CL. VI.] HEXAKDRIA MONOGYNIA." 175 



From six to eight inches high : leaves small, somewhat channelled, 

 hairy at the margins of the sheaths. Perennial : flowers in July : 

 grows on the higher mountains of Scotland and "Westmoreland. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 1176. Eng.Fl. vol. ii. p. 182. 550. 



6. L. arcudta. Curved Mountain Wood Rush. Panicle somewhat 

 umbellate, partly compound, with drooping branches ; capsule el- 

 liptical, shorter than the lance-shaped, acute leaves of the calyx. 

 Stem three or four inches high : root-leaves numerous, linear, 

 channelled, slightly hairy : stem-leaves flatter. Perennial : flowers 

 in July : grows on the summits of some of the highest mountains of 

 the Cairngorm Range in Scotland. Flora Lond. N. S. pi. 153. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. ii. p. 183. 551. 



17. BER'BERIS. BARBERRY. 



Calyx inferior, of six inversely egg-shaped, spreading, co- 

 loured leaves, the three outer smaller. Petals six, roundish, 

 spreading, the claw of each having two oblong nectariferous 

 glands. Filaments linear, flattened ; anthers of two separate 

 lobes, on the opposite edges of the top of the filament. Gerraen 

 superior, oblong. Stigma round, broader than the germen, 

 permanent. Berry oblong, one-celled, pulpy. Seeds two or 

 three, oblong, cylindrical. Name, berbery s, the Arabic for the 

 plant. 196. 



1. B. vulgdris. Common Barberry. Clusters pendulous ; thorns 

 three-cleft ; leaves inversely egg-shaped, with bristly serratures. 

 A bushy shrub, three or four feet high : flowers bright- yellow: the 

 stamens on being irritated, contract, and thus throw the pollen 

 upon the stigma : berries scarlet, very acid, when boiled with sugar 

 forming a very agreeable jelly. Perennial : flowers in June : grows 

 in woods and hedges : common. This plant is said to be prejudicial 

 to growing corn, causing barrenness in the ears. Eng. Bot. pi. 49. 

 Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 184. 552. 



18. FRAKKE'NIA. FRANKENIA. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, nearly cylindrical, five-cornered, 

 permanent ; the border with five acute teeth. Petals five, the 

 claws as long as the calyx, the limbs inversely egg-shaped, 

 spreading. Nectary a channelled membrane, on the inner side 

 of each claw. Filaments six, as long as the calyx anthers of 

 two roundish lobes. Germen superior, egg-shaped, with three 

 furrows. Style erect, cylindrical, as long as the stamens ; 

 stigmas three, oblong, erect. Capsule oval, one -celled, three- 

 valved. SeecK numerous, egg-shaped, minute. Named after 

 John Franken, a Swedish botanist. 197. 



1. F. Ice'vis. Smooth Sea-heath. Leaves linear, crowded, fringed 



at the base. Root woody : stems prostrate, branched, slightly 



downy : flowers from the forks of the stem, sessile, solitary, flesh- 

 coloured. Perennial : flowers in July: grows in salt marshes on 

 the coasts of England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 205. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 186. 553. 



19. PEP'LIS. WATER PURSLANE. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, bell-shaped, large, permanent, 



