hast Indies, is mure tender, with 

 dee]) red (lowers. 



P. Zeylanica, WHITE-FLOWERED L., of die East Indies, with smaller 



white (lowers. 



71. PRIMULACE.S), PRIMROSE FAMILY. 



Herbs with regular perfect flowers, the stamens borne on the 

 (orollji, and as many as its divisions and oppo-ite them, one style, 

 ami stigma, and many or sometimes lew ovules on a f'rve central pla- 

 centa of the one-celled ovary, in fruit a pod. 



1. M7//I iir<s nil fi-i'i/i //,. /-./.I/ ii n, t simple, thejlowers on a scape, 

 * From a Jib roue-rooted croton or root-slock. 



1. ritTMT'LA. Calyx f.-toothed or ".-cleft, often angled. Corolla s:ilver-hnped 



or funnel-shaped with . r spreading lubes; the >taiiienr, included in i!~ tube. 

 1'u.l opening by valves or teeth at the tup. Flowers ill an umbel, which is 

 B63 lie in uiie species, but UMiallv rai-ed on a scape. 



2. DO|)|;C \ i IIKON. Calyx 6-parted, reflexed. Corolla 6-parted; the divisions 



l:nice.,l:ite. ~tiMiiL. r l\ 1'ellexed. Stamens conniving in a long slender eune, the 

 linear anthers very much longer than the short partly moiiadelphous lila- 

 meiit.s. 1'od splitting into valves. Flowers in an umbel. 



