114 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. V- 



69. ^EGOPO'DIUM. Fruit elliptical, ribbed. Petals inversely 

 heart-shaped, unequal Styles egg-shaped at the base. 



74. CA'KUM. Fruit oblong, ribbed. Petals inversely heart- 

 shaped, unequal. Styles swelled at the base, subsequently 

 elongated. 



Order III. TRIGYNIA. Three Pistils. 



* Flowers superior. 



84. VIBTJ'KNTJM. CoroSa five-cleft. Berry one-seeded. 



85. SAMBU'CUS. Corolla five-cleft. Berry two-seeded. 



** Flowers inferior. 



88. CORRIGI'OLA. Petals five. Seed one, naked, triangular. 



86. STAPHYLE'A. . Petals five. Capsules two or three, inflated. 



87. TA'MARIX. Petals five. Capsule three-valved. Seeds nu- 



merous, downy. 



( Chenopodium. Stellaria media.) 



Order IV. TETRAGYNIA. Four Pistils. 



89. PARNA'SSIA. Petals five. Nectaries five, fringed with 



bristles bearing globes. Capsule four-valved. 



Order V. PENTAGYNIA. Five Pistils. 



91. LI'NUM. Petals five. Capsule ten-celled. 



92. SIBBA'LDIA. Petals five. Seeds five, naked. Calyx ten-cleft. 



90. STA'TICE. Petals five. Seed one, covered with the base of 



the calyx. 



(Spergula. Cerastium.) 



Order VI. HEXAGYNIA. Six Pistils. 



93. DRO'SERA. Petals five. Capsule three-valved, many-seeded. 



Order VII. POLYGYNIA. Numerous Pistils. 



94. MYOSU'RUS. Petals five, with tubular honey-bearing claws. 



Seeds naked. Calyx spurred at the base. 

 (Ranunculus hederaceus.) 



PENTANDRI A. M ONOGYNIA. 



1. MYOSO'TIS. SCORPIOK-GKASS. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply five-cleft ; segments acute, 

 equal. Corolla of one petal, salver-shaped j mouth half- closed 

 with five small valves. Filaments very short ; anthers small, 

 oblong. Germens four. Style thread-shaped, central, as long 

 as the tube ; stigma obtuse. Seeds egg-shaped, pointed, 

 smooth. Named from Mys, a mouse, and otis, an ear. 86. 



1. M. palustris. Great Water Scorpion-grass. Forget-me-not. 

 Calyx funnel-shaped, with short, broad segments ; leaves oblong, 



roughish, with close-pressed bristles ; root creeping. Roots 



very long, creeping : stem from six to twelve inches high : clus- 

 ters many-flowered : two or three together : limb of the corolla 

 sky-blue, the valve of the mouth yellow. Perennial : flowers in 



