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ITieee plants, th, greater pari of which an incou 



ib readily known bj ita opposite undivided leaves without 



central placenta Burrounded b) several carpellarj leav, 



Purslanes except in their symmetrical tl rs. In general ap, 



approach some ol the species of the Geranial Alliance, from which ■ 



Placenta clearlj divides them. That .his placenta is i itral in it 



bj abeautiful monstrositj discovered bj Mr. Babii i publish, 



■ for 1844, p ■•'.:. in which the carpellarj 



turned inwards without touch- ' 



in- the placenta, which i 



a cluster ol >-\ iili a and is per- ' 'Vv 



fectly clear erf all connection / "k, 



witli tliose partitions. Th< n i~ :i 



learned and important Memoir 



"ii ili, -I- plants by Braun 

 a. -. sx. 156), i,. which 



(In- reader is referred for 



valuable details as to the limits 



of iln genera. 



In we succeeding Tabl< ofG - 

 nera, Sileneae and Alsinese an 



whal all Botanists recogn • 

 ( loveworts ; the Molluginea 

 consist of a portion of tin Purs- 

 lane tribe a- it Btands in Endli- 

 cher's <, . , Plantarum, wh< re 

 it is broken up into Polpodea 

 an. I Adenogrammeae, sections 

 •which it is scarcely desirable to 

 maintain. The reasons which 

 have 1, ,1 to this separation are 

 riven uuder the Ordi r of I 

 Ian. s. 



N ni\, s principally of the 

 temperate and frigid parts of the 

 ».rl. I, where they inhabit moun- 

 tains, hedges, rocks, and wast.- 

 placi s. Those which an- found 

 within the tropics are usually 

 met with ,,, high elevations and mountainous tracts, almost always r. ach i gl 

 etenuU snow, where man, ol the, exdusiv, ly veg, tate. Some Sil, n, - 

 mrnanj different pans,,, the globe. According ... the calculation of Humb 



* T, 5 JS ^0 ■ "' fl ° Werin 8 Dlant8 "'' ' ''•"'"■■ ■ ■ of Germany, 



""i . a ol .North America. 



The species are in general remarkable for lit! 



thus an.l Lychnis, are handsome dowers; but I 

 ■a itilgaris is said to increase the lacteal secret, 

 nuns i Niponme, as also does the Egyptian Soap-root, which is derh 

 StruUiiuin. /,/.,. Lychnis dioica, and L. chalcedonica, hai 



N.ponana has been used in svphihs. A decoction of th, ■ 

 « »ia to l,av, been employed in North America as an anthelmintic, s 



arvensis, , s sometimes cultivated as f 1 for sheep. Gypsophila S 



"'"' ; Jsilene Otites, which is bitter and astringent, has 

 seeds ot \accaria vulgaris are said to be diuretic ; th, 

 orn-cockel), are reported to render corn unwholesome, when gi 



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I- Alsp .— Ph.tl.H-. Humort. 



- distinct, ,•]•; Dm. 



the stiunens, when Huffonia, - 



we l.it:,r aa. of the B I 



number. QuerU, I 



.,„. Usine, ir.i/e 



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XLI.— 1. Monstrous Hower of .. 



,,„„•. ,l "'' , " '" show ""' ' ri .-'" °' 1>e • 

 monstrous ovule. 





