29. ONAGUAOE^. 133 



only at the base. Seeds ascending, crowned -with a tuft of 

 hairs. 



1. Tamabix. Styles 3, patent. Seeds from base of capsule ; 

 crowned with a tuft of simple papiUiform hairs. 



1. Tam'abix Linn. Tamarisk. 



[1. T. ang'lica (Webb) ; I. glabrous rather narrowed at the 

 base spurred, fi.-buds ovoid, hypogynous ring with 5 angles 

 narrowed into the filaments of the cordate shortly apiculate 

 anthers, caps, roundish-trigonous at the base abruptly narrowed 

 towards the apex. — T. gallica Sm. E. B. 1318. St. shrubby, 

 with slender leafy branches. L. minute. — Spikes lateral, rather 

 panicled, slender. Fl. small, pink. — South-west coast of Eng- 

 land. Planted. Sh. VII.] E. 



Order XXIX. ONAGEACE^. 



Cal. tubular, adnate to the ovary wholly or in part, with 2 — 4 

 lobes valvate in the bud. Pet. as many as the calyx-lobes, 

 twisted in the bud, inserted at the top of the tube. Stam. 3, 4, 

 or 8, inserted with the petals. Ovary of several cells, with a 

 central placenta. Style 1, filiform, stigma capitate or lobed. 

 Pr. a berry or capsule with 4 cells. Albumen 0. — L. alternate 

 or opposite, not dotted. Exstipulate. Many raphides. 



1. Epilobium. Cal. 4-cleft, deciduous. Pet. 4. Stam. 8. 

 Style filiform, stigma clavate or crxiciform. Caps, linear, 4- 

 ceUed, 4-valved. Seeds many, bearded. — Fl. not yeUow. 



2. CEnotheea. Cal.-limb tubular below. Seeds not bearded. 

 In other respects like Epilobium. — Pet. yellow. 



3. LuDWiGiA. Limb of the cal. 4-cleft, persistent. Pet. 4, or 

 in our plant. Stam. 4. Style fiHform, deciduous ; stigma 

 capitate. Caps, obovate, 4-valved, 4rceIIed, many-seeded, 

 with a loculicidal dehiscence. 



4. CiBC-a!A. Limb of the cal. 2-cleft, deciduous, its tube closed 

 by a cupshaped disk. Pet. 2, obcordate. Stam. 2, alternate 

 with the petals. Style simple ; stig-ma emarginate. Caps. 

 1- or ^celled, cells 1-seeded, seeds erect. Fl. white. 



1. EprLo'EiuM: lAnn. Willow Herb. 



A. Fl. irregular, cal. mthovt a free tube, stam. and style ulti- 

 mately declining, I. scattered. 



1. E. angustifdlium (L.) ; st. erect round, 1. lanceolate veined, 



