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ovate or obovate ; damp sandy places, very rare ; Ticino, 

 Lombardy, Pyrenees. 



4. Telephium, L. 



Leaves alternate ; sepals 5 ; petals 5, white, as long as 

 the sepals ; stamens 5, styles 3. Not alpine. 



T. Imperati^ L. ; flowers white, in crowded clusters at 

 the ends of the branches ; stem leafy, leaves ovate, glau- 

 cous ; rocky places, rare ; Valais, Pyrenees. 



5. SCLERANTHUS, L. 



Leaves opposite, connate ; calyx funnel-shaped, 4-5 

 lobed, green ; petals o ; stamens 5, hypogynous ; stigmas 

 2. Erect weeds in cultivated land ; not alpine. 



5. perennis^ L. ; perennial, calyx -lobes with broad 

 white margin ; and 6'. ajinuuSy L. ; annual (as the rest), 

 calyx-lobes with narrow membranous margin, flowers axil- 

 lary; both very common. vS. verticillatus^ Tausch.; flowers 

 smaller, calyx -lobes almost without a membranous 

 margin ; grassy places. vS. collinus, Horng. ; flowers in 

 clusters at the joints of the stem, stem not much branched ; 

 open hill-sides. 



Class IV.—MONOCHLAMYDE^ or 

 INCOMPLETE. 



Corolla wanting or petals very minute ; flowers usually 

 unisexual, and either monoecious or dioecious, generally 

 inconspicuous. Orders LXIX. — LXXXHL 



