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V.—HOTTONIA. 



Hotto'nia palu'stris (48). Water Violet. 5 — 6. Flowering stem i — 2 ft. 

 (940) erect, leaves submerged whorled pectinate, flowers lilac in whorls 



forming a terminal raceme, corolla | in. diameter salver shaped. Fig. 



p. loi. [F. R. Tb. CI. 



Vl.—CENTUNCUL US. 



CENTUN'CULUS- MINI'MUS (62). Bastard Pimpernel. 6—7. 

 (959) Stem I — 3 in., leaves minute glabrous ovate, flowers pink, axillary 

 numerous, corolla urceolate. IVet sandy places. 



Nll.—SAMOLUS. 



SAM'OLUS VALERAN'DI (80). Brookweed. 6—9. Stem ^—2 ft. erect, 

 (960) radical leaves obovate spreading in a rosette, cauline leaves alternate, 

 flowers white in terminal racemes, corolla campanulate 5-lobed with 

 5 small teeth between the lobes. IVei ground and ditches. 



To this Order belong the cultivated Cyclamen^ Polyanthus^ and Auricula. 



ORDER 57. — Plumbaginaceae. 



Calyx gamosepalous 5 -cleft inferior tubular plaited. Corolla regular of 5 



petals almost polypetalous, the petals cohering only at the base. Stamens 5 



epipetalous opposite the petals. Styles and stigmas 5. Fruit indehiscent 

 I -celled I -seeded. 



Flowers in heads, ........ Armeria I. 



Flowers in panicles, ........ Statice II. 



\.— ARMERIA. 



ARME'RIA MARIT'IMA (108). Thrift. Sea-pink. 4—9. Leaves 

 (938) all radical linear, flowers rose-coloured in hemispherical heads with a 



scarious involucre forming a sheath to the top of the scape. Muddy 



shores and moutitains. 



W.—STATICE. 



STA'TICE LIMO'NIUM (35). Sea Lavender. 7—8. Leaves all 

 (934) radical elliptic-obloug mucronate, flowers small purple in a loose one- 

 sided panicle. Muddy shores. 



