344 62. PLTJMBAGINACEJE. 



pet. without glandular hairs (usually blue), 1. ovate-oblong. 

 E. B. 1823. Probably distinct. Mr. Borrer suspected that 

 each varies with red or blue flowers. Corn-fields and sand- 

 hills by the sea. A. ? VI. VII. Scarlet Pimpernel. E. S. I. 



2. A. tenel'la (L.) ; st . procumbent rooting, fl. axillary solitary, 

 1. opposite stalked roundish, cor. funnelsliaped, pet. much ex- 

 ceeding the calyx entire, filament* connected below. E. B. 530. 

 Fed. long. Fl. rather large, rose-coloured. L. nearly sessile. 

 Spongy bogs. P. VII. VIII. Bog-Pimpernel E. S. I. 



8. CENTTJN'CULUS Linn. Bastard Pimpernel. 



1. C. min'imus (L.) ; 1. alternate ovate acute, fl. nearly sessile, 

 cor. without glands at the base. E. B. 531. Usually very 

 minute. St. usually prostrate. Cor. very small, pale rose- 

 colour. Damp sandy and gravelly places. A. VI. VII. 



E. S. I. 



Tribe IV. Samolea. 

 9. SAM'OLTJS Linn. Brook-weed. 



1. S. Valemridi (L.) ; 1. obovate or roundish blunt, upper 1. 

 blunt with a point, racemes many-flowered ultimately elongated, 

 caps, subglobose. E. B. 703. Remarkable in this Order by 

 its cal. adhering to the germen and by having a crown to the 

 small white corolla. Damp watery places. P. VII. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



Order LXII. PLUMBAGINACEJE. 



Cal. 5-cleft, persistent, inferior, plicate. Cor. regular, 5-fid 

 or nearly 5-petalous. Stam. 5, hypogynaup, or adnate to the 

 base of and opposite to the pet. Ovary free, ot 5 carpels, 

 1 -celled, 1-seeded; ovule 1, pendulous by a stalk arising from 

 the bottom of the cell. Styles 5. Fr. a utricle. Seed in- 

 verted. Embryo in the axis of farinaceous albumen. Kadicle 

 superior. Stip. 0. 



1. LIMONIUM. Fl. spiked. Cal. scarious above. Cor. 5- 

 parted. Styles glabrous. Caps, not bursting. 



2. STATICE. Fl. in a head with an inverted cylindrical 

 sheath* Styles hairy below. Caps, not bursting. 



