212 DICOTYLEDONS. LENTIBULARI^E. Utricularift. 



5. TRIENTALIS. 



Calyx 7-partite. Cor. rotate in 7 segments, regular and flat. 

 -Berry dry, opening at the sutures. 



1 . TV. enropcea. p. \ 15. -Woods. 



(Allied to Primulacece.) 

 6. SAMOLUS. 



Cal. half-adherent, 5-fid. Cor.subhypocrateriform,5-lobed. Slam. 

 5, antheriferous, opposite the segments of the cor., 5 (scales) 

 alternate with them, sterile. Caps, half inferior, ovate, with 5 

 short valves, 1 -celled. Receptacle central, free. Seeds numerous, 

 fixed near each extremity. Embryo included, albuminose. Ra- 

 dicle turned towards the hilum of the seed. 



leaves alternate, entire. Flowers terminal, subracemose or 

 corymbose, white; with the pedicels bracteated at the base or 

 middle. Br. 



Differ from Primulacece^ in having the ovary with its base at least 

 inferior, in the seeds umbilicated near each extremity, and in 

 the 5 sterile stamens. Br. 



1. S. Valerandi, leaves obtuse, racemes many-flowered, pedicels 

 with a small bractea. p. 80. Marshes. 

 7. GLAUX. 



Ca/.campanulate,5-lobed, coloured. Cor. none. Stam. 5. Caps. 

 globose, 5-valved, 5-seeded. 



1 . G. maritima. p. 82. Salt marshes. 



ORDER XV. LENTIBULARLE. Rich. 

 (Utrkulince Hoffm. and Link. Ly simachice , part of, Juss.) 

 Calyx persistent, divided. Cor. monopetalous, irregular, spurred, 

 bilabiate. Stam. 2, included, inserted at the base of the Cor. 

 Anthers simple, sometimes contracted in the middle. Ovary 1 - 

 celled. Style 1, very short. Stigma 2-lipped. Caps. 1 -celled, 

 many-seeded, with a large central receptacle. Seeds small, 

 without albumen. Embryo sometimes undivided. Br. 

 Aquatics or Marsh Herbs. Leaves radical. Flowers usually with 

 one bractea j rarely with none. Br. 



1.UTRICULAR1A. 



Cal. 2-partite, lips undivided, nearly equal. Cor. personate, with 

 the lower lip spurred at the base. Stam. 2, with the filaments 

 internally, at the extremity, antheriferous. Stigma 2-lipped. Br. 



1. U. vulgaris, spur conical, upper lip as long as the projecting 

 palate, leaves pinnato-multifid. p. 8. Pools. 



2. U. intermedia) spur conical, upper lip twice as long as the pa- 

 late, leaves tripartite their segments linear dichotomous. p. 9. 

 Pools. 



