SUMMARY. 



IT should be prefaced that this Summary merely professes to give a 

 brief epitome of each of the plants represented in this volume, and 

 that it is principally a condensation from the writings of Hooker, 

 Lindley, Bentham, and other authorities on the subject.* 



BINDWEED, CALYSTEGIA SEPIUM. Nat. Ord., ConvolvulacecB. 

 Calyx of five sepals, with two large bracts. Corolla campanulate ; pure 

 white. Peduncles single-flowered. Stamens springing from base of 

 corolla. Style simple ; stigma two-lobed. Capsule two-valved. Leaves 

 sagittate, entire, lobed at base. Stems long, weak, climbing. Ecot- 

 stock creeping. Hedgerows and woods. June, July, August. 

 Perennial. 



FLOWERING-RUSH, BUTOMUS VMBELLATUS. Nat. Ord., 

 Butomacece. Perianth of six divisions, the three inner ones petaloid in 

 character ; pink. Inflorescence umbellate. Stamens nine. Carpels 

 six. Stigmas lateral. Capsules many-seeded. Leaves linear, trigo- 

 nous, cellular. Stems long, leafless, unbranched. Ponds and lakes 

 and slowly-running streams. June, July. Perennial. 



REST-HARROW, OXOXIS ARVEXSTS. Nat. Ord., Leguminosce. 

 Calyx of five narrow segments. Corolla papilionaceous. Standard 

 large and conspicuous; pink. Flowers solitary, on short stalks. 

 Stamens ten. Style simple. Ovary single, one-celled. Fruit a short 

 pod, but few seeds. Stipules leafy. Leaves ternate, lateral leaflets 

 often wanting, serrate. Branches hairy, often spinous, spreading. 

 Hedge-banks and poor soils. June, July, August. Perennial. 



RED-BERRIED BRYONY, BRYONIA DIOICA. Nat. Ord., 

 Cucurbitacece. Calyx, with five smaU teeth. Corolla five-cleft, con- 

 spicuously reticulated. Flowers dioecious, racemose, axillary; pale 



* See Pref vtory Note to the Summary, Vol. I. 



