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Siinnnymes. /falimus sccviwdwi Clus. Hist. bi. f. ; H. vulgaris Gee. Emac. 523. f . ; //alimus seu 

 '^/'ortiilaca marina Btmh. Pin. 120. ; yi'triplex maritima, //-Alimus et .Portulaca marina dicta, an- 

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

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



'^j)ec. Char., t'^c. Stem shrubby, spreading. Leaves opposite, obovate-lan- 

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

 I 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 ; July and August. 



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

 A hole plant much smaller. 



Genus III. 



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DIO'TIS Sckreb. The Diotis. Lin. Syst. Monoe'cia Tetrandria. 



'dentificaiion. Lin. Gen. PI., ed. Schreber, No. 1423. ; Eng. Flor., 3. p. 402. 



'.Mjnonymes. Ceratoldes Tourn. ; A'xyris Lin. ; CeratospiSrmum Pers. 



[)t'rivation. 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. 



len. Char., c^-c. 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. 



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



j hoary pubescence. Flowers in axillary groups, in leafy spikes, yellov/ish. 



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



j soil ; propagated by layers or cuttings inserted 



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



j j I. D. Ceratoi^des W. The ^z^o-horned- 

 calyxed Diotis. 



\lentification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 368. 



\ynonymes. A'xyris Ceratoldes Lin. Sp. PL 1389. ; Cerato- 



I spermum pappftsum Pers. ; A'xyris fruticbsa, fl6ribus foemi- 



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

 i ranthes pappbsa Fojsk. Descr. 48. ; Krascheninnik6va 



Gulden^, in Act. Petrop. 16. p. 548. t. 17. ; f/rtica f61iis 

 ilanceolatis, foeminlnis hirsiitis, /Joy.igrf6.210. ; Ceratoldes 

 , orientSllis fruticdsa iJleeSgni fblio Tourn. Cor. 52. ; Orien- 

 ' taiisches Doppelohr, Gcr. 

 'iigravings. Jacq. ic. Rar., 1. t. 18!). ; and out Jig. 1321. 



I'pec. Char., i^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. ^3,,, i,.^.^,^,. 



Order LVIII. POLYGONA^CE^. 



\RD. Char. Perianth divided ; aestivation imbricate. Stamens definite, 

 ; inserted in the base of the perianth. Ovai-iuvi free, 1-seeded. Sifles or 

 , stigmas numerous. Fruit naked or covered. Albumen mealy. The erect 

 ovulum and superior radicle separate this order from Fhvtolacea; and 

 : thenopodese. (G. Don.) 



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