4 CLASS II. ORDER I. 



5. BLITUM. 

 Blitum capitatum. Strawberry Blite. 



Leaves triangular-hastate ; heads ahernate, form- 

 ing a terminal leafless spike. 



A weed in cultivated grounds, with a fruit resembling some of 

 the esculent, compound berries, but unpleasant. — June. — Annual. 



Class IT. DIANDRIA. Two stamens. 

 Order I. MONOGYNIA. One style. 



A. Flowers inferior, monopetalous, regular. 



6. LiGusTRUM. Corolla four cleft; berry two celled, 

 four seeded. 



B. Flowers inferior, monopetalous, irregular, fruit capsular. 



7. Veronica. Calyx four parted ; corolla four 

 cleft ; rotate, the lowest division narrow ; capsule 

 superior, two celled ; obcordate 



8. Leptandra. Calyx live parted ; corolla tubular 

 campanulate ; stamens much exserted ; capsule ovate, 

 acuminate. 



9. Gratiola. Corolla resupinate, four cleft, two 

 lipped; calyx mostly seven leaved; stamens four, 

 two of them barren ; capsule two celled. 



10. LiNDERNiA. Calyx five parted ; corolla resupi- 

 nate, upper lip reflected; filaments four, the two 

 longer ones forked and barren ; capsule two celled. 



11. Utricularia. Corolla ringent, spurred; calyx 

 two leaved; capsule one celled. 



C. Flowers inferior, monopetalous, irregular : seeds naked. 



12. Lycopus. Corolla four cleft, nearly equal, one 

 of the divisions notched , stamens distant ; seeds four. 



