I84 ONAGRARIE.T, 



flattish with a hlunt keel.— Marshes, lakes, and stronms. — kl 

 June — September. Annual or perennial. 



5. C. obtiisdiigiila has obovate leaves in a rosette : persistent 

 /'r(7(-A- and styles : and unkeeled urz/t'/fr. — Ditches; apparentl)' not 

 common. — Fl. May — Sep)tember. Annual or perennial. 



6. C. aiilmiiiiafis (Autumn \\'ater* Starwort). — Leaves all sub- 

 merged, linear, obtuse, dark green ; hraels absent ; styles spread- 

 ing ; fruit large, dark biouii ; eai-peh,\i\\\\ a broad wing — Lakes ; 

 rare. Fl. June — October. Annual or perennial. 



7. C. irunedta, differing in having lightC)-, more translucent 

 leaves and bluntly keeled carpels, has only been observed in a 

 few localities. 



Ord. XXXn. ONAGRARfE.ii. — The Willow-herb 



FA.\nLY 



Herbs, or rarely shrubs or trees, principally inhabiting the tem- 

 perate parts of the globe, with simple, exstipulate leaves, and gener- 

 ally conspicuous, polysymmetric //(Wiv-.f, mostly 4-merous ; sepals 4 

 or 2, valvate ]petals 4 ox 2, contorted in the bud, or absent ; sta/zieus 

 2 — 8; ovary 1 — 6-chambered, usually,4-chambered ; f/ia't a berry, 

 or 4-chambered capsule. To this Order belongs the beautiful genus 

 Fuehsia, with its coloured 4-cleft calyx and edible but insipid 

 berries, natives of Mexico, Peru, Chili, and New Zealand. Many 

 species of tPEnothera, natives of America, with the exception of one 

 Tasmanian species, are cultivated as garden plants, some bearing 

 flowers 3 or 4 inches in diameter. Those with yellow or white 

 flowers, which open in the evening, are called Evening Primroses. 

 No member of the Order has any known properties of importance. 



1. EpH.i'iriiUAi. — Sepals 4; ealvx-tiPe not prolonged above the 

 o^'ary ; petals 4, red, pink, or white , sta/iiens S. 



2. Ta/owiYuA. — Sepals T,—^; petals 3 — 5, short, or absent; 

 slai/ieiis 3 — c;. 



■*'3. CEnothkka. — Sepals 4 ; ealvx-fiit'e jirolongcd above the top 

 of the ovary ; petals 4, yellow, white, or red ; staine/is S. 

 4. CiRCKA. — Sepali 2 ; petals 2, wjiite ; stamens 2. 



I. ]i;i>H.(')niuM (\\'illo\v-herb). — H'erbs or under-shrubs with 

 runners; flowers reil or piink, rarely white Or )cllo\v; sepals 4, 

 deciduous, springing direct from the top of the ovar\" ; petals 4, 

 usually 2-lobed ; staDieiis 8, in two whorls, differing in length : style 

 thread-like; eapsiile very long and' slender, 4 chainbered and 

 .pvalved ; seeds numerous, tulted with down. (X.mie from the 

 Oreek epl, upon, lahos, a piod, the carolla springing from the lop 

 of llie long pod-like inferior ovary.) 



