KEY TO PLATE LV 



No. I. Milkwort 

 (Poly fcatx vulgaris, L.) .-_ 



a, 8 stamhisvwith «ennate fil- v, 

 aments forming split sheath. 



b, Pistil, styljb, and stigma. 



c, Flower, witK. 3 petaloid 

 inner sepals, and petals, 2 

 outer unitecT with lower 

 hood«tf ofie, arid combined 

 with^staminW sheath. <i, 

 Upper part qf plant with 

 alternate ^teflJ-leaves and 



^,^d«(e^ lU^oy^eme. 



No. 2. Grassy Stitchwort 

 {SUllaria f/raminea, h.) 



ill^l Pilfer, ;«Hb gamosopa- 

 'joOd calyx, and capsule open- 

 ing abpve by Iceth. b. 

 Upper part ef pktnt with 

 stem-leaves, in opposite pairs, 

 and ipAbrescence, with flow- 

 ers U dichotomous cyme, 

 with $ 2-fid petals, alitemate 

 with J sepals, 10 staiperis,^^ 

 (, and pistil. 



No. 3. Pretty St. John's Wort 

 (HyperJ^m fmkkrum, L.) 



«, iNstil, wit]^ 3 stigmas, 

 in ca]yx. With 5 glandular 

 sepals, b. Transverse section 

 of capsule, with 3 carpels, 

 opening by septa, c. Upper 

 lOrt of plant wi^i opposite 

 leaves and floweifii in ter- 

 minal a^d axillaty cymes, 

 Showing! petals twisted in 

 biid, 5, di^nct, with stamens 

 in ^^ndle^, with pistil and 



%^as. 



^0. 4. Furze 



^ivpaus, L.) 



«, YOBUg^fbtte plant, with 

 cotyledons, and early jHfoiliate 

 leaves, s later transfbrmed 

 into spints. b. Branch, wi 

 ^ines, and ^p<li«naceouk 

 flowers, showing stand 

 wings, and keel* arid; 

 fertihzed, showing the stigma, 

 and colamn of stamens 



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Na 5. B^^iom // 

 {Cytisitt uofiarius, Linl^ 



a, Fidwer, with calyx, gajno- 

 sepaloiis, with unequal teeth, 

 corolla retnoved .^1^ show 

 stamens in column^ with 

 united filaments apd\«tign>a, 

 with incurved style; »,, le- 

 gume, with t>visted beak 

 (style), c. Seed, d, Branch, 

 with 3-foliate leaver, . and 

 flowers, one pollinated, show- 

 ing papiltonat^us corollas,; 

 with standard,/ wings, and 

 keel, and within the stamens 

 versatile a|n|^ers and 

 fljf- ^^ styfe. 



-VV^o. 6. Tormentil 

 (PeMitf^^'ei^a, Han^peO 



irSect^4f dkk, and pistjils' 

 with^ori^Y stales, "" convex 

 receptacle. ' d. Section of 

 achene. f, Rodisiocle, \YOody, 

 with roots, and leafi^bases. 

 ei, Upper part of p1^ with 

 sessile 3-foliolate k^Ves, and 

 flowers in cyme, jtW'^ dis- 

 tinct petals, aod !,isefii^b, al- 

 ternating, aiso 



