KEY TO PLATE LV 



No. 



(Polygata vulgaris, 



a, 8 stanifeos, with connate fil- ^ 

 aments forming soiit sheath. 



_, Pistil, stylp, and-stigma. 

 c, Flower, with 2 petaloid 

 inn*- clsas- 1 - ^' petals^ 2 



lower 



inner 

 outer 



with ^sSamiA^L, sheath. d, 

 Upocjrjpirt oft plant with 

 alternate SfcertPteaves and 



N^.2. Grassy, Stitch wort 

 (Stellaria gratmnea, L.) 



, Flower, with gamosepa- 

 ^us calyx, and capsule open- 

 ig ^bpve by teeth. 6, 

 ef phnt with 

 , in opposite pairs, 

 icence, wjtfc flow-^^, 

 / dichotomous 

 2-fid petals, 

 with "i sepals, 10 



and pistil // 



Na 3. 



St John's Wort 



Pistil, 



3 stigmas, 



in calyx, with 5 glandular 

 sepals. *, Tj-ansverse section 

 of capsule, with > carpels, 

 opefticg ty septa, c, Upper 

 part of plant with; opposite 

 rfeaves and /flowe> in ter- 

 ^ '/rymes, 



ing petals twisted in 

 5, distinct, with stamens 



Yd^ojp^ie flant, with 

 cotyledons, aiid early 3-foiiate 

 leaves, later transformed / 



into spines. 3, Branch, -with- No. 5. B 



spines, and papilionaceous (Cytisu* scofarius, Li 



flowers,- showing: standard, / \ 



mgs, and keel, and 'fcne 

 rtilized, showing the stigma, 

 and column of stamens. 



> F1 <> w er, with calyx, gi 

 sepalous, with "unequal t< 

 corolla >etnoved^ ^p show 

 stamens in column, with 

 united filaments and stigma, 

 with incurved style.- A, Le- 



J^anb-lil. 

 with TorigA^tyfes, on convex 

 ^i'^Se^ion of 



acheneV, 

 with roots, 



Upper parr^of 

 sessile 3-folioIate l 

 flowers in cymef 

 tinct petals, and 

 also 



