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of an inch long, usually curved. Distribution, Nortli America ; 

 habitat, fields ; Port Royal, Sec. Flowers yellow ; May to July. 



3. y7^. rosea. A perennial, smooth, half- shrubby species ; stems 

 ascending, twiggy ; leaves ovate, lyrate at the base, slightly 

 toothed, one and a half inches long, short j)etioled ; calyx-tube 

 one inch long, not twice as long as ovary, limb half -inch, reflexed, 

 its divisions cohering in pairs ; petals broad, obovate ; arms of 

 stigma narrow ; capsule four- angled, eight-ribbed; seeds numerous, 

 small. Distribution, Mexico, Jamaica, frc. ; habitat, common in 

 fields. Flowers rosy, three-quarters of an inch in diameter ; March 

 to May. 



4. JE. hmnifusa. A perennial, half- shrubby plant; stems stout, 

 spreading, hairy ; leaves oblong, acute, quite entire, silvery, pubes- 

 cent ; flowers axillary, contorted in bud ; calyx-tube very slender, 

 three times as long as ovary ; stamens eight, thread-like ; anthers 

 versatile ; stigma with four arms ; capsule four- angled, narrow, 



■ one inch long. Distribution ? habitat, sandy seashores ; St. David's 

 and Tucker's Town. Flowers one inch in diameter, orange-yellow ; 

 May. 



II. iSNARDiA (Ludwigia). 



Cahjx-tuhe as long as ovary; stamens four ; style short. 



1. I. repens. A glabrous, perennial, aquatic plant ; stems brittle, 

 rooting at the nodes ; leaves opposite, one inch long, oval, pointed, 

 tapering at base into petiole ; flowers axillary, sub -sessile, with two 

 awl- shaped bracts ; calyx-lobes persistent, triangular, acute ; petals 

 four, yellow, very small ; stamens four, short, inserted on disc ; 

 capsule one-quarter inch long, bluntly four-lobed. Distribution, 

 South United States and Jamaica ; habitat, marshes, occasionally 

 spreading on to reclaimed land. Flowers green and yellow ; April 

 to June. 



The common and beautiful bush known as the Queen of Shrubs 

 {Lager sir oamia IncUca) belongs to the closely-allied order oi Lythracece. 



Not : Ord : 27 Crassidaeccc-. 



Succulent herbs with opposite or alternate leaves, without 

 stipules ; flowers in cymes ; sepals four to five, free, or united 

 petals four to five, free, or united into a four to five lobed corolla ; 

 stamens inserted with the petals equal in number to them or twice 

 as many ; ovaries four to five, distinct or connected at base, one- 

 celled, tapering into the stigmas and furnished with hypogjaious 

 scales at the base ; fruit of four to five one-celled, many-seeded 

 follicles. 



The Stone Crop {SccUcm acre), Houseleeks [Semperviviim tectorum 

 and S. calyciforme), and the ornamental Echeveria Sanguinea and E. 

 metalUca, have been introduced into a few gardens, but are not 

 common. 



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I. BllYOPHYLLUM. 



1. B. calycmum (Life-plant). An erect, succulent plant, two feet 

 high ; stems sparingly branched, sub -angular, spotted purple and 

 green ; petioles stem-clasping ; leaves opposite, fleshy, simple or 



