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STAMENS epigynous, pentandrous ; filaments subulate ; anthers 

 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. 



PISTIL syncarpous, monogynous ; ovary inferior, 5-celled; 

 styles very short, connate ; stigmas simple, obtuse ; ovules soli- 

 tary, pendulous, anatropous. 



FRUIT a globose berry, I 5-celled, I 5-seeded ; seeds albu- 

 minous, albumen ruminated ; embryo with a superior radicle. 



COMMON PRIMROSE. Primula vulgaris. 

 CLASS Dicotyledons. Division Corolliflorse. 



A perennial acaulescent herb, with simple radical leaves, and 

 pale sulphur-yellow flowers on slender scapes. 



ROOT^of several stout fibres, from a short, fleshy, subterranean, 

 perennial rhizome. 



LEAVES radical, tufted, obovate-oblong or oblanceolate, 

 toothed, rugose, slightly .pubescent, nearly sessile, exstipulate. 



FLOWERS regular, hermaphrodite, on slender, erect or ascend- 

 ing, pilose, I -flowered scapes. 



CALYX inferior, gamosepalous, slightly inflated, 5-fid, with 

 acute teeth, persistent. 



COROLLA hypogynous, hypocrateriform ; tube exceeding the 

 calyx ; limb 5-lobed, lobes obovate, emarginate. 



STAMENS pentandrous, epipetalous, opposite to the lobes of the 

 corolla (inserted either at the top of the tube above the stigma, 

 or near the middle of the tube and below the stigma) ; filaments 

 short ; anthers erect, oblong, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. 



PISTIL syncarpous, monogynous ; ovary superior, globose, I- 

 celled ; style terminal, erect, filiform ; stigma capitate ; oz'ules 

 indefinite, upon a free central placenta. 



FRUIT a capsule, dehiscing by teeth ; seeds indefinite, angular, 

 albuminous ; embryo minute. 



RAGWORT. Senecio Jacobaa. 

 CLASS Dicotyledons. Division Corolliflorae. 



A perennial herb, with much divided simple leaves, and ter- 

 minal cymose heads of yellow florets. 



ROOT fibrous, from a short, fleshy, perennial root-stock. 



STEM annual, erect, 2 4 feet high, branched, leafy, furrowed, 

 glabrous or sparsely tomentose. 



