XCIII. VERBENACER, 295 
Shrubs or herbs, with scattered leaves and densely spiked flowers,— 
Several species, dispersed. 
21. HEBENSTREITIA, Linn. 
Flowers of Polycenia. Carpels 2, unequal, at length sepa- 
rating, 1-celled, the back one often abortive, resting on the 
front, which is 1-seeded.—#. Mey. l. c. p. 246; DC. Prod. xii. 
p. 3. 
Undershrubs or herbs, some annual, with narrow, scattered leaves and 
long spikes of orange or yellow flowers.—Several species, dispersed. 
22. DISCHISMA, Choisy. 
Calyx 2-parted, the segments lateral. Corolla and stamens 
of Polycena. Carpels 2, nearly equal, 1-celled, 1-seeded.— 
E. Mey. l.c. p. 250; DC. Prod. xii. p. 6. 
Separated from Hebenstreitia, on account of the 2-parted calyx. Flowers 
in dense villous spikes.—Several species, dispersed. 
Orver XCIV. PLUMBAGINEZ. 
Calyx tubular, persistent, dry, with plicate estivation. Co- 
rolla regular, either tubular or of 5 separate petals. Stamens 
5, opposite the petals or the lobes of corolla, hypogynous in 
the monopetalous genera, adnate to the claws of the petals 
in the polypetalous. Ovary free, 1-celled; ovule 1, pendulous 
from a long cord, rising from the base of the cell; styles 5 
(rarely 3-4). Fruit a utricle; seed pendulous, albuminous.— 
Herbs or halfshrubs, often growing near the sea or in salt 
ground, with alternate or tufted leaves, and cymose or fascicled 
flowers. Corolla soon withering. Calyx often coloured. 
Tribe 1. PrumMBAGE®. Corolla gamopetalous, salver- or funnel-shaped. 
Stamens hypogynous. 
Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, with 5 glandular ribs. . . . 1. PLuMBaGo. 
Calyx ovate, 5-winged, the wings cross-ribbed and fur- 
TOWED, pile eu sls PR : «is) « «| 2. VOGELIA, 
Tribe 2. STaTicem, Corolla 5- enaueal fares attached to the claws 
of the petals. 
Calyx funnel-shaped, with a 5-nerved, 5-lobed limb . . 3. STATICE. 
1. PLUMBAGO, Tourn. 
Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, membranous, with 5 broad, green, 
glandular ribs. Corolla salver-shaped, the tube exserted ; 
limb 5-parted. Stamens 5, hypogynous. Ovary ovate or ob- 
long; style filiform ; stigmas 5, filiform, glandular within. 
