X.XXV1 PENTANDRIA. 



39. IMPATIENS. Sepals 2, coloured ; corolla irregular, 

 spurred. Succulent herbaceous plants, remarkable for 

 the curious structure of their flowers and elastic capsules. 

 BALSAM TRIBE. P. 129. 



40. VIOLA. . Sepals 5 ; corolla irregular, spurred. 

 Herbaceous plants with blue, white, yellow, or varie- 

 gated flowers, which are often fragrant. VIOLET TRIBE. 

 P. 76. 



***** p er ianth double ; corolla of 5 petals ; ovary 

 inferior. 



41. EIBES. Calyx 5-cleft, bearing the petals and 

 stamens \ berry juicy. Shrubs with green flowers and 

 eatable fruit. GOOSEBERRY AND CURRANT TRIBE. P. 

 239. 



42. HEDERA. Calyx of 5 teeth ; petals and stamens 

 inserted on the ovary ; berry mealy. An evergreen 

 climbing shrub, bearing its green flowers in simple 

 umbels. IVY TRIBE. P. 286. 



****** p er i ant k s i 



43. GLAUX. Corolla bell-shaped, 5-lobed ; capsule 

 with about 5 seeds. A sea-side plant, with succulent 

 leaves and pink axillary flowers. PRIMROSE TRIBE. 

 P. 510. 



44. ILL^CEBRUM. Sepals 5, awl-shaped, white ; seed 



1. A rare aquatic, with slender tangled stems, minute 

 leaves, and whorled flowers. KNOT-GRASS TRIBE. P. 

 228. 



45. THESIUM. Perianth 4 5-cleft ; fruit a drupe 

 crowned by the calyx. A parasitic plant, with branched 

 herbaceous stems and terminal clusters of whitish 

 flowers. SANDAL- WOOD TRIBE. P. 546. 



ORDER II. DIGYNIA. 2 Pistils. 



46. HYDROCOTYL, to 79. MYRRHIS. Petals 5 ; seeds 



2, crowned by the calyx. Herbaceous plants, mostly 



