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Order 2. DIGYNIA. 2 Styles. 



GOOSEFOOT, (Chenopodium.) Seed round, seated upon the calyx. 

 BEET, (Beta.) Seed kidney-shaped, half buried in the calyx. 



is order are the umbellate plants, which 



Order 3. TRIGYNIA. 3 Styles. 



GUELDER ROSE, (Vilernum.) Berry with one seed. 

 ELDER, (Samlucus.) Berry with three or four seeds. 



Order 4. TETRAGYNIA. 4 Styles. 



Contains only The Grass of Parnassus, which is rare except in moun- 

 tainous countries. 



Order 5. PENTAGYNIA. 5 Styles. 



THRIFT, (Statice.) Calyx of dry scales ; capsule one-seeded. 

 FLAX, (Linum.) Calyx of five leaves ; capsule of ten cells. 



Order 6. HEXAGYNIA. 6 Styles. 

 SUNDEW, (Drosera.) Calyx five-cleft ; capsule one-celled. 



VIPER'S BUGLOSS. ECHIUM. 



COMMON VIPER'S BUGLOSS. Echium vulgare. 



Plate 2, fig. 9. 



This plant, so common in all the chalky counties, on heaps 

 of rubbish, and in waste grounds, is one of the most beautiful 

 that our island produces. It rises with many stems all from 

 the root, to two feet or more in height, and is covered with 

 short curved spikes of large splendid flowers. These at first 

 are of a fine red, but soon change to a deep blue, or purple : 

 thus the whole plant puts on the greatest variety of color. 



" The Bugloss buds of crimson hue, 



To azure flowers expand, 

 Like changeful banner bright to view, 

 By wild winds fanned." 



