DICOTYLEDONS. MELAMPYRACE.^. Melampijrum. 213 



3. U. minor, spur extremely short obtuse keeled, upper lip as 

 long as the palate, leaves subtripartite the segments linear 

 dichotomous. p. 9. Pools. 



2. P1NGUICULA. 



Cal. 4 5-cleft. Cur. ringent, spurred at the base beneath. Stigma 

 two-lipped. 



1. P. vulgaris, spur cylindrical acute as long as the veinless petal, 

 upper lip two-lobed, lower one in three unequal obtuse seg- 

 ments, p. 8. Marshes. 



2. P. Lusitanica, spur obtuse curved shorter than the cor., divi- 

 sions of the petals nearly equal, leaves and scape hairy, p. 8. 

 Marshes on the W. coast. 



ORDER XVI. VERBENACE^E. Juss. 



(Pyrenacece Vent., Vitices, Juss.) 



Cal. tubular, persistent. Cor. hypogynous, monopetalous, decidu- 

 ous, usually irregular. Slam, usually didynamous, rarely equal, 

 sometimes 2. Ovary 2 4-celled. Ovules erect, solitary, or in 

 pairs. Style 1 . Stigma bifid or entire. Fruit a Drupe or Berry. 

 Embryo straight with little or no albumen. Radicle inferior. 



Trees or Shrubs ; rarely Herbs. Leaves generally opposite, with- 

 out stipules. Br. 



1. VERBENA. Juss. 



Cal. 5 -fid. Cor. infundibuliformj limb unequal, 5-cleft. Slam. 4, 

 didynamous. Pericarp thin, evanescent. Seeds 4. Flowers pa- 

 niculato-spicate. Sr. 



1. V. ojfficmal'is, tetrandrous, spikes slender panicled, leaves much 

 cut, stem erect solitary, p. 190. Waste places, rare. 



ORDER XVII. MELAMPYRACE^E, Rich, in 

 Analyse du Fruit. 



(Pedicular es, part of, Juss.) 



Cal. divided, deciduous. Cor. personate, monopetalous, hypogy- 

 nous. Stam. 4, didynamous. Stigma simple. Caps, naked, 

 2-celled, 2-seeded. Seeds erect, rostellate, with a minute em- 

 bryo at the opposite end of the seed to the point of insertion. 

 Albumen fleshy. Radicle superior. 



Herbs with opposite leaves. Flowers in spikes, half covered with 

 crested bracteae. 



l.MELAMPYRUM. 



Cal. tubular, 4-fid. Cor. tubular, compressed; lips turned back at 

 the margin ; lower one trifid. Stam,. 4, didynamous. Caps. 

 oblong, 2-celled, oblique, opening on one side. Cells l/-seeded. 

 Seeds gibbous at the ba*e. 



