Asariim.'\ 



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long, petals and capsule as long as the calyx. E. Bol. t. 1082. 



— S. saginoides, Curt S. laricina, Lighf. — Fl, Dan. t. 838. — 



Sagina procumhens, (3. Linn. 



Dry, gravelly, and stony jjastures. Fl. July, Aug. 1/. — This comes 

 very near the last species, nor is it easy at all times to discriminate be- 

 tween them. Mr W. Wilson cannot distinguish the Anglesea S. subii- 

 lata, from the Ben Lawers S. saginoides ; which latter perhaps is but 

 an alpine var. of the former, though the original species oi' Linn. Both 

 have very much the habit of Sagina procumbens. 



CLASS XI. DODECANDRIA. 12 (—19) Stamens. 

 ORD. I. MONOGYNIA. 1 Style. 



1. AsARUM. Perianth single, 3-cleft, superior. Caps. 6-cellecl. 

 — Nat. Ord. AkistolochivE, Juss. — Named from a, not, and 

 dii^a, a band; because it was rejected from the garlands of flowers 

 employed by the ancients. 



2. Lythrum. Cal. inferior, tubular, with 12 teeth, alter- 

 nately smaller. Petals 6, inserted upon the calyx. Capsule ob- 

 long, 2-celled. — Nat. Ord. LvTHRARiiE, Juss. — Name, — Xvd^ov, 

 blood, it is said from the red colour of the flowers. 



ORD. II. DIGYNIA. 2 Styles. 



3. Agrimonia. Cal. turbinate, covered with hooked bristles, 

 5-cleft, inferior. Pet. 5, inserted upon the calyx. Stam. 7 — 20. 

 Fruit of 2 small, indehiscent capsules invested by the hardened 

 calyx. — Nat. Ord. Rosacea, Juss — Name corrupted from Arge- 

 mone, given by the Greeks to a plant supposed to cure the cata- 

 ract in the eye, called a^yrin,a. 



ORD III. TRIGYNIA. 3 Styles. 



4. Reseda. Cal. of 1 piece, many-parted. Petals more or 

 less divided and unequal. Caps, of 1 cell, opening at the top. — 

 Nat. Ord. Resedace^e, Z)e Cand. — Name from resedo, to calm ; 

 from its supposed sedative qualities. 



(Tetragynia, 4 Styles. 

 See Tormentilla in Cl. XII.) 



ORD. IV. DODECAGYNIA. 12 Styles. 



5. Sempervivum. Cal. 12-cleft. Pet. 12. Capsules 12. — 

 Nat. Ord. CrassulacejE, De Cand. — Name derived from sem- 

 per, always, and vivo, to live ; because it is always green. 



DODECANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. 



1. AsARUM. Linn. Asarabacca. 



1. A.*Europd:um, L. {Asarabacca); leaves binate reniform 

 obtuse. E. Bot. t. 1083. 



