DICOTYLEDONS. — DROSERACE.^E. Dvoscra. 283 



ternate, cyme trifid leafy, p. 140. — Rocks, walls, and stony 

 places. 

 7. S. rejlexum, leaves scattered subulate fleshy produced at the 

 base, flowers subcyniose. p. 141. — IValls, roof s of houses and 

 thatched hidldings. 



4. RHODIOLA. 



Dioecious. Barren fl. Cnl. 4-partite. Ptt. 4. Nectaries 4, 

 emarginate. Fertile Jl. Cal. 4-partite. Pet. 4. Nectaries 

 4, emarginate. Caps. 4, many-seeded. 



1. Rh. rosea, p. 2S9.—lFet rocks. 



Order LX. PORTULACE.E. Ji/s,?. 



Cal. 2 — 5-cleft. Cor. of 5 petals or 5-cleft. Stam.. definite 

 or indefinite. Ovary \. Style 1-, often many-cleft. Stigmas 

 2 — 5. Pyxis 1 -celled, many-seeded. Seeds attached to a 

 central placenta, albuminous. Ernbryo annular. 



Herbs or Under-shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite, often 

 fleshy. Mirb. 



I. MONTIA. 



Cal. of 2 leaves. Cor, of I petal. Stam. 3. Styles 3. Caps. 

 3-valved, 3- seeded. 



1. M.fontana, p. 47. — Rills, springy and wet places. 



Order LXI. DROSERACE^. Bccand. 



{Part of Capparides, Juss.) 



Cal. 5-cleft, persistent. Pet. 5, equal, unguiculate. Stam. de- 

 finite. Anthers turned outwards, adnate, in aestivation rolled 

 up vyith the styles. Pollen cohering in masses of from 3 — 5 

 granules. Ovary 1 -celled, many-seeded. Placentas parie- 

 tal, opposite to the angles of the ovary. Stigmas simple. 

 Caps. 1-celled, half 3 — 5-valved, many-seeded. Seeds very 

 small. Embryo round, minute, in the base of a fleshy albumen. 

 Radicle opposite the hilum. 



Herbs. Leaves radical. Flowers on scapes. 



1. DROSERA. 



CqZ. 5-cleft. Petals^. Styles 6. Ccpi. 1-celled, 3— 5-valved, 

 many-seeded. 



1. D. rotundifolia, leaves radical orbicular spreading upon ra- 

 ther a short footstalk, scape with a sinjple raceme, p. i)8. — 

 Bogs. 



