THRIFT TRIBE 239 



7. Trientalis (Chickweed, Winter-green) 



1. T. EuropcBa (European Chickweed, Winter-green). The only 

 British species. A pretty plant with an unbranched stem 4-C 

 inches high, bearing a few lanceolate leaves near its summit, from 

 which rise one or more slender flower-stalks, each bearing a delicate 

 white flower. The number of stamens varies from 7-9. Abundant 

 in many parts of the Highlands of Scotland, and occasionally found 

 in the north of England. Fl. June. Perennial. 



8. Glaux (Sea-Milkwort) 



i. G. maritima (Sea-Milkwort). The only 

 species. A fleshy marine plant 3-6 inches 

 high, growing in thick patches, with numerous 

 egg-shaped, glaucous leaves, and axillary pink 

 flowers. In habit it resembles Honckenya 

 peploides. Sea -shore and salt marshes; 

 common. Fl. June to August. Perennial. 



9. Samolus (Brookweed) 



1. 5. Voter andi (Brookweed). A smooth, 

 pale green, herbaceous plant, with blunt, 

 fleshy leaves, and one or more clusters of 



very small white flowers, 



which in their early stage 



are crowded, but finally 



become distant, resembling 



in this respect the habit "giaux Maritima 



of the Cruciform Tribe. ($ea Milk-wort) 



Watery places, common, 

 ** ^"^^iiS^ ant ^- n ke man y (>t ' 1Pr aquatic plants, widely 



diffused over the world. Fl. July to September. 



Annual. 



Natural Order LXIII 

 PLUMBAGINACE^. Thrift Tribe 



Calyx tubular, plaited, chaffy, not falling off, 

 often coloured ; corolla 5-cleft, nearly to the base ; 

 stamens 5, opposite the petals ; ovary of 5 carpels, 

 i-celled ; styles 5 ; fruit i-seeded. Herbaceous 

 or shrubby plants, with undivided, fleshy leaves, 

 and flowers of a thin texture, approaching that 

 usually called everlasting, collected into heads or 

 growing in panicles. They inhabit salt marshes 

 Samolus Valerandi and the seashore of most temperate regions, and 

 (Brookweed) some are also found in mountainous districts. 



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