ORDER 84 LENTIBULACE^E. 215 



1. STATICE, L. MARSH ROSEMARY. Calyx funnel-form, limb sca- 

 rious, 5-nerved, 5-parted. Pet. scarcely united at base. Fil. 5, adnate to 

 the very base of the corolla. Ovary crowned with the 5 glabrous, filiform 

 styles, utricle opening crosswise. 2f Herbs with the scape branching, tLe 

 flowers 3-bracted, sessile on the 3-bracted branchlet. 



8. Llmoulum L. Very smooth. Leaves oblong to oblancelate, acute, tipped with a 

 bristle, long-stalked ; scapes terete, corymbous-panicalate ; fls. separate or in pairs, 

 on the upper side of the branchlets, bine-purple. Marshes. 6 12'. July October. 



2. ARMERIA, Willd. THRIFT. Flowers collected in a dense head. 

 Invol. 3- to many-leaved. Cal. tubular-campanulate, 5-angled, with 5 shal- 

 low lobes, scarious and plaited. Pet., sta., etc., as in Statice. 2f Lvs. radi- 

 cal, mostly linear. Scape simple, appendaged above with a sheath. 



1 A. VITLGARIS. Scape terete, smooth ; Ivs. linear, flat, obtuse ; oute. bracts of the iu 



vol. ovate-acute ; fls. rose-colored. Sea-coast, Oreg., <fec. If. June August. 



2 A. LATIFOLIA. Scape solitary, tall ; Ivs. broad-obloiig, 5-7-veined ; flowers rose-red , 



bracts cusp-pointed, scarious. Portugal. 1 2f. June August. 



3. PLUMBAGO, Tourn. LEADWORT. Cal. 5-lobed. Corolla salver- 

 form, tube longer than calyx, limb twisted in aestivation. Anth. 5, linear 

 Stig. 5, filiform. Utricle membranous, mucronate with the persistent style. 

 J) K Flowers cyanic, numerous through the season. 



1 P. CAPENSIS. Shrubby ; Ivs. oblong, entire, white-scaly beneath ; fls. in short term.- 



nal spikes, pale blue, the tube 1' or more in length. S. Africa. 2 4f. Hardy S. 



2 P. ctEitui.EA. Herbaceous ; Ivs. acuminate ; fls. in loose spikes, blue. 6". yS.Am. 



3 P. COCCINEA. Herb tall ; IVB. oblong, large ; spikes long, loose ; fls. scar. 1 2'. India 



ORDER LXXXIV. LENTIBULACE^E. BUTTERWORTS. 



Herbs small, growing in water or wet places, with showy, bilabiate fls 

 on scapes. Calyx inferior, of 2 or 3 sepals. Corolla irregular, bilabiate 

 personate, spurred. Stamens 2, included within the corolla and inserted on 

 its upper lip. Antfwrs 1-celled. Ovary 1-celled, with a free, central pla- 

 centa. Style 1. Stigma cleft Fruit, capsule many-seeded. Seeds minute. 

 Embryo straight, with no albumen. Fig. 399. 



In wet, r"cky places. Leaves broad, entire. Corolla throat open PIKGUICULA. 1 



S In water, floating. Leaves dissected. Corrlla throat closed UTKICULARIA. 2 



1. PINGUICULA, L. BUTTEUWORT. Cal. 5-parted, somewhat bila- 

 biate. Cor. bilabiate, ringeut, upper lip bifid, lower trifid, spurred at base 

 beneath. Sta. 2, very short. Stig. sessile, 2-lobed. Caps, erect. Sds. CD. 

 K Lvs. radical, rosulate, entire, greasy to the touch. Scapes 1-flowered, 

 nodding. March May. 



* Corollas blue, purple, or white, lobes very unequal Nos. 1 ? 



* Corollas yellow, the lobes nearly equal No. 4 



1 P. vulgaris L. Scape and calyx a little downy ; cor. lips very unequal, lobes ob- 



tuse, entire ; spur cylindrical, straightish. N. Y. (rare), and N. 6 8'. Cor. 1 long 



2 P. elatior MX. Lvs. ovate to spatulate ; scapes villous near the base ; cal. g-.andu- 



