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XXXIX. MYRTACE^. 



Calyx superior, 4-6-cleft. Petals 4-6. Fr. of many cells, with central placentas. Style 1. 

 Seeds without aril or albumen. Shrubs. L. opposite, with glandular dots. No Stipules. 



343. MYRTUS. 



1. coxuinunis. Seeds curved, irregularly 



disposed. Stalks solitary, 1-flowered. Bracts 2, 



.linear, deciduous. L. ovate or lanceolate. 



acute. S. 6, 7- -Ory sto7iy or sandy coasts. 

 s. Europe. 



fi. mucronafa. L. lineari-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate. 



XL. CUCURBITACEiE. 



Calyx superior, with 5 teeth. Corolla 5 -cleft, growing from calyx. Stamens 5, four of 

 them united in two paii's. Style 1. Fruit of 3 cells, with parietal placentas iixed to the outer 

 angles of the cells, fleshy. Albumen 0. Stems weak, mostly climbing. 



243. BRYONIA. 



1. alba. L. cordate, 5-lobed, dentate, cal- 

 loso-scabrous. H. racemoso-coiymbose, monoe- 

 cious. Cal. in fertile flowers as long as corolla. 

 Stigmas smooth. Berry black, p. climber. 

 6, 7. Hedges and thickets. Loit. Pyr. Ger. occ. 



3. dioica. L. cordate, 5 -lobed, dentate, 

 calloso-scabrous. Fl. racemoso-corymbose, 

 dioecious. Cal. in fertile flowers half as long 

 as coroUa. Stigmas hirsute. Berry red. p. 



climber. 6, 7- Hedges. 



244. MOMORDICA. 



1. Elaterium. Tendrils none. Fr. hispid, 

 on long stalks. L. cordate, somewhat lobed, 

 crenato-dentate, wrinkled, long stalked, a. 7-9. 

 Warm, uncult. s. Europe. 



245. CUCUMIS. 



1. Colycintliis. L. cordate at base, mul- 

 tifid, very rough. Tendills simple. Fl. soli- 

 tary, on short stalks. Fr. globose, smooth. 

 a. 6, 7. Volcanic sand. PanteUaria. 



XLI. PORTULACACE^. 



Calyx usually in two parts. CoroUa in five. Style 0. Stigmas several. Capsule of 1 cell. 

 Placenta central. Embryo cm^ved round the albumen. Small plants, with somewhat fleshy L. 

 and sessile Flovjers. 



246. PORTTJLACA. 



1. oleracea. 



obtusely keeled. 

 m. and s. Em*. 



Prostrate. Divisions of Cal. 

 a. 6-9. Cult, and uncult. 



2. sativa. Erect. Divisions of Cal. with 

 a winged keel. a. 6-8. Cultiv. m. and s. Eur. 



3. pilosa. "Axils hauy ! L. subulate, 

 alternate. Fl. terminal, sessile, a. b. Sic." 



— GuSS./rO?K CUPANI. 



347. MONTIA. 



1. fontana. Branches divaricate, 

 somewhat connate, a. 4-8. Sandy wet. 



L. 



