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Synonymes. 7/alimus sccundus Clus. Hist. 54. f. ; H. vulgaris Ger. Emac. 523. f. ; 7/alimus seu 

 Portulaca marina Bauh. Pin. 120. ; ^'triplex maritima, //alimus et Portulaca marina dicta, au- 

 gustifdlia, Ran Syn. 153. ; the narrow-leaved Sea Purslane Tree. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot, t. 231. ; and our fig. 1320. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem shrubby, spreading. Leaves opposite, obovate-lan- 

 ceolate, entire. Flowers generally unisexual; those of both sexes upon 

 one plant. (Smith.) A low sub-evergreen shrub, of a silvery glaucous hue. 

 Northern shores of Europe ; and, in Britain and Ireland, occasionally 

 found in muddy places by the sea side. Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Flowers 

 yellow j July and August. 



The leaves are less silvery than those of the preceding species ; and the 

 whole plant much smaller. 



GENUS III. 



DIO'TIS Schreb. THE DIOTIS. Lin. Syst. Monce'cia Tetrandria. 



Identification. Lin. Gen. PL, ed. Schreber, No. 1423. ; Eng. Flor., 3. p. 402. 



Synonymes. Ceratoldes Tourn. ; A'xyris Z,m. j Ceratosprmum Pers. 



Derivation. From dis, twice, and ous, otos, an ear. The calyx of the female flower ends In two 

 segments, which fancy may compare to ears, although they more resemble horns : and this second 

 idea is doubtless that referred to in Tournefort's generic name Ceratoldes, from keras, a horn, 

 gen. keratos, and eidos, likeness. 



Gen. Char., <fyc. Flowers unisexual. Male flower with the calyx inferior, 

 and 4 permanent petals. Stamens 4, inserted at the bottom of the calyx ; 

 opposite to, and prominent beyond, the sepals. Female flower with the 

 calyx inferior, deeply divided, and ending in two horns, permanent. Fruit 

 a utricle, villous at the base. 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; lanceolate, entire, bearing 

 hoary pubescence. Flowers in axillary groups, in leafy spikes, yellowish. 

 Shrub, deciduous, native of Siberia and Tartary, of easy culture in any dry 

 soil ; propagated by layers or cuttings inserted 

 in the soil, and covered with a hand-glass. 



JN 1. D. CERATOI V DES W. The two-horned- 

 calyxed Diotis. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 368. 



Synonymes. A'xyris Ceratoldes Lin. Sp. PI. 1389. ; Cerato- 



spermum pappdsum Pers. ; A'xyris fruticbsa, fldribus fceml- 



neis lanatis, Gmel. Sib. 3. p. 17. No. 10. t. 2. f. 1. ; Achy- 



ranthes pappdsa Forsk. Descr. 48. ; Krascheninnikbvm 



Giildenst. in Act. Petrop. 16. p. 548. t. 17. ; t/rtlca fbliis 



lanceolatis, tominlnis hirsiitis,Roy.Lugdb.^lO.; CeratSldes 



orientalis fruticdsa 2?laeagni folio Tourn. Cor. 52. ; Orien- 



talisches Doppelohr, Ger. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Ic. Rar., 1. 1. 189.; and our fig. 1321. 



Spec. Char., $c. See Gen. Char. A low deciduous 

 shrub, with recumbent branches. Siberia and 

 Tartary. Height 2 ft. Introduced in 1780. 

 Flowers apetalous, yellow, sweet-scented ; 

 March and April. 1381 _ D . Cerato)des . 



ORDER LVIII. POLYGON A 



ORD. CHAR. Perianth divided ; aestivation imbricate. Stamens definite, 

 inserted in the base of the perianth. Ovarium free, 1-seeded. Styles or 



stigmas numerous. Fruit naked or coyered. Albumen mealy. The erect 



ovulum and superior radicle separate this order from Phvtolacese and 

 Chenopddeae. (G. Z)on.) 



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