33. PAEONTCHIACE^. 139 



1. MoNTiA. Cal. of 2 sepals, persistent. Cor. 5-parted, 

 with 3 segments smaller than the others, tube split to the 

 base in front, Stam. 3, inserted in the throat and opposite 

 to the smaller segments of the corolla. Ovary turbinate. 

 Style very short. Stigmas 3. Caps. 3-valved, 3-seeded. 



2. Claytonia. Oal. of 2 sepals, persistent. Cor. of 5 free 

 petals. Stam. 5, opposite to and adhering to the petals. 

 Style 3-cleft. Caps, globose, 3-valved, 3-seeded. 



1. Mon'tia lAnn. Blinks.- 



1. M.fontdna (L.).— JE. A 1206. St. 11. 1.— L. opposite, 

 spathulate, entu-e. Valves of the caps, rolled longitudinally 

 inwards after the seeds have fallen. — a. M, minor (Gm.) ; st. 

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

 asperous. — ^. M. rimdaria (Gm.) ; st. flaccid ascending, ped. 

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



vin. ^ ^^ E.S.I. 



2. CLATio'ifiA lAnn. 



*1. O. perfoKdta (Donn) ; radical 1. fleshy rhomboidal-spa- 

 thulate, upper st.-l. 2 connate, raceme subverticiUate with 1 or 2 

 basal flowers, pet. nearly or c^uite entire. — Sy. E. B. 260. — St. 

 tufted, ascending, 4 — 12 in. high. Pet. white, just overtopping 

 the calyx. — Naturalized. (American.) A. IV. — VI. E. S. 



*2. C. alsinmdes (Sims) ; radical 1. ovate-acuminate, upper 1. 

 opposite sessile, fl. mostly soHtary in raceme, pet. bifid. — St. 

 often 1 ft. high. Fl. more and larger than in Sp. 1. — Natura- 

 lized. (N.W.American.) A. IV.— VII. E.;S. 



[Portulaca oleraceais a common weed near Richmond, Surrey.] 



Order XXXIII. PAEONYCHIACE^. 



Oal. 5-parted, imbricate in the bud. Pet. usually minute and 

 resembling abortive stam., or 0. Stam. indefinite, opposite the 

 Sep. (when the same number), somewhat hypogynous. Ovary 

 free. Styles 2 or 3. Fv. dry, 3-valved or indehiscent. Em- 

 bryo more or less curved. Albumen mealy. — ^With stipules. 



1. OoRBiGiOLA. Sep. 5. Pet. 6, oblong, equalling the sepals. 

 Stam. 5. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fr. 1-seeded, indehiscent. 

 Seed suspended by its seedstalk, which arises from the base 

 of the capsule. — L. alternate. 



2. Hbrniabia. Sep. 6. Pet. 6, filiform, inserted with the 

 6 stam. on a perigynous ring. Stigmas 2, nearly sessile. 

 Fr. 1-seeded, mdeniscent, membranous, — L. opposite. 



