HEXANDRIA. 



102. CERASTIUM. Petals 2 cleft, capsule 1 -celled, many- 

 seeded. Herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and 

 white flowers. CHICKWEED TRIBE. P. 87. 



103. SP^RGULA. Petals entire, capsule 1 -celled, many- 

 seeded. A small herbaceous plant, with whorled leaves 

 and white flowers. KNOT-GRASS TRIBE. P. 228. 



104. SIBBALDIA. Petals and stamens inserted on the 

 calyx. A humble alpine plant, with ternate leaves 

 and yellowish flowers, of which the stamens and pistils 

 are very variable in number. EOSE TRIBE. P. 171. 



ORDER YI. HEXAGYOTA. 6 Pistils. 



105. DROSERA. Bog plants of humble growth, re- 

 markable for having their leaves clothed with red,'viscid 

 hairs. SUN-DEW TRIBE. P. 79. 



ORDER VII. POLYGYNIA. Many Pistils. 



106. MYOSURUS. A small plant with narrow leaves 

 and minute flowers, the pistils of which are crowded on 

 a common receptacle, so as to resemble a mouse's tail. 

 CROWFOOT TRIBE. P. 2. 



CLASS YI. HEXAXDKIA. 6 Stamens of equal length. 



ORDER I. MOXOGYNIA. 1 Pistil. 



* Perianth double. 



1. B^RBERIS. Sepals 6, soon falling off; fruit a 

 berry. A thorny shrub with drooping clusters of yellow 

 flowers. BARBERRY TRIBE. P. 22. 



2. FRANKENIA. Calyx 6 -cleft. A sea-side plant 

 with prostrate, wiry steins, linear leaves, and axillary 

 rose-coloured flowers. SEA-HEATH TRIBE. P. 84. 



