228 DICOTYLEDONS. — ArociNE.^. p^inca, 



** Mouth of the cor. ciliated. 



2. G. awarella, cor. 5-clefthypocrateriform bearded in the ori- 

 fice, cal. 5-clcft, segments equal, p. 86. — Pastures. 



3. G. campestris, cor. 4 -cleft hypocrateriform bearded in the 

 orifice, cal. of 4 leaflets two outer ones very large, p. S6. — 

 Pastures. 



2. ERYTHR^A. 



Cul. .5-cleft. Cor. infundibuliform, with the limb short, marces- 

 cent. Anthers after flowering spiral. Stijle erect. Sligmas 

 2, roundish. Capsule I -celled, linear. 



1. E. Centojirium, stem nearly simple, leaves ovato-oblong, 

 flowers sessile (or nearly so) fasciculato-paniculate, cal. half 

 as long as the tube of the cor. p. IQ. — Dry pastures. 



2. E. pnlchella, stem very much branched, leaves ovato-oblong, 

 flowers pedicellate in lax panicles, cal. as long as the tube of 

 the cor. p. 79. — Sea-shores. 



3. E. littoralis^ stem simple or much branched, leaves ovato- 

 oblong, flowers sessile capitato-paniculate, cal. as long as the 

 tube deeply cleft, p. 80. — Sea-shores. 



3. MENYANTHES. 

 Cal. 5-partite. Cor. infundibuliform; its limb patent, 5-lobed, 



equal, hairy within. Stam. 5. Style \. S/f^wza capitate. 



Caps. 1 -celled, with the axis of the valves seminiferous. 

 1. M. trifoliata. p.l\. — Marshes. 



Order XXVI. APOCINE^. Br. 



Cal. 5-partite, persistent. Cor. 1-petalous, hypogynous, regular; 

 5-lobed, deciduous, with an imbricated aestivation. Stam. 

 inserted into the cor., and alternate vvith its segments. Fila- 

 ments distant. Anth. 2-celled, bursting longitudinally. Pol- 

 len granular, applied immediately jo the stigma. Ovaries 

 2 — 1, 2-celled, in most many-see«ii9. Styles 2 or 1. Stigma 

 1 . Fruit a Follicle, Capsule, Drupe, or Berry, double or 

 single. Embryo leafy, usually with albumen. Plumule incon- 

 spicuous. 



Trees or Shrubs often milky. Leaves opposite, rarely scattered, 

 often having fringes or glands between their stalks. Br. 



1. VINCA. 



{Seeds naked, not comate.) 

 Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. hypocrateriform ; the tube long ; the orifice 

 prominent, pentagonal ; the limb plane, obtusely 5-lobed. 

 Anthers a\)\Mo\imdXe. Style I. S/i^wa capitate, aninilated at 

 the base. 



