9fi PEDICULARES, ACANTHI. [Cl. 8, 



Flower-stalks, mostly umbellate, as Androsace, Pri- 

 mula, Dodecatheon, Cyclamen ; and there is an ap- 

 pendix of nearly allied genera, comprising the very 

 doubtful Globularia, with Conobea of Aublet, Tozzia, 

 Samolus, Utricularia, fig. 170, Pingiticula and Me- 

 nyanthes, fig. 184. 



Mr. Brown, following Ventenat, calls this Order 

 PrimulacecE) and has separated from it some of the 

 appendix, by the name of Lcntibnlari<c, given by 

 Richard. Their Corolla is irregular, with a spur. 

 Stamens 2. Albumen none. Embryo sometimes un- 

 divided that is, to speak plainly, monocotyledonous \ 



Ord. 35. PEDICULARES. " Calyx divided, per- 

 manent, often tubular. Corolla usually irregular. 

 Stamens definite. Style 1. Stigma rarely cloven. 

 Capsule of 2 cells and 2 valves, each having a central 

 partition, bearing the numerous Seeds. Stem gene- 

 rally herbaceous. Leaves, as well as Flowers, oppo- 

 site or alternate, with 1 Bractea to each Flower." 



Erinus, Castilleia, Euphrasia, Bartsia, fig. 171, 

 Pedicularis, Rhinanthm, Melampyrwm, are genuine 

 examples of this Order, all turning more or less black 

 in drying, and well distinguished by their Anthers and 

 Seeds. Their Stamens are 4, 2 longer than the rest. 

 Hyobanche, Orobancke, Lathr&a, &c., are less strict- 

 ly akin to these ; and Polygnla, with Veronica, fig. 2, 

 and Sibthorpia, fig. 176, are but slightly related to 

 them or to each other. 



Ord. 36. ACANTHI. " Calyx divided, permanent, 



