KEY TO PLATE XLV 



No. I. Greater peUndine 

 {Chelidonium iit'ajMs, L.) 



at, Capsule, opening from be- 

 low upwards, by valves,, 

 showing seeds. b. Seed, 

 with crested raphe. c. 

 Upper i>art of plant, with 

 pinnate leali and inflor- 

 escence with flowers in 

 umbel, showing 2 sepals, 4 

 petals, many stamens, and 

 (Sistil, and one umbel with 

 capsules. 



No. 2. Shepherd's Parse 



{Capselh Bursa-fMsioris 

 Medic.) .1 



o, Flower, with 4 sepals^ al- 

 ternate with 4 petals, and 

 stamens (6) within, and pistil, 

 b, Silicle, with valves openitig 

 from below upwards, and 

 seeds attached to septutn. c, 

 Kootstock, wfth radical leaf, 

 pinnate. </, Stem, with upper 

 ^^gittate stem-leaf. and 

 ^raceme with lower pedicds, 

 //|jearing silicles, and upper 

 flowers in various stages. 



No. 3, Mouse-car Chickweed 

 {Ce?a$^upi imlgalihn, L.) 



a, .\ndrdeciuni, with 10 sta- 

 mens, and ^n;rcium. b, 

 2-fid petal. <", Flower, with 

 5 distinct sepals .ind j petalsi. 

 d. Pistil, with styles (5).''^ 

 Capsule, opening above, with 

 seedi being blown out, withm 

 'calyx. / .Seed, g, Hoot-., 

 stock, with roots,and branCh'e4t 

 stem, with lower leaves. fA, 

 Upper part of plant, with 

 opposite leaves, and inflores-^ 

 cence, with flowers in dichot 

 mnous cyme with some flowers, 

 , in fruif. ■ ^ 





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Common or Mai^h 

 Mallow 



(Malva iylvestrU, liV 



a. Vertical section of flower, 

 showing calyx, petals, alter- 

 nating, pistil, with ovary, long 

 /SUfJe, tasselled stigmas, and 

 ^tag of anthers. *, Schizocarp 

 within calyxandepicalyx, with -, 

 several mericarps or carpels,^ y/ 

 c. Upper part of plant, witfr'^'^ 

 leaves lobed, stipules, and>j, 







No. 6. Melilot 



■Melifotus officinalis, La;<ftlJ^ 



CV «, F'lower,"showing gamosljJ- ' 

 C^ ' alous calyx, and papilionace- 

 ^^i-i,rOus corolla, with standard, 

 ^;'V:ij(ings, and keel, b, Pod, in 

 \-/ -ijersistent calyx, c^ JUpper 

 ■z^' giifi of plant with trifoliate 

 es, stipules, ^"'l flowers 

 r-ifi racemes^ oue-jided. 



Stork's Blll| 



VEroiiiunt ciciitarium, 

 L'Herit.) 



•^ ' u'^'^^ J 



a, Pet^il ' #, Stamen and sta- 

 minode. c. Pistil, with style, 

 and tassel-like stigin;is. d. 

 Fruit, with styliferous beak 

 or carpophore made up of 

 several carpels attached to 

 rods, e. Carpel, with twisted 

 awn. /, Upper part of plant, 

 with pinnatifid leaves, and 

 flowers in contracted cyme 

 showing 3 petals and alter- 

 nate sepals, with bracts below 

 the cyme. 



