228 DICOTYLEDONS. APOCINE/E. 



' ** Mouth of the cor. ciliated. 



2. G. amarella, cor. 5-cleft hypoerateriform bearded in the ori- 

 fice, cal. 5-cleft, segments equal, p. 86. Pastures. 



3, G. campestris, cor. 4 -cleft hypoerateriform bearded in the 

 orifice, cal. of 4 leaflets two outer ones very large, p. 86. 

 Pastures. 



2. ERYTHR/EA. 



Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. infundjbuliforrn, with the limb short, marces- 

 cen.t. Anthers after flowering spiral. Style erect. Stigmas 

 2, roundish. Capsule I -celled, linear. 



1. E. Centaurium, stem nearly simple, leaves ovato-oblong, 

 flowers sessile (or nearly so) fasciculate-paniculate, cal. half 

 as long as the tube of the cor. p. 79. Dry pastures. 



2. E. pulchella, stem very much branched; leaves ovato-oblong, 

 flowers pedicellate in lax panicles, cal. as long as the tube of 

 the cor. p. 79. Bed-shores. . 



3. E. littoralis, stem simple or much branched, leaves ovato- 

 oblong, flowers sessile cajjitato-paniculate, cal. as long as the 

 tube deeply cleft, p. SO. Sea- shores. 



3. MENYANTHES. 

 Cal. 5-partite. Cor. infundibuliform; its limb patent, 5-lobed, 



equal; hairy within. Slam. 5. Style 1. Stigma capitate. 



Caps. 1 -celled, with the axis of the valves seminiferous. 

 1. M. trifoliata. p. 71. Marshes. 



ORDER XXVI. APOCINE^. Br. 



CaL 5-partite, persistent. Cor. 1-petalous, hypogynous, regular, 

 o-lobed, deciduous, with an imbricated aestivation. Stam. 

 inserted into the cor., and alternate with its segments. Fila- 

 7nents distant. Anth. 2-celled, bursting longitudinally. Pol- 

 len granular, applied immediately to the stigma. Ovaries 

 2 1, 2-celled, in most many-seeded. Styles 2 or 1. Stigma 

 ] . Fruit a Follicle, Capsule, Drupe, or Berry, double or 



. single. Embryo leafy, usually with albumen. Plumule incon- 

 spicuous. 1 



Trees or Shruls often milky. Leaves opposite, rarely scattered, 

 often having fringes or glands between their stalks. Br. 



1. V1NCA. 



(Seeds naked, not comate.) 



CaL 5-cleft. Cor. hypoerateriform ; the tube long ; the orifice 

 prominent, pentagonal; the limb plane, obtusely 5-lobed. 

 Anthers approximate. Style 1, Stigma capitate, annulated at 

 the base. 



