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POLYGYNIA. 



94. MYOSU'KUS. MOUSE-TAIL." 



Calyx inferior, of five lance-shaped, concave, spreading, 

 coloured, deciduous leaves ; spurred at the base. Petals five, 

 very small, tubular, and bearing honey at their base, opening 

 obliquely inwards. Filaments five or more, linear, as long as 

 the calyx ; anthers oblong, erect, of two linear cells. Germens 

 very numerous, egg-shaped, on a long, tapering, erect recep- 

 tacle. Styles none ; stigmas ftinute. Seeds oblong, acute, 

 imbricated on the elongated, columnar, acute receptacle. 

 Named from mys, a mouse, and oura, a tail. 179. 



1 . M. minimus. Common Mouse-tail. Root small, fibrous, leaves 



numerous, rather fleshy, smooth, tapering into longish stalks : 

 flower-stalks several, erect, each bearing a small pal e-yeilow flower: 

 germens very numerous, forming a long spike, resembling a mouse's 

 tail. Annual : flowers in May : grows in corn-fields, meadows, and 

 pastures, in gravelly soil, in England, and the south of Scotland : not 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 435. Eng. Fl. vol.ii. p. 125. 494. 



CLASS VI. HEXANDRIA. 

 Plants bearing Flowers with Six Stamens. 



Order I. MONOGYNIA. One Pistil. 



* Flowers furnished with a calyx and a corolla. 



18. FRANKE'NIA. Corolla of five petals. Calyx of one leaf, in- 



ferior. Capsule one-celled, many-seeded. 



17. BE'RBERIS. Corolla of six concave petals. Calyx of six 

 leaves, inferior. Berry two-seeded. 



19. PE'PLIS. Corona of six petals. Calyx with six deep segments 



and six intermediate plaits. Capsule two- celled. 



(Ly thrum hyssopifolium.} 



** Flowers destitute of calyx, superior. 



2. LEUCO'JUM. Corolla superior, of six petals, bell-shaped. 



Stamens equal. 



1. GALANTHUS. Corolla superior, of six petals, three inner 

 petals shorter, notched. 



3. NARCIS'SUS. Corolla superior, of six petals, attached to a 



bell-shaped nectary, concealing the stamens. 



*** Flowers destitute of calyx, inferior. 



13. CONVALLA'RIA. Corolla inferior, six-cleft, deciduous. 



Berry three-celled. Stigma triangular. 

 9. HYACINTHUS. Corolla inferior, deeply six-cleft, deciduous. 



Stamens uniform. Capsule three-celled. Seeds globular. 

 12. ASPA'HAGUS. Corolla inferior, deeply six-cleft, permanent. 



Berry three-celled. Stigmas three. 



