62. PLTTMBAeiNACE^. 293 



— Ped. long. Fl. ratter large, rose-coloured. L. nearly sessile. 

 Spongy bogs. P. VII. VIII. Bog-Fimpernel. E. S. I. 



8. CENTTJir'cuLTrs Linn. Bastard Pimpernel. 



1. C. min'imus CL.) ; 1. alternate ovate acute, fl. nearly sessile, 

 cor. without glands at the base. — E. B. 531. — Usually very 

 minute. St. usually prostrate. Oor. very small, pale rose- 

 colour. — Damp sandy and gravelly places. A. VT. VII. 



!E. S. I. 



Tribe IV. Samolecp. 



9. Sam'oltjs Linn. Brook-weed. 



1. 8. Valeran'di (L.) ; 1. obovate or roundish blunt, upper 1. 

 blunt -with a point, racemes many-flowered ultimately elongated, 

 caps. subgloDoae.^ — E. B. 703. — Eemarkable in this Order by 

 its cal. adhering to the germen and by having a crown to the 

 small white corolla. — Damp watery places. P. VII. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



Order LSII. PLUMBAGINACEiE. 



Cal. 6-cleft, persistent, inferior, plicate. Oor. regular, 6-fid 

 or nearly 5-petalous. Stam. 5, hypogynous, or adiiate to the 

 base of and opposite to the pet. Ovary free, of 6 carpels, 1- 

 ceUed, l-seeded ; ovule 1, pendulous by a stalk arising from 

 the bottom of the cell. Styles 5. Fi'. a utricle. Seed in- 

 verted. Embryo in the axis of farinaceous albumen. Radicle 

 superior. — Stip. 0. 



1. Staticb. Fl. spiked. Oal. scarious above. Cor. 5-parted, 

 Styles glabrous. Caps, not bursting. 



2. Absieeia. Fl. in a head with an inverted cylindrical 

 sheath. Styles hairy below. Caps, not bursting. 



1. Stat'iob Linn. Sea-Lavender. 

 * li. pinnately veined. Cal.-segm. with intermediate teeth. 



1. S. Limdnium (L.) ; 1. elliptic-oblong stalked mucronate 

 1-ribbed strongly veined, st. sub terete branched above corym- 

 bose, spikelets 1 — 3-flowered ascending forming dense 2-ranked 

 patent or recurved spikes, cal.-segments entire acute, outer bract 

 pointed rounded on the bach. — E. B. 103. — St. 6 — 18 in. high, 

 usually not branched in its lower half, often not until near the 



