CL. VI.] HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 175 



between taper-pointed and awned, as long as the capsule. From six 



to eight inches high : leaves small, somewhat channelled, hairy at the 

 margins of the sheaths. Perennial : flowers in July : grows on the higher 

 mountains of Scotland and Westmoreland. Eng. Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 1176. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 182. 550. 



6. L. arcudta. Curved Mountain Wood Rush. Panicle somewhat 

 umbellate, partly compound, with drooping branches; capsule elliptical, 



shorter than the lance-shaped, acute leaves of the calyx. Stem three 



or four inches high : root-leaves numerous, linear, channelled, slightly 

 hairy: stem-leaves flatter. Perennial: flowers in July: grows on the 

 summits of some of the highest mountains of the Cairngorm Range in 

 Scotland. Flora Lond. N.S. pi. 153. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 183. 551. 



17. BER'BERIS. BARBERRY. 



Calyx inferior, of six inversely egg-shaped, spreading, coloured 

 leaves, the three outer smaller. Petals six, roundish, spreading, 

 the claw of each having two oblong nectariferous glands. Fila- 

 ments linear, flattened ; anthers of two separate lobes, on the op- 

 posite edges of the top of the filament. Germen superior, oblong. 

 Stigma round, broader than the germen, permanent. Berry 

 obfong, one-celled, pulpy. Seeds two or three, oblong, cylin- 

 drical. Name, berbery s, the Arabic for the plant. 196. 



1. -B. vulgAris. Common Barberry. Clusters pendulous; thorns 



three-cleft ; leaves inversely egg-shaped, with bristly serratures A 



bushy shrub, three or four feet high : flowers bright-yellow : the stamens 

 on being irritated, contract, and thus throw the pollen upon the stigma : 

 berries scarlet, very acid, when boiled with sugar forming a very agree- 

 able jelly. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in woods and hedges : 

 common. This plant is said to be prejudicial to growing corn, causing 

 barrenness in the ears. Eng. Bot. pi. 49. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 184. 552. 



18. FRANKE'NIA. FRANKENIA. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, nearly cylindrical, five-cornered, 

 permanent ; the border with five acute teeth. Petals five, the 

 claws as long as the calyx, the limbs inversely egg-shaped, spread- 

 ing. Nectary a channelled membrane, on the inner side of each 

 claw. Filaments six, as long as the calyx ; anthers of two round- 

 ish lobes. Germen superior, egg-shaped, with three furrows. 

 Style erect, cylindrical, as long as the stamens ; stigmas three, 

 oblong, erect. Capsule oval, one-celled, three-valved. Seeds 

 numerous, egg-shaped, minute. Named after John Franken, a 

 Swedish botanist. 197. 



1. F. l&'vis. Smooth Sea-heath. Leaves linear, crowded, fringed at 



the base. Root woody : stems prostrate, branched, slightly downy : 



flowers from the forks of the stem, sessile, solitary, flesh-coloured. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in July : grows in salt marshes on the coasts of Eng- 

 land : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 205. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 186. 553. 



19. PEP'LIS. WATER PURSLANE. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, bell-shaped, large, permanent, with 

 six acute segments, and six intermediate plaits. Petals six, very 



