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LXVII. PLUMBAGINACE^. 



Moist sandy or gravelly places about London, In Kent, BedforW 

 shire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Hampshire, the South of Ireland, and Low' 

 lands of Scotland, not frequent, — probably, however, often overlook A 



on account of its small size, 0. 6, 7 Plant 1 — 2 inches hlfr} 



more or less branched. Leaves alternate, ovate, glabrous. Flowe ' 

 extremely minute, sessile, axiHary, solitary. Cor, pale rose colour 

 withering. Perhaps the only species of the genus, C. lanceolatus of 

 N. America beiniic scarcely distinct 



D. Capsule half- superior^ openivg ly valves. Emhryo transverse 



Samole^. (Gen. 9.) 



9. Samolus Linju Brookweed. 



^ Cah 5-cleft. Cor. salver-sliaped, its tiibe short, with 5 scales 

 (imperfect stamens) at its mouth, alternating with the lobes. 

 (7a/55?;/(? half-hiferior, openIn<^ with 5 valves. — Name, accord-* 

 ing to Pliny, an ancient Druidical one for some now unknown 

 marsh-plant, possessed of wonderful sanatory properties ; pro-- 

 bably the same as slan^us, in Celtic, the healing herb, or allheal 

 imitated in Latin by Samolus^ as if derived from sajius^ whole. 



1. S. Valeixmdi L. {Broohweecl or Water PimperneX) ; leaves 

 pbtuse, racemes many-flowered, pedicels with a small bractea 

 E. B. t. 703. . ■ 



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Marshy and watery places, especially in a gravelly soiL In Scot- 

 land always near the sea and chiefly on the west coast. _^ , 



A plant very generally dispersed throughout the world. EUm 

 8—10 inches high, rounded, glabrous, as are the ovate, subpetic 

 late, entire, fleshy haves. Flowers small, white. Cal small, 5-cleft, 

 persistent ; its segments crowning the rounded capsule. 



Ord. LXVII. PLUMBAGmACEiE J-M5^. 



Calyx tubular. Corolla regular, of 5 united or distinct petals 

 Slam, liypogynous or inserted upon the corolla. Ovary sin.^le' 

 I -celled, with one ovule suspended from the apex of a stllk 

 arising from the base of the cell. "■ ^ - 



/ 



n . 6—9, 



the middle or to the summit. 



or opening irregularly, 1 -seeded. 



o^ fnvm^QQOw^ albumen.— Hey 



Styles 5, sometimes united to 



Capsule indehisceut 

 Emhryo straight in the axis 



Stigmas 5. 



vvers often c\ 



1. Akmeria. 



2. Statice. 



Styles hairy. Scapes simple : flowers capitate, 

 btyles glabrous. Scapes panicled. 



1. Armeria Willd. Thrift. Sea-Pink. 



Cal funnel-shaped, plaited, dry and membranous, 

 united at the base bearing the stamens. Styles distinct, hairy : 

 stigmas filiform, glandular. {Flowers collected into a bracteate 



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