22 CLASS V. ORDER I. 



41. 42 — officinalis^ (comfrey) leaves decurrent. If. 

 w. e. 



EcHiuM. Corol mostly irregular, throat naked, 

 large: stigma cleft. 41. 42 — -vulgaris^ (viper's 

 bugloss) stem bristly, spikes lateral, b. 



B. Flowers 1 fietalled, inferior ; seeds covered ivith 

 a \-celled capsule : calyx 6-fiarted or 5-toothed. 



Hydrophyllum. Corol bell-form, 5-cleft, with 

 5 lon.t^itudinal honey-bearing groves inside : cap- 

 sule globose, 2-valved : stigma 2-cleft. 4l. 42— 

 rnr^inicu7n^ (water-leaf) leaves pinnate-pinnatifid. 

 '^.. \v — canadense^ leaves lobed. %, w. 



Anagallis. Corol wheel-form, deeply 5-parted : 

 capsule opening transversely : stamens hairy. 20. 

 34 — arvensis^ (scarlet pimpernel) stem square, pro- 

 cumbent ; leaves dotted. 0. r. 



Lysimachia. Coral wheel form : capsule globu- 

 lar, 10-valved, mucronate : stigma obtuse. (In 

 some species the filaments are united at the base.) 

 20. 34 — ciliata, (loosestrife) petioles ciliated. %. y. 

 thyrsifolia^ racemes lateral. 2/. — kybrida^ leaves op- 

 posite, lanceolate, acute at the base — stricta, stem 

 squarer, racemes terminal 11. y.—^guadri/oliaf 

 leaves whorled or in pairs nearly opposite, with ax- 

 illary 1 -flowered peduncles. If . y. Near the out- 

 let of the Beaver Pond (New-Haven) I found this 

 species in abundance, with 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 leaves 

 together ; though Linneus allows but 4. 



DoDECANTHEON. Corol whccl-form, reflexed 

 capsule oblong : stamens on the inside of the tube ; 

 stigma obtuse. 20. 34. — meadia, (false-cowslip) 

 leaves repand-toothed, umbels many-flowered. IjL. p. 



Menyanthes. Corol hairy : capsule ovate : 

 stigma 2-cleft. 21. 34 — trifoliataj (buck bean) 

 leaves 3 on a petiole. % w. 



Primula, Umbellets involucrcd : tube of corol 



