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THE RUDIMENTS OF BOTANICAL SCIENCE. 
BY JOLIN, -LINDLEY sch bald. c BRS, 
PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. 
[SPECIMEN OF THE WORK.l 
90 SCHOOL BOTANY. 
ORDER XL. PRIMULACEA—PRIMWORTS. | 
ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. — Calyx divided, inferior, regular, persistent. | 
Corolla monopetalous, hypogynous, regular; the limb 6-cleft, seldom 
4-cleft. Stamens inserted upon the corolla, equal in number to its seg- 
ments, and opposite them. Ovary l-celled; style 1; stigma capitate. A 
3 o 
Fig. CLXII. 3 
Capsule opening with valves ; placenta central, distinct. Seeds numerous. 
—Herbaceous plants. Leaves usually opposite, either whorled or scattered. 
*,* No other monopetalous European plants with one style have the stamens oppo- 
site the lobes of the corolla, unless they are more numerous than the lobes. 
LYSIMACHIA. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-cleft. Sta-| 
mens 5. Capsule globose, with 5 or 10 
valves. 
1. L. vulgaris. Clusters panicled, termi- 
nal. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute.———— 
Woods. 
2. L. nemorum. 
Flowers solitary. Stem procumbent. 
Leaves ovate, acute. | 
Sta- 
ANAGALLIS, 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed. 
Capsule globose, dehiscing by a transverse 
incision. 
. A. arvensis (Pimpernel). Leaves ovate, 
dotted beneath. Stem procumbent. Corol- 
Ja minutely notched. Fields. "This is 
also called the Shepherd’s Weather-glass, be- 
cause it closes its scarlet blossoms on the 
approach of rain. 
PRIMULA, 
Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform ; 
the limb 5-lobed, usually emarginate ; the 
orifice dilated ; the tube taper, as long as 
the calyx or longer. Anthers usually ta- 
pering to the point. Capsule ovate, de- 
hiscing at the apex, with 5 or 10 teeth. 
Seeds minute, very numerous. 
Fig. CLXIII. 
| smooth ; narrow at the base. 
| Stamen 1. 
MONOCHLAMYDS. 
3. S. Russelliana (Bedford Willow). Leaves lanceolate, tapering at 
h end, serrated throughout, very smooth. Foot-stalks sometimes 
eac!) 
glandular. Ovary tapering, 
stalked, longer than the 
scales. Style as long as 
the stigmas. ‘oods. 
tree, 
4. S. purpurea. Branches 
trailing, decumbent. Leaves 
partly opposite, obovate-lan- 
ceolate, serrated, ver: 
Stigmas very 
short, ovate, nearly sessile. 
oods. A small 
shrub. 
5. S. vitellina. Leaves 
‘lanceolate, acute, with car- 
tilaginous serratures ; 
smooth above, glaucous and 
somewhat silky beneath. 
Stipules minute, lanceolate, 
deciduous, smooth. Ovary 
sessile,  ovate-lanceolate, 
smooth. Scales linear-lan- 
ceolate, acute, fringed at 
the base, longer than the 
istil. Osier grounds. 
A tree with yellow branches. 
6. S. alba. Leaves ellip- 
tie-lanceolate, narrow, ser- 
rated, silky on both sides ; 
the lowest serratures glan- 
dular. Stamens hairy. 
Ovary smooth, almost ses- 
sile. Stigmas deeply clo- 
ven. Scales rounded. 
Fig. CCVIII, 
mens smooth._—— Woods. | h : : > 
. L. Nummularia (Moneywort). Leaves, Woods. A large tree. Hig. OCY. Fig. CCVE. Fig. CCVII. 
somewhat heart-shaped. Flowers solitary. 
Stem prostrate, creeping. Stamens glandu- POPULUS. s : 
Woods. Dicecious. Catkins cylindrical with 
lacerated bracts—Male. Stamens 
from 8 to 30, arising out of a little 
oblique ci 
Fig. CCIX. 
up.—Female. Fruit a folli- 
cle, almost 2-celled by the rolling 
inwards of the margin of its two 
valves. 
Seeds comose. 
m CLXII.—Anagallis arvensis. l. A flower; 2. n ripe fruit, with the lid falling off; 3. a section 
the same, to show pl. the placenta ; 4. a section of the seed. 
Fig, CLX I1. —Anagallis arvensis. 
Fig. CCV.—Salix purpurea, 
Fig. CCVIIL.—Populus nigra. 
Fig, CCVI.—Salix alba. 
r3 Fig. CCIX.—Populus 
Fig. CCVII.—Salix Russellianae 
alba. 
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