13'4 31. CUCTTRBITACEJE.*— SS/'iPOHITTLACE-S;. 



.^ubmeTsedt Lower bracts often ■pectinate.^^Ponda aad>ditofie3. 

 P. VI. VIL E. S. I. 



3. M. alternifldrumQAG.) j stetiie fl,.taltemate about 6 form- 

 ing a leafless spike, spike nodding when in hud aftervsrard^^ erect, 

 fertile fi. about 3 together jW uxiU'afy leJwrls'at 'tW\ii^f 'of the 

 spike.— IE. J*.'/?. '2854.— L. 3 or 4iii,a-V^iiMl,3ubm^xs^^:— Ponds 

 and ditches.; P. V:— VIII. " "'^' '::' ' ; "'■' ■ " E. S. I. 



.'i'' 2. Bsvvv':^ia Liri,-^. 'itare's-tail. ; ; , ,!/';■: 



1. S.,mdgdris (L.) ; 1, linear 6— 12 in a, whorl with a hard 

 point. — St. 44 1.— St. simple, or, spme'tiAes branching at' T;he 

 base, erect. ^IJJin the/a':xil of eapK o^ the upper leaves, often 

 without stamens., , In deep water the submersed le^vek are loii^ 

 flaccid pellucid and not 'hard at; the end.^In stagnant water 

 arid slow streams. P. VI. Vll.'.' ' ' 'E.S.I. 



.. . - :■■'■ ' Order XSXI.- CUCUBBlTACEiE. ' ''-"'i^ i"' ' 



Gal. 5-toothed, tube adnate with the ovary. Cor. 5-cleft, 

 often scarcely distingui^b9,]t(lp|fro|ii tliepaly£,,Beitted with veins. 

 Stam. 5, more or less cobering. Aitb. sinuous. Ovary 3 — 5- 

 iCelled or spurijouSly l-celled;; I'fylacentafi parietal, j. Style, [short. 

 Stigmas, lobed,, Fr. more or less succident.. - Sele'ds flat, in an 

 aril; embryO' flat;, albumen 0. — Plants -Succulent, cliinbing-.witi 

 extra-axiliaiy tendrils.,., Oftan,,nkiiiCBciQusior dioBoioi^s.!*. .I'- 

 ll JBbyonia. Cal. 5-toothed. Cori 6-cleft. 'Male : Stam. 'o, 

 in 3. bundles. Fern.: Style , 3-fid. ,- -Fruit a : globosfe few- 

 ,, seeded -beifry,, Seeds oval, compressed, :inore lor less bor- 

 dered. , i ' ' ' . , n - . '■ . ... I 



1. Buto'nia Linn. Eed Bryony. 



',.,'^ 1. B. cliai'ca ,(L,),\ 1. palmate I S-lgbed dentete-j-ougb on, both 

 sides with b'ard poipts, fl, diceciouSjCal.^yjf ;the,fei)tijei^, Half as 

 long as the corolla. — St. climbing. Tendrils simple, Fr. red. 

 — [B. alba (L.) has the fertile cal. as long asthe, por. and black 

 fruit. It-iS' said to ¥e monoecious. ]'-^Hfedg'es^ '-and thickets. 



:' "' '.Order, xixii. postulaI: 



, Sep. 2, rarel'y 3 o'r 5, coherinfS; at th6 base ; imbricate in], the 

 ■bud. Pet. usually 5, from the base of the calyx. Stam. inde- 

 finite, inserted,, with the petals, .oft«(n ppppsite '.to theilpetsls ; 

 filaments (distinct. , Ovary 1-celled.- Style 0„ Stigmas aeversJi. 



