SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



96. Staphy'lea, [Page 443.] Cahjx five parted, inferior, co- 



loured, with an urceolate disk at the base. Petals five. 

 Styles two or three, sometimes united. Fruit a mem- 

 branous capsule, of two or three cells, dehiscing internally. 

 Seeds roundish. — Upright deciduous shrub, with large 

 floioers in racemose panicles and pinnate leaves. 



97. Ta'marix, [Page 444.] C'a/i/a: four or five parted, persistent. 



inferior. Petals four or five. Stamens four or five, or 

 eight or ten. Stigmas three, long, spreading, glandular 

 and oblique at the apex. Capsule tapering to a point, of 

 one cell, three valved, and many seeded. Seeds crowned 

 with long simple hairs. — Shrubs or herbs tvith rod-like 

 branches, small alternate scale-like leaves, and spiked or 

 racemose flowers. 



98. CoRRiGi'oLA, [Page 445.] Calyx five parted, persistent, 



inferior. Petals five, inserted into the base of the calyx, 

 and as long. Stigmas three, sessile. Capsule covered by 

 the calyx, single seeded. Seed suspended by its cord, 

 which arises from the bottom of the capsule. — Small 

 procumbent herbs, with alternate glaucous leaves, and 

 small floioers in terminal corymbose racemes. 



(See Chenopodium in Ord. 2. Stellaria in Class 10.) 



Order IV. Tetragynia. — 4 Pistils. 



99. Parn'assta, [Page 446.] Ca/?/.r five parted, spreading. Petals 

 five, veiny, and opposite the base of each is an heart- 

 shaped fleshy scale, fringed with slender bristles, tipped 

 with globular glands. Stigmas four, sessile. Capsule 

 superior, of one cell, opening at the apex with four valves, 

 each with a linear ])lacenta, bearing numerous seeds. — 

 Herbaceous plants, tvith entire radical leaves, a simple 

 stem, with one leaf, and a solitary terminal flozoer. 



Order V. Pentagynia — 5 Pistils. 



100. Sta'tice, [Page 447.] Calyx of one piece, funnel-shaped, 

 plaited, dry, membranous, persistent. Corolla of five petals, 

 united at the base, and bearing the stamens. Stigma 

 five. Capsule enveloped in the calyx,- with one seed. — 

 Herbaceous plants tvith radical leaves, flowers in heads 

 or panicles, with an imbricated involucre of scarious scales 



