

214 PfcNTANDRIA. 



cerastoi'des. S. Stem spreading, forked: leaves battledore, or inversely 



egg-shaped ; pointed, bent back : fruit-stalks re- 

 flected after flowering. 



Dicks* h. s.—Curt.—E. hot. l66. 



A span high ; stems several, cylindrical ; branches diverging. 

 Leaves opposite, in pairs, upper ones sitting. Flowers from the 

 forks of the stems and branches. Fruit-stalk an inch long, pu- 

 bescent. Calyx 4-leaved. Bloss. 4 petals, white, cloven at the 

 end, but half the length of the cup. Stam. 4. Germen egg- 

 shaped, as long as the stamens. Styles 4, very short, upright. 

 Summits bent back, woolly. Caps, cylindrical, opening at the 

 top, with 8 teeth. Its habit that of a Cerastium. Discovered 

 by Mr. Dickson on the sandy shores of Inch KeitB, Inch 

 Coombe, and on the beach near Preston Pans. 



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June, July. Linn 



CLASS V 



PENTANDRIA 



MONOGYNIA, 



of 1 petal 



eds. 



Rough-leaved. 



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CHIUM. Bloss. mouth naked; irregular 



PULMONA'RIA. Bloss. mouth naked; funnel-shaped: 



Cal. prism -shaped. 



LITHOSPERTMUM. Bloss. mouthnaked j funnel-shaped: 



Cal. with 5 divisions. 



SYMPHYTUM. Bloss. mouth toothed : bellying. 



BORA'GO. Bloss. mouth toothed : wheel-shaped. 



LYCOP'SIS. Bloss. mouth closed j funnel-shaped) tube 



crooked. 



ASPERU'GO. Bloss. mouth closed; funnel-shaped, 



Fndt compressed. 



CYNOGLOS'SUM. Bfow. mouth closed : ftmnel-shaped : 



Seeds depressed ; fixed sidewise. 



ANCHU'SA. Bloss. mouth closed j funnel-shaped; tube 



prism-shaped at the bottom. 



