96 PEDICULARES, ACANTHI. [CI. 8. 



Flower-stalks, mostly umbellate, as Androsace, Pri- 

 mula, Dodecatheon, Cyclamen; and there is an ap- 

 pendix of nearly allied genera, comprising the very 

 doubtful Globularia, with Conobea of Aublet, Tozzia, 

 Samolus, Utricularia, fig. 170, Pinguecula and Me- 

 nyanthes, fig. 184. 



Mr. Brown, following Ventenat, calls this Order 

 Primulacea, and has separated from it some of the 

 appendix, by the name of Lentibularice, given by 

 Richard. Their Corolla is irregular, with a spur. 

 Stamens 2. Albumen none. Embryo sometimes 

 undivided — that is, to speak plainly, monocotyle- 

 donous ! 



Ord. 35. Pediculares. " Calyx divided, per- 

 manent, often tubular. Corolla usually irregular. 

 Stamens definite. Style 1. Stigma rarely cloven. 

 Capsule of 2 cells and 2 valves, each having a central 

 partition, bearing the numerous Seeds. Stem gene- 

 rally herbaceous. Leaves, as well as Flowers, oppo- 

 site or alternate, with 1 Bractea to each Flower." 



Erinus, Castilleia, Euphrasia, Bartsia, fig. 171, 

 Pedicularis, Rhinanthus, Melampyrum, are genuine 

 examples of this Order, all turning more or less black 

 in drying, and well distinguished by their Anthers 

 and Seeds. Their Stamens are 4, 2 longer than the 

 rest. Hyobanche, Orobanche, Lathrcea, &c. are less 

 strictly akin to these ; and Polygala, with Veronica, 

 fig. 2, and Sibthorpia, fig. 176, are but slightly re- 

 lated to them or to each other. 



Ord. 36. Acanthi. "Calyx divided, permanent, 



