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POLYGYNIA. 



94. MYOSU'RUS. MOUSE-TAIL. 



Calyx inferior, of five lance-shaped, concave, spreading, co- 

 loured, deciduous leaves ; spurred at the base. Petals five, very 

 small, tubular, and bearing honey at their base, opening obliquely 

 inwards. Filaments five or more, linear, as long as the calyx ; 

 anthers oblong, erect, of two linear cells. Germens very nume- 

 rous, egg-shaped, on a long, tapering, erect receptacle. Styles 

 none; stigmas minute. Seeds oblong, acute, imbricated on the 

 elongated, columnar, acute receptacle. Named from mys, a mouse, 

 and oura, a tail. 179. 



1. M. minimus. Common Mouse-tail. Root small, fibrous : leaves 



numerous, rather fleshy, smooth, tapering into longish stalks: flower- 

 stalks several, erect, each bearing a small pale-yellow flower : germens 

 very numerous, forming a long spike, resembling a mouse's tail. An- 

 nual : flowers in May : grows in corn-fields, meadows and pastures, in 

 gravelly soil, in England, and the south of Scotland : not common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. vii. pi. 435. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 125. 494. 



CLASS VI. HEXANDRIA. 



Plants bearing Flowers with Six Stamens. 

 Order I. MONOGYNIA. One Pistil. 



* Flowers furnished with a calyx and a corolla. 



18. FRANKE'JMIA. Corolla of five petals. Calyx of one leaf, inferior. 



Capsule one-celled, many-seeded. 



17. BE'RBERIS. Corolla of six concave petals. Calyx of six leaves, 

 inferior. Berry two-seeded. 



19. PE'PLIS. Corolla of six petals. Calyx with six deep segments and 



six intermediate plaits. Capsule two-celled. 



( Lythrum hyssopifolium.) 



** Flowers destitute of calyx, superior. 



2. LEUCO'JUM. Corolla superior, of six petals, bell-shaped. Stamens 



equal. 



1. GALANTHUS. Corolla superior, of six petals, three inner petals 

 shorter, notched. 



3. NARCIS'SUS. Coralla superior, of six petals, attached to a bell- 



shaped nectary, concealing the stamens. 



*** Flowers destitute of calyx, inferior. 

 13. CONVALLA'RIA. Corolla inferior, six-cleft, deciduous. Berry 



three-celled. Stigma triangular. 



9. HYACIN'THUS. Corolla inferior, deeply six-cleft, deciduous. 

 Stamens uniform. Capsule three-celled. Seeds globular. 



