274 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNfA. glaiOx^ 



Pursh FL I. p. 176. Muhl. Cat, p. 26. Roem. <t* 

 Schutt. V. p. 514. 



Hoot perennial. Stem erect, 4 — 5 inches high, very leafy. 

 Leaves opposite, ovate, smooth, fleshy, entire. Flowers small, 

 solitary, axillary, pale rose-coloured. Segments of the calyx 

 obtuse, spreading. 



Hab. On the sea-coast j every where in the nortliern hemis- 

 phere, within the temperate regions. JiTuttaU. I have 

 sought for this plant in vain. 



ORDER Ih 

 D I G Y N I A„ 



A. Flowers monopetalous, inferior, 

 * Follicles 2. 



186. Apocynum. 188. Gonolobus. 



187. Peripl6ga. 189. Asclepias. 



** Fruit capsular,, 

 190. Gentiana. 191. CWSCUTA. 



B. Corolla b-petalled, inferior, 



192. Heuchera. 



C. Corolla 5-petaUed, superior, 



193. Panax. 



p. Flowers incomplete, 



194. Atriplex. 196. Salsola. 



195. Chenopodium. 197. Ulmus. 



198. Celtis, 



E. UMBELLIFER^. 



According to the System of Spr eng el, 



a. Umbels subcapitate, 



199. Eryngium. 200. Sanicula. 



b. Umbels imperfect, Involucrum obsolete or 0. fLeaveS 



confluent with the petiole, subsimple.J 



201. Hydrocotyle. 



