82 23. CELASTKACE.E, 



'2. L.peren'ne ; X L.); sep. obovate obscurely o-veined glabrous, 

 inner sep. very blunt, 1. linear-lanceolate, st many, fiuitstaiks- 

 erec t. E. B. 40. Fl. blue. St. 12 ft. long, erect or decum- 

 bent. Chalky [ an d limestone] places, rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



** Leaves opposite. Flowers white. 



3. L. cathar'ticum (L,) ; sep. elliptic pointed, 1. obovate, 

 upper 1. lanceolate. E. B. 382. Fl. small ; sep. serrate ; pet. 

 acute. St. one or more, slender, 2 6 in. high. Panicle forked, 

 spreading. In dry pastures. A. VI. VIIL E. S. I. 



2, RADI'OLA Hill. Flax-seed. All-seed. 



1. R. linoides (Roth), JR. millegrana (Sm.) ed. viii. E. B. 

 93. St. 1 2 in. high, repeatedly forked, with solitary minute 

 white fl. in the forks as well as at the ends of the branches. 

 Sep. deeply and acutely 3-cleft, connected below into a tube. 

 Damp sandy places. A. VII. VIII. E. S. L 



Division II. CALYCIFLOR.E. 

 (Orders XXIIL XXXIX.) 



Petals distinct, and stamens perigynous or epigynous. 



A. Petals and stamens perigynous (except in Orders XXVIII. 

 XXIX., XXXL and XXXV.). 



* Order XXIII. CELASTRACEJE. 



Sep. 4 5, imbricate in the bud. Pet. 4 -5, inserted in the 

 margin of a fleshy disk surrounding the ovary, fetam. alternate 

 with the petals, inserted in the disk. Ovary sunk in the disk, 

 more or less connected with it, 3 5-celled ; cells 1 2-seeded , 

 ovules erect. Embryo straight. Trees or shrubs. Stip. minute, 

 deciduous. 



1. EUONYMUS. Cal. flat, 4 5-lobed ; disk peltate. Pet. 

 4 5, inserted in the margin of the disk. Slam. 4 5, in- 

 serted in the disk. Style 1. Caps. 3 5-celled, 3 5- 

 angled, loculicidal. Seeds solitary in each cell, with a 

 Jleshy aril, not truncate at the hile, Leaves simple. 



1. EUON'YMUS Linn. Spin die-tree. Prickwood. 



1. E. europce'iis (L.) ; pet. ob'ong, fl. mostly 4-cleft and 

 4-androus, branches tetragonous smooth and even, 1. ovate- 



