GENERA. xlvii 



IV. PENTAGYNIA. 



125. SPERG-TJLA. Sep. 5. Pet. 5, undivided. Caps, ovoid, of 1 cell and 5 valves. 

 Weak plants, with narroiv L. CARYOFHYLLACEiE. p. 57. 



126. MCEWCHIA. Sep. 4-5. Pet. 4-5, entii-e. Sta. 4-10. Styles 4-5. Caps. 1-celled. 



Valves 8-10. CARYOPHYLLACEiE. p. 58. 



127. CERASTIUM. Sep. 5. Pet. cloven. Caps, of 1 cell, opening at the top into 10 

 teeth. Weak, straggling Herbs, vAth opposite L. and white Fl. Caryophyllace;e. p. 58. 



112. LYCHlSriS. Cal. tubular, with 5 teeth. Pet. 5, clawed. Caps, of 1 or 5 cells. 

 Seeds many. Erect, branched. Cabyophyllace^. p. 52. 



260. SEDTJM. Cal. 5-cleft. Pet. 5. Caps. 5, each with a scale at base. L. fleshy, 

 mostly alternate. Crassulace^. p. 132. 



258. UMBILICUS. Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. of 1 petal. Caps. 5, each with a scale at base. 

 Fleshy plants. L. nearly circular, alternate. CrassulacezE. p. 131. 



145. OXALIS. Sep. 5. Pet. connected by the claws. Caps, with 5 angles and 5 cells. 

 Seeds few, coated. L. ternate, acid. Oxaxide^. p. 71. 



V. DECAGYNIA. Phytolacce^. Holorace.^ of Linn. 



683. PHYTOLACCA. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. 0. Berry round, with 10 fun-ows, 10 cells, 

 and 10 seeds. A tall, showy Perennial, with alternate, undivided L., to which the branches 

 are opposite. Fl. in pendent racemes, p. 312. 



XI. DODECANDEIA. 

 I. MONOGYNIA. 



712. ASARUM. Cal. campanulate, 3-cleft, superior. Cor. 0. Sta. inserted on base of 

 style. Anthers on the inner side of the filament. Caps, of 6 cells. Dwarf, creeping, perennial 

 plants, with simple, broad L. and solitary, stalked Fl. Aristolochi^e, SARMENTACEiE 

 of Linn. p. 324. 



150. PEGAWUM. Sep. 5, inferior. Pet. 5. Caps, of 3 valves and 3 cells, many-seeded. 

 Perennial, erect, branched, with the habit of NigeHa. Rutace^. p. 72. 



246. PORTULACA. Cal. usually 2-cleft, superior. Pet. 5. Stigmas 5. Caps, of 1 

 cell, circumsciss. Portulacace^. p. 129. 



239. LYTHRUM. Cal. 1 2-cleft, inferior. Pet. 6, growing on the calyx. Caps, of 2 cells 

 and many seeds. Perennial plants, icith square stems and simple L. Lythrare^. p. 127. 



II. DIGYNIA. R0SACEJ3. 



213. AG-RIMONIA. Cal. with 5 teeth, with a calycle of 2 bracts, and with tooked 

 prickles. Pet. 5, on the calyx. Seeds 1-3, in the bottom of the hardened calyx. Perennial 

 plants, vnth divided L. Slip, united to L.-stalk. p. 120. 



III. TRIGYNIA. Resedace^. 



100. RESEDA. Cal. 4-6-parted. Pet. 4-6, unequal; upper laciniate. Caps, of 1 cell, 

 gaping at the top. Seeds numerous. Number of Sta. uncertaia. L. alternate, pinnate, or 

 undivided, p. 41. 



101. ASTROCARPUS. Cal. 4-6-parted. Pet. 4-6, unequal ; upper laciniate. FoUicles 

 4-6 : one or two Seeds in each. Habit of Reseda, p. 42. 



IV. PENTAGYNIA. Eicoide^. Cakyophyllei of Linn. 



264. GLITfUS. Sep. 5. Pet. 0. Cloven bristles mixed with the stamens. Caps, supe- 

 rior, of 5 ceUs and many seeds, joined by a thread to the central column, p. 135. 



