8G PENTANDRIA — HEXAGYNIA. [Drosera. 



94. Tamarix. Cal. 5-partite, persistent. Cor. of 5 petals. 

 Slam. 5 — 10. Stigmas sessile, feathery. Cups. 1 -celled, 3- 

 valved, many-seeded. Seeds pappose. — Nat. Orel. Tamauisci- 

 NE/t;, Desvaux. — Named from the lammisci, a people who in- 

 habited the banks of the Tamarls, now Tamhra, in Spain, where 

 the Tamarisk abounds. 



95. CoRRiofoLA. Cal. inferior, of 5 leaves, permanent. Pet. 

 5, not exceeding the calyx. Seed solitary, naked. — Nat. Ord. 

 PAUoNYCHiEiE, St Hil. — Named from corriyia, a strap or thong ; 

 formerly applied to the Polygonum aviculare on account of its 

 long pliant stems ; and now to a plant which is somewhat si- 

 milar to it in habit. 



(See Chenopodhim in Ord. II. StcUuria in Cl. X.) 



ORD. IV. TETRAGYNIA. 4 Stijles. 



96. Parnassia. Cal. deeply 5-cleft. Petals 5. Nectaries 5, 

 heart- sliaped, fringed with globular-headed filaments. Capsule 

 1-celled, 4-valved, each valve bearing a longitudinal, linear re- 

 ceptacle with numerous seeds Nat. Ord. HvPERiciNEiE, Don. 



— Named from Bloimt Parnassus ; to which place, indeed, the 

 plant is by no means peculiar. 



ORD. V. PENTAGYNIA. 5 Styles. 



97. Statice. Cal. of I piece, funnel-shaped, plaited, dry and 

 membranaceous. Pet. 5, united at the base, bearing the sta- 

 mens. Capsule with 1 seed invested with the calyx. — Nat. Ord. 

 Plumbagine/e, Jass. — Named from ffrar/^w, to stop, from its 

 supposed qualities in checking dysentery. 



98. LiNUM. Cal. of 5 leaves, persistent. Pet. 5. Caps, glo- 

 bose, mucronate, with 10 valves and 10 cells. Seeds ovate, com- 

 pressed. — Nat. Ord.LwEJE, De Cand. — Named from Lin, thread, 

 in Celtic, (Theis); the parent of many words in Latin, English, 

 and French. 



99. SiBBALDiA. Cal. in 10 alternately large and small seg- 

 ments. Pet. 5, inserted on the calyx. Capsules 5, indehiscent, 

 in the bottom of the calyx, I -seeded. (The number of stamens 

 is very liable to vary, and the capsules are sometimes 10.) — 

 Nat. Ord. Rosace^s, Juss. — Name given in honour of Robert 

 Sibhald, who wrote on the Nat. History of Scotland about the 

 latter end of the 1 7th century, and who published a figure of 

 our Scottish species of this genus. 



(See Cerastium and Spergxda in Cl. X.^ 



ORD. VI. HEXAGYNIA. 6 Styles. 



, 100. Drosera. Ca/. 5-cleft. Pet. 6. CV//)5. 1-celled, 3-valved, 

 many-seeded. — {Plants with leaves clothed ivith beautiful glandular 



