Staphyka-I PENTANDRIA — TRIGYNIA. 85 



**** Perianth single. 

 SQ. Chenopodium. Perianth single, inferior, 5 cleft, persis- 

 tent and uuiiltered, closing upon, but not wholly enveloping, 

 the fruit. Seed solitary, lenticular. — Nat. Ord. Chenopode^e:, 

 De Cand. — Named from p/jjf, y^n-joc, a goosCy and rrov;, afoot; 

 from the shape of the leaves in some species. They are more 

 or less employed as potherbs. 



87. Beta. Perianth single, half-inferior, 5-cleft, persistent. 

 Seed 1, reniform, imbedded in the fleshy base of the calyx. — 

 Nat. Ord. Chenopode^e, Be Cand. — Name derived from the 

 Celtic bett, according to Theis, which means red. 



88. Salsola. Perianth single, inferior, 5-parted, persistent, 

 enveloping the fruit with its base, and crowning it with its 

 broad, scariose limb. Seed solitary, its cotyledon spiral. — Nat. 

 Ord. CHENOPODEiE, De Cand. — Named from sal, salt. From 

 many of this tribe abundance of alkaline salt is obtained, as is 

 implied by the name of our only British species. 



89. Herniaria. Col. deeply 5-cleft, persistent. Stain., 5 

 fertile and 5 sterile filaments inserted upon a fleshy disk. Stig- 

 mas nearly sessile. i^rwzV indehiscent, 1 -seeded, covered by the 



calyx Nat. Ord. Paronychie/E, St Hil Named from the 



plant having been supposed to be useful in the cure of Hernia. 



90. Ulml's. Perianth single, inferior, persistent, 4 — 5-cleft. 

 Capsule compressed, winged all round (hence a Samara), 1- 



seeded Nat. Ord. Ulmace^, Mirb. — Named, according to 



Theis, from the Anglo-Saxon Elm. Ulm is, however, still the 

 German word for this tree. 



(See Scleranihus in Cl. X. Polygonum in Cl. VIII.) 



ORD. III. TRIGYNIA. 3 Styles. 

 * Floivers superior. 



91. Viburnum. Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. of I petal, 5-lobed, 

 Perry inferior, usually 1-seeded. (^Leaves simple.) — Nat. Ord. 

 CAPRiFOLiACEiE, Juss. — Name of doubtful origin. 



92. Sambucus. Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. of 1 petal, rotate, 5-lobed. 

 Berry inferior, 3- or 4-seeded. {Leaves pinnated). — Nat. Ord. 

 Caprifgliace.e, Juss. — Named from eaii^-jy.ri, a musical in- 

 strument, in the construction of which this wood is said to have 

 been employed. 



** Flowers inferior. 



93. Staphylea. Cal. 5-partite, coloured, with an urceolate 

 disk at the base. Pet. 5. Styles 2 — 3. Capside membranaceous, 

 of 2 — 3 cells. — Nat. Ord. Celastrine^., Br., De Cand. (Sta- 

 PHYLEACEiE, Liudl.) — Named from (rrapuX>j, a bunch of grapes^ 

 its flowers being in racemes. 



