DICOTYLEDONS. — melampyrace.e. Mdampyriwi. 213 



3. U. minor ^ spur extremely short obtuse keeled, upper lip as 

 long as the palate, leaves subtripartite the segments linear 

 dichotomous. p. 9. — Pools. 



2. PINGUICULA. 



Cal. 4 — 5-c!eft. Cur. ringent, spurred at the base beneath. Sligma 

 two-lipped. 



1. P. vulgaris, spur cylindrical acute as long as the veinless petal, 

 upper lip two-lobed, lower one in three unequal obtuse seg- 

 ments, p. 8. — Marshes. 



2. P. Lusita?iica, spur obtuse curved shorter than the cor., divi- 

 sions of the petals nearly equal, leaves and scape hairy, p. 8. 

 — Marshes on the IV. coast. 



Order XVI. VERBENACE.E. Jass. 

 {PyrenacccB Vent., Filices, Jnss.) 



Cal. tubular, persistent. Cor. hypogynous, monopetalous, decidu- 

 ous, usually irregular. Slam, usually didynamous, rarely equal, 

 sometimes 2. Ovary 2 — 4-celled. Ovules erect, solitary, or in 

 })airs. Style \. ;S7/^??2a bifid or entire. Fruit a. Drzipe or Berry. 

 Embnjo straight with little or no alhuvicn. Radicle inferior. 



Trees or Shrubs', rarely Herbs. Leaves generally opposite, with- 

 out stipules. Br. 



1 . VERBENA. Juss. 



Cal. 5'fid. Cor. infinidibuliform; limb unequal, .5-cleft. Slam. 4, 

 didvnamous. Pericarp thin, evanescent. Seeds 4. Flowers pa- 

 uiculato-spicate. Br. 



1. V. officiyialis, tetrandrous, spikes slender panicled, leaves much 

 cut, stem erect solitary, p. 190. — Waste places, rare. 



Order XVII. MELAMPYIIACE.E. Rich, in 

 Analytsc dii Fruit. 



{Pediculares, part of, Juss.) 



Cal. divided, deciduous. Cor. personate, monopetalous, hypogy- 

 nous. Stam. 4, didynamous. Stigma sitnj)le. Caps, naked, 

 2-celled, 2-seeded, Seeds erect, rostellate, with a minute em- 

 bryo at the opposite end of the seed to the point of insertion. 

 Albumen fleshy. Radicle superior. 



Herbs with opposite leaves. Flowers in spikes, half covered with 

 crested bracteie. 



l.MELAMPYRUM. 



Cal. tubular, 4-fid. Co?-, tubular, compressed; lips turned back at 

 the margin; lower one trifid. Stam. 4, didynamous. Caps. 

 oblong, 2-cclled, oblique, opening on one side. Cells l-secded. 

 Seeds gibbou^i at tlie basr. 



