I.] 



PLUMBAGINE^E. 

 Plumbaginese. 



197 

 The Leadwort 



50. Natural Order 

 Family. 



DISTRIBUTION. Affecting maritime, saline, or alpine 

 situations, principally of temperate regions of the Old 

 World. British genera 2, species 5. 



Herbs. Styles 5. Ovary I -celled. 



Type Common Thrift (Armeria vulgaris). 

 A low perennial, with tufted woody stock, rosulate linear 

 leaves, and pedunculate capitate flowers. 



N.B. The petals may be found slightly cohering, and 

 the stamens adherent to the base of the petals, to which 

 they are opposite. 



OBSERVE the i -celled ovary, with 5 styles, containing a 

 single, suspended ovule. 



51. Natural Order Plantaginese. The Plantain 

 Family. 



DISTRIBUTION. A small widely-dispersed Order. 

 British genera 2, species 6. 



Herbs. Calyx polysepalous (sepals 4). Corolla 4-lobed. 

 Stamens 4. Style I. Ovary 1-2-4- celled. 



Type Plantain (Plantago major}. 

 Herb, with tufted broad radical leaves, and long 

 pedunculate spikes of small greenish flowers. 



