76 PENTANDKIA — MONOGYNIA. [Lobelia. 



ScrophulariNjE. — Name altered from Barhascum, from harhay 

 a beard ; in allusion to the shaggy nature of its foliage. 



24. Convolvulus. Cal. 5-ck'ft. Cor. campanulate, plicate. 

 Stiff urns 2. Caps, of 1 — 3 — 4 cells, with as many valves. Cells 

 1 — 2 seeded. — Nat. Ord. Convolvulace;e, Jm5s.^ — Named from 

 convolco, to entwine; whence, too, the English name Bindweed. 



23. PoLEMoNiUM. Cut. 5-cleft. Cor. rotate. Stam. inserted 

 upon the 5 teeth or valves which close the mouth of the corolla. 

 Stigmas 3. Capsule S-celled, 3-valved — Nat. Ord. Pole.aio- 

 NiACEiE, Juss. — Named from rTo'/.EixoQ, war; according to Pliny 

 this plant having caused a war between two kings who laid 

 claim to its discovery. 



26. Azalea. CoZ. 5-partite. Cor. shortly campanulate, regu- 

 lar. Stam. straight, inserted at the base of tlie cor. Anthers burst- 

 ing longitudinally. Caps. 2 — 3-valved, 2 — 3-celled ; dissepiment 

 formed by the inflexed margins of the bifid valves. Seeds at- 

 tached to a central, at length free, receptacle. — Nat. Ord. Eui- 

 CEiE, Juss. — Named from t(^a?,£oc, parched, arid: because in 

 such places the plant grows. 



27. Vxnca. Cal. S-partite. Cor, salver-shaped, the segments 

 oblique, spirally imbricated iti the bud. Follicles 2, erect. Seeds 

 naked (destitute of seed- down). — Nat. Ord. Apocyne;e, Juss. — 

 Name, supposed from vincio, to bind, as the trailing stems do 

 those plants which grow in its neighbourhood. 



(See Gentiana iu Ord. II.) 

 *** Perianth double, svperior. Corolla monopetalous. 



28. Samolus. Ca/. 3-cleft. 6'or. salver-shaped, its ^wie short, 

 with 5 scales (imperfect stamens^ at its mouth, alternating with 

 the lobes. Capsule half-inferior, 1-celled, many-seeded, opening 

 with 5 valves. Seeds upon a large central free receptacle. — Nat. 

 Ord. allied to Pri]\iulace^, Br. — Named, some say, from the 

 island of Samos, where Valerandus, a botanist of the 16th cen- 

 tury, is alleged to have gathered our Samolus Valeraiidi. 



29. jAsf NE. Cor. rotate, in 3 deep segments. Anthers united 

 at their base. Stiyma club-shaped. Cups. 2-celled, opening at 

 the top. (^Flowers collected into a head, within a 7nani/-leaved iji- 

 %-olucre.^ — Nat. O/y/. CAMPANULACEiE, Juss. — Name, supposed 

 from m, a violet, from the blue colour of the flowers; but ap- 

 plied by Pliny to an esculent plant. 



30. Lobelia. Cor. irregular, 2-lipped, cleft longitudinally on 

 the upper side. Anthers united. Stigma hairy. Capsule 2 — 3- 

 celled, th» upper free part 2-vaIved. Nat. Ord. Campanula- 

 CEJE, Juss. — Named in honour of Matthias Lobel or L'Obel, a 

 Fleming, but settled in England, where he published several 

 learned botanical works. 



