33. PAKOWTGHIACRft. 185 



Gapg. opening transversely ou by 3 v?;ltes.;'-plaee!Qta»ic^nti'al. 

 iEmbrya curved round tli« lallDurBeiiii '" • ' 'i"' - '•■ ' 



1. jSlONTiA. Cal. of 12 sepals, persistent. CQr. S-pajfted, with 

 3 segments smaller than the others, tube split to the base in 

 front. Stam. 3, inserted in the, thrc!a,t, and opposite to the 

 smaller segmeUts of the corolla. Ovaiy turbinate. Style 

 very short. " Stegmafe' 3. Caps. 3-valved, 3-8eeded; ^ •■ 



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,:2, .Claxtqnia. ,CaL,of 2 sepals, persistent Cor. of 6fe» 



;, ^petals.,,, Stami 5,. opposite to and adhering to, the .pbtals. 

 Caps, glpfoose, Style 3-ckft. Caps..3-T&lved, 3-e.eeded. 



1. MoN*TiA imra. Blinks. 



1. M.fontdna (LX—RS. 1206, &, 11, l.—L. opposite, 

 spathulate, entire. Valves' of the caps, rolled longitudinally 

 inwards after the seeds have faUeh.^a. M. viinor (Gm.) ; st 

 ishort ascending rigid, ped. axillary and terminal, seeds netted- 

 asperous.— /^. M. rktdfris (Gm..) ; st, flaccid aisoeuding, ped. 

 axillary, seeds netted.— Watery places, 13. in water. A. IV. — 



vm.,/ '"-;■ '" ,'E.'s. I. 



I '.. 2. ClAYio'^fALiun. ■ .:[/; 



■ *1. C. perfoUata (Donn) ; radicaH. Seshylong stalked, uppesr 

 st.-l. perfoliate, raceme subverticiUate with 1 or 2 basal flowers, 

 pet nearly pr q^uite entire.— St. 'tilfted, ascending, 4 — 12 in. 

 high. , St'.-l. 2, connate. Pet. ■^hite, just overtopping the calyx. 

 ' — -Naturalized on cultivated grohnd. A. IV. — "V I. " E. 



Oi'der XXXIII. PAEON¥CHLU]E;.E. 'i^-ii 



j, Cal. S-pS'Tted, imbricate in the, bud., Ppt- usually minute and 

 ypsembling abortive stam., orO. Stam. iudehnite, opposite^th^i 

 sep. (when the same number), somewhat hj-pogynous. Ovary 

 free. Styles 2 or'3. TV. dry, 3-valv^d;o'r indehistent. ' Emhryo 

 more or less curved. ' Albumen meaiy.-j-JWith stipules: 

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1. CpESiSiOLA., , Sep. 5._ ^Pet.hjpblotig, equaMkig the sepals. 

 Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fr. l-seeded, indehiscent. 

 Seed suspended^ te'its seedstalk^ which arises from the base 

 of the capsule. — L. alternate. 



2. Hkbniaeia. Sep. 5, , Pet. b, filiform, inserted with the 

 S stam. on a,;p3igyaao^,iring. Stigmas ,2,iEearly. sessile. 



; Fr. l-seeded, indehiscent, membrapjQUfi.—rL., Opposite. ,: 



