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with 5 valves (in L. nemorum sometimes 2-Talve(i or inde- 

 hiscent, in L. tliyrdflora few-seeded). 



5. TutENTALis. Cal. 7-pwted. Oor. rotate, 7-parted, tube 

 none. Stam. 7, inserted at the Ijase of the cor. Caps, many- 

 seeded, opening -with 5 revolute fugacious valves. Seeds 

 with a netlike coat. 



6. Glatjx. Cal. heUshaped, 5-parted, coloured. Cor. none. 

 Stam. 5, inserted at the base of the calyx. Gaps, few-seeded 

 (about 10). 



Ti. HI. ANAGAZLIJDUj^. Ovary superior. Caps, opening 

 transversely aU round. Hyle ventral. 



7. Anagallis, Oal. 5-parted. Cor. rotate or funnelshaped, 

 tube none, limb 5-jarted. Stam. 5, at the base of the cor. 

 Caps, many-seeded. 



8. OBNTUNCTrLTTS. Cal. 4 — 5-parted. Cor. iuith a subglohose 

 inflated tube and spreading 4r—- 5-parted limb. Stam. 4 or 6, 

 inserted in the throat of the cor. Caps, many-seeded. — 

 El. usually 4-parted. 



Tr. IV. SAMOL^JE. Ovary inferior. Caps, opening by valves. 

 Hyle basal. 



9. Samolus. Cal. 5-parted, its tube adhering to the lower 

 half of the germen, persistent. Cor. salvershaped, tube short, 

 limb 5-parted with interposed converging scales. Stam. 5, 

 inserted near to the base of the cor.-tube. Caps, ^-inferior, 

 many-seeded, opening with reflexed teeth. 



Tribe I. HottoniecB. 

 1. Hotto'nia Linn. Water- Yiolet. 



1. S.palus'tris(L.); fl. whorled stalked upon a long solitary 

 cylindrical stalk, cor. exceeding the calyx, sep. subacute eqilal- 

 ling cal.-tube, 1. pectinate.— X £. 364. — L. submerged, crowded. 

 Fl. rising above the water, pale pink. Style exceeding the cal., 

 stam. inserted in tube, anth. and filaments about equal in length ; 

 or style falling short of cal., stam. inserted at top of tube, fila- 

 ments 3 or 4 times as long as the antheis. — Ponds and ditches. 

 P. V. VI. B. I. 



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