CL. V.] PENTANDKIA TETBAGYNIA. 159 



1 . S. pinndta. Common Bladder-nut. Leaves pinnate ; style and 



capsules only two. A smooth-branched shrub, with numerous 



suckers, and pale greenish-yellow flowers. Flowers Ln June : grows 

 in hedges and thickets in Yorkshire: probably not truly wild. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. pi. 1560. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 110. 477. 



87. TA'MARDL TAMARISK. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five obtuse, 

 erect, permanent segments, half as long as the corolla. Petals 

 five, inversely egg-shaped, concave, spreading. Filaments hair- 

 like, arising from the calyx, sometimes with five intermediate 

 ones 5 anthers roundish. Germen egg-shaped, pointed. Style 

 none ; stigmas three, revolute, obtuse, downy. Capsule oblong, 

 pointed, triangular, longer than the calyx, one-celled, three- 

 valved. Seeds numerous, minute, with a stalked feathery 

 crown. Named from the Tamarisci, a people in ancient Spain, 

 in whose country it still abounds. 172. 



1. T. Gdttica. French Tamarisk. Stamens five, lateral clusters 

 numerous ; leaves lance-shaped, acute, spurred at the base ; branches 



smooth. A small shrub, with numerous red, shining branches ; 



minute, scattered leaves ; and clusters of reddish or white flowers. 

 Flowers in July : grows on rocks in the south of England : rare, and 

 probably planted. Eng. Bot. vol. xix. pi. 1318. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 112. 478. 



88. CORRIGI'OLA. STRAPWORT. 



Calyx inferior, of five inversely egg-shaped, spreading, per- 

 manent leaves, as large as the corolla. Petals five, inversely 

 egg-shaped, entire, spreading. Filaments awl-shaped, small, 

 not half so long as the petals ; anthers two-lobed. Germen 

 egg-shaped, three-cornered. Styles three, short, spreading; 

 stigmas obtuse. Seed solitary, large, naked, roundish, three- 

 cornered, wrinkled, covered by the closed calyx. Named from 

 comV^Vz, a strap. 173. 



1. C.littordlis. Sand Strapwort. Root tapering, small: stems 



spreading on the ground : leaves between lance-shaped and linear, 

 glaucous : clusters terminal and lateral : flowers numerous, white. 

 Annual : flowers in July and August : grows on the southern coast 

 of England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 668. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 113. 



479. 



TETRAGYNIA. 



89. PARNA'SSIA. GRASS OF PARNASSUS. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five oblong, 

 spreading, permanent segments. Petals five, egg-shaped, 

 spreading, longer than the calyx, with several longitudinal ribs- 

 Nectaries five fleshy scales, attached to the claws of the petals, 

 fringed with a row of bristles, each bearing a small transparent 

 globe. Filaments awl-shaped, spreading ; anthers heart-shaped, 



