23. CELASIEAOE^. 77 



2. L. peren'ne (L.) ; sep. obovate obscurely 5- veined glabrous, 

 inner sep. very blunt, 1. linear-lanceolate, st. many, fruitstalka 

 erect.— ^. £. 40.— Fl. blue. St. 1—2 I't. long, erect or decum- 

 bent.— Cbalky places, rare. P. VI. VII. E. 



** Leaves opposite. 



3. L. cathar'tAcum (L.); sep. elliptic pointed, 1. obovate, 

 upper 1. lanceolate.— J?. B. 382. — Fl. wbite, small; sep. serrate ; 

 pet. acute. St. one or more, slender, 2 — 6 in. big-h. Panicle 

 forked, spreading.— In dry pastures. A. VI.— Vltl. E. S. I. 



2. Eaiii'oia. Omel. Plax-seed. All-seed. 



1. R. miUegrdna (Sm.). — E. B. 893. B. Knoides DC, Kocb. 

 — St. 1 — 2 in. bigb, repeatedly forked, witb solitary minute 

 ■wbite fi. in the forks as well as at tbe ends of the branches. 

 Sep. deeply and acutely 3-cleft, connected below into a tube. 

 —Damp sandy places. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



Dmsion II. CALYCIFLORiE. 



(Orders XXm.— XXXIX.) 



Petals distinct, and stamens perigynous er epigynous. 



A. Petals and stamens perigynous (except in Orders XXVIII., 

 XXIX., XXXI. and XXXV.). 



Order XXIII. CELASTEACEJE. 



Sep. 4 — 6, imbricate in tbe bud. Pet. 4 — ^, inserted in tbe 

 margin of a fleaby disk surrounding tbe ovary. Stam. alternate 

 with the petals, inserted in the disk. Ovary sunk in the disk, 

 more or less connected with it, 3 — 5-celled ; cells 1 — 2-seeded ; 

 ovules erect. Embryo straight. — Trees or shrubs. Stip. minute, 

 deciduous. 



1. EuONTMUS. Cal. flat, 4 — 5-lobed ; disk peltate. Pet.' 

 4 — 5, inserted in the margin of the disk. Stam. 4 — 5, in- 

 serted in the disk. Style 1. Gaps. 3 — 5-celled, 3--5- 

 angled, loculioidal. Seeds solitary in each cell, with a fieshy 

 aril, not trwncate at the bile. — Leaves simple. 



1. Etjon'tmits Linn. -Spindle-tree. Prickwood. 



1. E. ewropce'us (L.); pet. oblong,fl. mostly 4-cleft and 4-an- 

 drous, branches tetragonous smooth and even, 1. ovate-lanceo- 

 late minutely serrate, caps, obtusely angular not winged. — 



