CL. V.] PENTANDRIA TETKAGYNIA. 159 



1. S. pinndta. Common Bladder-nut. Leaves pinnate ; style and cap- 

 sules only two. A smooth-branched shrub, with numerous suckers, 



and pale greenish-yellow flowers. Flowers in June : grows in hedges 

 and thickets in Yorkshire : probably not truly wild. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. 

 pi. 1560. Eng. Fl. vol.ii. p. 110. 477. 



87. TA'MARIX. TAMARISK. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five obtuse, erect, 

 permanent segments, half as long as the corolla. Petals five, 

 inversely egg-shaped, concave, spreading. Filaments hair-like, 

 arising from the calyx, sometimes with five intermediate ones; 

 anthers roundish. Germen egg-shaped, pointed. Style none; 

 stigmas three, revolute, obtuse, downy. Capsule oblong, pointed, 

 triangular, longer than the calyx, one-celled, three-valved. Seeds 

 numerous, minute, with a stalked feathery crown. Named from 

 the Tamarisci, a people in ancient Spain, in whose country it still 

 abounds. 172. 



1. T. Gdllica. French Tamarisk. Stamens five, lateral clusters 

 numerous ; leaves lance-shaped, acute, spurred at the base ; branches 



smooth. A small shrub, with numerous red, shining branches ; minute, 



scattered leaves ; and clusters of reddish or white flowers : flowers in 

 July : grows on rocks in the south of England : rare, and probably 

 planted. Eng. Bot. vol. xix. pi. 1318. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 112. 478. 



88. CORRIGl'OLA. STRAPWORT. 



Calyx inferior, of five inversely egg-shaped, spreading, perma- 

 nent leaves, as large as the corolla. Petals five, inversely egg- 

 shaped, entire, spreading. Filaments awl-shaped, small, not half 

 so long as the petals ; anthers two-lobed. Germen egg-shaped, 

 three-cornered. Styles three, short, spreading; stigmas obtuse. 

 Seed solitary, large, naked, roundish, three-cornered, wrinkled, 

 covered by the closed calyx. Named from corrigia, a strap. 173. 



1. C. littoriilis. Sand Strapwort. 'Root tapering, small : stems 



spreading on the ground : leaves between lance-shaped and linear, glau- 

 cous : clusters terminal and lateral : flowers numerous, white. Annual : 

 flowers in July and August : grows on the southern coast of England : 

 rare. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 668. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 113. 479. 



TETRAGYNIA. 



89. PARNA'SSIA. GRASS OF PARNASSUS. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five oblong, 

 spreading, permanent segments. Petals five, egg-shaped, spread- 

 ing, longer than the calyx, with several longitudinal ribs. Necta- 

 ries five fleshy scales, attached to the claws of the petals, fringed 

 with a row of bristles, each bearing a small transparent globe. 

 Filaments awl-shaped, spreading ; anthers heart-shaped, flattened. 



