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rOrULAR FLORA. 



2. FouR-LE.\VEr> L. Stem simple; leaves lance-ovatc, in whorls of 4 (sometimes of 3 or 0); flowers 



long-stalked from the axil of the leaves. Sandy grounds. L. (jwidrifolia. 



3. CiLiATE L. Leaves opposite, lance-ovate, with a rounded or heart-shaped base, on long ciliato 



footstalks; flowers long-stalked from the upper axils; divisions of the corolla ovate, pointed, and 

 ■with wavy or slightly toothed margins. Low grounds. L. ciliata. 



4. Lakce-leaved L. Leaves lance-shaped, oblong, or linear, narrowed into a short margined foot- 



stalk; flowers, &c. nearly as in No. 3. S. & W. in low grounds. L. lanceolala. 



59. BIGNONIA FAMILY. Order BIGNONIACEiE. 



Plants with mostly opposite leaves, and large and showy flowers : the corolla 2-lippcd 

 or rather irregular, bearing on its tube 4 stamens (2 long and 2 short) or only 2, often 



with rudiments of the other one or three. 

 Fruit a large 2-ceIled pod, with many large 

 seeds : the Avhole kernel is a flat embryo. 

 Calyx free and corolla on the receptacle, as 

 it is in all the following families with mono- 

 petalous coi'olla. 



Woody plants, with winged seeds, in long 

 pods. Vine climbing by rootlets; 

 leaves pinnate. Calyx 5-toothed. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed: sta- 

 mens 4, ( Tecoma) Trumpet-Ckeeper. 

 Tree, with simple heart-shaped leaves, 

 and white flowers (purple-tinged or 

 dotted) in large panicles. Calyx 2-lipped. Corolla bell-shaped and 2-lipped: stamens 

 generally 2, with vestiges of one or three others, ( CatdJpa) Catalpa. 

 Rank clammy herb (cult, and wild S. W.) with wingless seeds in a large and long-pointed 

 fruit, the outer part of which is fleshy and falls of!' from the inner fibrous-woody part: 

 this is crested and long-beaked, the beak at length splitting into 2 hooked horns. Corolla 

 dull-colored: stamens 2 or 4, perfect, {Marhjnia) Unicokn-plant. 



60. BROOM-RAPE FAMILY. Order OROBANCIIACE^. 



Herbs parasitic on the roots of trees, &c., readily known by their irregular monopetalous 

 corolla, 4 stamens, in two jiairs ; the ovary one-celled with innumerable small seeds on the 

 walls. Also, hke other parasitic plants, they are entirely destitute of green herbage, yel- 

 lowish or brownish throughout, and with scales in place of leaves. 



Stems slender and branched, with few and small scales and many flowers scattered along 



the branches, (Epipliegus) Beech-drops. 



Stems short and thick, covered with broad scales, so that the plant resembles a fir-cone 



Flowers under the upper scales : stamens projecting, ( Coiiophohs) Squaw-root. 



Stems or naked and 1-flowered scapes slender, from a scaly base: stamens included in the 



curved and salver-shaped corolla, {Ajihylbn) Naked Bkoom-kape. 



432. 

 433. 



Corolla of Cataljm laid open, with Ihe stamens. 

 Winged seed of Trumpet-Creeper. 



