, ORDER 78. PEIMULACE^E. 503 



3. ANDROS'ACE, Toura. (Gr. dvdpoc, a man's, odnog, buckler or 

 shield ; from the form of the leaf.) Calyx 5-cleft or toothed ; corolla 

 funnel-form or salver-form, the 5 lobes entire, tube constricted at the 

 throat, ovate, shorter than the calyx ; filaments and style very short ; 

 capsule globous. Minute csespitous herbs with radical, rosulate Ivs. 

 A. occidentalis Ph. Lvs. oblong-spatulate and ovate, entire, glabrous ; scape 



solitary, or few^ puberulent ; bracts oval, pedicels slender ; caL angular, segm. 

 acute; cor. lobes long, obtuse. (J) Gravelly shores of the Miss., 111. (Gray), and 

 Mo. (Xutt.) Scapes 1 to 3' high. 



4. DODECATH'EON, L. AMERICAN COWSLIP. PRIDE OF OHIO. 

 (Gr. dudena, twelve, 6eoi, gods ; alluding to its curious flowers which 

 are about 12.) Calyx 5-parted, reflexed ; cor. tube, very short, limb 

 rotate, 5-partd, segm. reflexed ; sta. 5, inserted into tfee throat of the 

 corolla; fil. very short; anth. large, acute, connivent at apex; style ex- 

 serted ; caps, oblong-ovoid, 5-valved, many-seeded. 2 Root fibrous, 

 with radical, oblong Ivs., an erect, simple scape, and a terminal umbel 

 of nodding white flowers and erect fruit. 



1 D. Meadia L. Lvs. oval or oblong, obtuse, attenuate at base into a marginal 

 petiole, glabrous, entire or repandly dentate ; scape 9 20 flowered ; bracts of 

 the in vol. ovate, inner ones lanceolate ; sep. lanceolate, acute, entire ; fil. united 

 into a tube much shorter than the subulate anthers. A. singularly elegant herb, 

 on prairies, dry or rocky soils, Perm, to Ind., 111., Wise, and throughout the 

 "Western States. Whole plant very smooth. Leaves all radical, 7 10' long, 

 often quite entire. Scapes 1 to 2f high. The nodding flowers with their wing- 

 like, reflexed petals and beak-like anthers, exhibit a very unique appearance. 

 May, Jn. (Fig. 297, 394.) 



5. CYCLAMEN, L. (Gr. KVKAO$, a circle ; on account of the coiled 

 fruit stalks.) Calyx bell-shaped, 5-parted ; corolla tube ovate, short, 

 limb 5-parted, reflexed ; anthers 5, included, sessile ; capsule globous, 

 5-valved. Oriental herbs. Et. a large tuber. Lvs. all radical, ovate 

 or roundish, cordate. Scapes naked, erect, with one nodding flower, 

 but in fruit coiling up, and hiding the capsule in the ground. 



1 C. EuropEeum L. Lvs. roundish-reniform, crenate; pet. lance-ovate, obtuse. 

 Lvs. purple beneath. Fls. roseate, fragrant, f Eur. 



2 C. Coum Mill. Lvs. reniform-orbicular, entire ; pet. ovate-orbicular, obtuse. 

 Lvs. purple beneath. Fls. inodorous, purple, f Asia Minor. 



6. GLAUX, L. BLACK SALTWORT. (Gr. ykavKog, bluish or glau- 

 cous ; from the hue of the plant.) Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, colored ; 

 corolla none ; stamens 5 ; capsule roundish, surrounded by the calyx, 

 5-valved, 5-seeded. 2 Maritime, branching, glabrous, with opposite 

 Ivs. and small axillary, solitary fls. 



G. maritima L. A small, fleshy plant, found occasionally on the salt marshes 

 on the sea coast, Can. to N. J. Stem more or less procumbent at base, 4 to G 

 high, smooth, branching and very leafy. Lvs. f in length, roundish-ovate, ob- 

 tuse, entire, nearly or quite sessile, smooth, fleshy and darkly glaucous. CaL 

 white, tinged with red. Jl. 



7. TRIENTA X LIS, L. CHICKWEED WINTERGREEN. (Lat. triens, the 

 third part of a foot (4') ; alluding to the height of the plant.) Calyx 

 and corolla 7 (6 to 8)-parted, spreading ; stamens 7 (6 to 8) ; fruit cap- 

 sular, somewhat fleshy, co-seeded. St. low, simple. Lvs. subverticil- 

 late. Pedicel 1 -flowered. 



