CLASS XVn. ORDER VI to VIII. 7S 



capsule 4-celled, seeds involved in wool. 37. 74.— 

 herbaceuni) (cotton) leaves 5-lobed mucronate. 0. 

 w. e. 



CLASS XVIL DIADELPHIA. 

 FaoM Order VI, Hexandria, to Order VIII, 



OCTANDRIA. 



FuMARiA. Calyx 2-leaved, caducous : corol ir- 

 regular, spurred at the base ; filaments 2, each 

 with 3 anthers: capsule drupe-like, 1 -celled, 1- 

 seeded, not opening by valves; seed affixed to the 

 side of the cell. 24. 62. — officinalis^ (fumitory) 

 leaves more than decompound with leafets wedge- 

 lanceolate gashed, stem with spreading branches, 

 ©r. 



CoRYDALis. Calyx 2-leaved : corol ringent I 

 of 2-spurred : filaments 2, membranaceous, each 

 with 3 anthers: capsule silique-like, many-seeded. 

 24. 62.— cwcw//ana, (colic weed) stemless, corol 2- 

 spurred, scape naked, leaves more than decom- 

 pound. 11 . y-w. Those found near Williams' Col- 

 lege are mostly hexandrous — they have also a two- 

 leaved bract, so near the calyx in the immature 

 state, as to give the appearance of a 4-leaved ca- 

 lyx — roseo^ 1 -spurred, leaves pinnate-pinnatifid, 

 silique one and a half longer. than peduncle. %.i\y. 



PoLYGALA. Calyx 5-leaveJ, unequal, 2 of the 

 leafets wing-like, larger, coloured : corol irregular 

 (or rather, calyx 3-leaved, corol imperfectly papi- 

 lionaceous) capsule obcordate, 2-celled, 2-valved. 



Keel of corol sometimes appendaged. 33. 35 



Keel appendaged. — fiaucifolia, (evergreen snake- 

 root) keel crested, flowers terminal about in threes, 

 leaves ovate near the flowers, l^. r. — rubella^ 

 (milkwort) keel crested, raceme nearly bractless, 

 wings of corol 3-nerved obtuse longer than keel, 

 stem-leaves linear obtuse, radical ones ovate. ^. r. 



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