7 s PENTAXDRrA 



Jesuits, who went as missionaries to South America, 

 thought they discovered in the three pistilla the repre- 

 sentation of the three nails with which our Saviour 

 was nailed to the cross ; the five stamina, the five 

 wounds; and in the radiant purple nectary, the re- 

 presentation of the. rays that might be supposed to 

 have surrounded his head when he expired on the 

 Cross. 1 



British Plants in this Order. 



Botanical Generic Names. Common K ■ 



3 Alsine 1 Alsine 



1 Cohrigiola l Sand stratwort 



5 Sambucus 2 Elder 



3 Staphylea l Winged Bladder nut-trek 



4 Tamarix l Tamarix 



23 Viburnum 2 Way-faring-treb 



t La flor de la Granada, 6 Granadilla 

 De Indias, i misterios encerrados, 

 A quien no causara gran maravi la, 

 Figuranse los doce consagrados j 

 De una color verde, i amarilla, 

 La Corona, i los Clavos tres morados, 

 Tan natural estan, i casi al vivo, 

 Que Yo me admiro agora, que lo escrivo. 



Argento, o, Rio de la Plata, Canto III. p. Q* 

 This extract is from an historical poem in 28 cantos, 

 written by Don Martin de la Barco, who went out to America 

 in the expedition with Zaratej.l 572=. 



