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\.—LYTHRUM. 



LY'THRUM SALIC AR'IA (92). Purple Loose-strife. 7—9- Calyx 

 (587) with 8 — 12 teeth alternate ones longer and spreading, stan:iens 6 long 



and 6 short, stem erect 2 — 5 ^'^^^j leaves opposite lanceolate, flowers 



purple whorled in a tall spike. Watery places, 



II.— PEPLIS. 



PEP'LIS POR'TULA (95). Water- Purslane. 7—8. Calyx campanulate 

 (589) with 12 teeth alternate ones small, petals 6 often wanting, stamens 6, 

 style very short, stem rooting in the mud creeping 6 — 10 in., leaves 

 opposite obovate, flowers small purple axillary solitary. Wei places. 



ORDER 27.— Cucurbitaceae. 



Flowers moncecious or dioecious. Calyx gamosepalous superior 5-toothed. 

 Petals 5. Stamens 3 or 5. Ovary i -celled with 3 parietal placentas. Fruit 

 fleshy I -celled many-seeded. 



BRYONIA. 



BRYO'NIA DIOrCA (59). Bryony. 5—9. A climbing herb with 



(609) greenish dioecious flowers, leaves palmately 5-lobed, stems many 



angled, tendrils simple, staminate flowers in racemose cor)'mbs, corolla 



rotate 5 -partite, stamens 3 rarely 5, pistillate flowers in umbels, ovary 



globose, style trifid, berries red. Poisonous. Hedges a7id thickets. 



ORDER 28. — Portulacaceae. 



Calyx of 2 sepals united at the base. Pistils usually 5 united at the base. 

 Stamens 3 or more. Ovary 1 -celled. Style short. Stigmas several. Herbs 

 with succulent leaves. 



Stamens 5, Claytonia. 



Stamens 3, Montia. 



\. — CLAYTONIA. 



CLAYTO'NIA PERFOLIA'TA. 5—7. Radical leaves broadly ovate 



(254) petiolate, cauline leaves 2 sessile connate into an orbicular blade, 

 flowers small white in terminal racemes. [N. 



U.— MONTIA. 



MON'TIA FONTA'NA (107). Water-blinks. 4—8. Leaves, opposite 



(255) spathulate somewhat succulent, flowers minute white, capsule globular 

 3-seeded. 



