5U 322. Montia. 48. PORTULACEiE. Pl.ex.cal. 



AUine parva palustiis tricoccos porhilacae aquaticas similis, Rati Syn. 

 362, 1. 



Cameraria arvensis et minor, Dlllen Cat. Gfes. 46. 

 Montia squatica minor, Micheli Gen. PL 18. 

 Montia fontana, Lin.S. P. 129. 

 Small water c/dckweed. Water purslane. 



Watery lanes and damp fields; annual; April and May. 

 Stem much branched, rooting ; leaves spatulate; floivers 

 white, very small ; fruit upright. 



j3. major. Stem 4 inches high, upright. 

 Montia aquatica naajor, Micheli Gen. PL IS. 



Fam. XIV. 49. PAllONYCHIDE^. Parovychiece. 



St. Hilaire and Jussieu. 

 Calyx 1-leaf, 5-cut or parted; petals inserted on the 

 calyx, alternating with the lobes, often like scales or ban-en 

 filaments, sometimes ; stamens definite, 5, rarely moi'e, or 

 fewer inserted with the corolla' ; Jilaments distinct ; anthers 

 roundish ; ova7-y free; style I and stigma simple, or many, 

 with as many stigmata ; yn^?7 capsular, 1 -seeded, valveless, 

 opening at the top; or 1-celled, many-seeded, many-valved 

 at the tip; seeds in the 1 -seeded fruit often insertefl on the 

 side towards the top by an umbilical cord from the bottom 

 of the capsule, in the many-seeded attached to a slightly 

 elevated central receptacle ; embryo peripherical, mostly 

 incurved; perisperm farinaceous, central ; radicle ascending. 



Calyx tubular, neck contracted; stam. 8, 10; 

 petals ; utricles 1-seeded Scleranthus. 323.. 



Cal. 5-parted, lobes appendiculate;5/a7?z. 2.; 

 petals 5, filiform; utricle 1-seeded. ... Illecebrum. 325. 



Cal. 5-parted ; stam. 5 ; 

 pet. 5; equal to the calyx; utricle 1-seeded Corrigiola. 326. 



Cal. 5-parted, inside coloured ; stam. 5 ; 

 pet. 5, threadshape; utricle 1-seeded . . . Herniaria. 327. 



Cal. pitchershape at bottom; stam. 3 ; 

 pet. 5, scalelike, nicked; caps. 3-valved, 

 many-seeded Polycarpon. 328. 



Cal. pitchershape at bottom ; stajn. 5 ; 

 pet. 5, equal lo the calyx; cap. 6-valved . . Larbrea. 329. 



Cal. pitchershape at bottom ; stam. 10; 

 pet. 5, equal to the calyx; cap. 3-valved Adenarium. 324. 



