418 PLUMBAGINE^. [part n. 



American Cowslip (Dodecatheon), Bear's-ear 

 Sanicle (Cortusa), Soldajiella, the Water Violet 

 (Hootonia), and Loosestrife {Lysimachia). 



ORDER CXLIX.— GLOBULARI^. 



Pretty alpine plants, with blue flowers. 



ORDER CL.— PLUMB AGINEiE. 



This order probably belongs to Monochla- 

 mydese. The principal genera are Sea Laven- 

 der (Statice)^ remarkable for the coloured foot- 

 stalks of the flowers ; Thrift {Armerid) ; and 

 Leadwort {Flumhago). The corolla in these 

 plants is either monopetalous, with the stamens 

 free from the corolla and growing from beneath 

 the pistil, or with five petals, to which the sta- 

 mens are attached. There are five styles and 

 five stigmas, but only a one-celled and one- 

 seeded ovary. The fruit is thin and dry. The 

 pedicels of all the species of the Sea Lavender, 

 particularly of Sfatice arborea, are often mis- 

 taken for the flowers. 



