POPULAR FLOKA. 



129 



5. CoRYMBED S. Herb 1° to 2° high, with a terete stem, little branched; leaves oblorsg, dotted with 



black as well as with transparent dots, and so generally are the pale j-eUow petals ; sepals oblong. 

 Low grounds. //. cory^nhusum. 



* * * Stamens few, 5 to 15. Styles 3, short. Pod one-celled. Slender annuals, growing in wet 



or sandy places, 4' to 15' high : flowers very small. 



6. Smat.l S. Stem weak, with spreading branches, leafy to the top; leaves ovate or oblong, partly 



clasping, o-ribbed. H- midilum. 



7. Canada S. Branches erect, leaves lance-shaped or linear; cymes leafless. TI. Canadcnse. 



8. Pine-weed S. Bushy-branched, the branches wiry and very slender; the leaves very minute, 



awl-shaped, close-pressed to the branches; flowers minute, sessile along the branches. H. Sarothra. 



15. PINK PAMILY. Order CARYOPPIYLLACEiE. 



Herbs with opposite and entire leaves, wliicli are not dotted, the stems swollen at the 

 joints. Flowers regular, their parts in fives, sometimes in fours. Stamens never more 

 than tw^ice as many as the petals or sepals, and often fewer, on the receptacle or the calyx. 

 Styles or stigmas generally separate, 2 to 5. Fruit a pod, whith is generally one-celled, 

 with the seeds from the bottom or on a central column. These are kidney-shaped, and 

 Lave the embryo on the outside of the albumen, generally coiled around it. — Bland 



306 



338 



30*2. Piece of Sirle-flowerin!! Saiidwort. 303. p'lower mngnifiefl. 3'^4. A ree'l divide^l, sliowin^fie eniHr-o coilefl a— >iiii<) the ont^i.Ie of ' 

 the albumen. 305. lisul cf tsajid-Sjiurrey cm tliioush len-^Jiwise aii.l niagiiilieil. oOj. Lower jjuit ol' liic oviiy of llit! same, cui acrods. 

 3o7. Flower of a Calclifly cut tlirough lengUiwise. 3ud. A sep.irale petal. 



