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KMr'KTRACE.E 



a circle ; linear-lanceolate, i -veined leaves, resembling those of a 

 Toad-flax; and clusters of whitish flo7pers : hracis 3. — Dry chalky 

 and limestone hills in the south of England ; rare. — ¥\. May — 

 July. Perennial. 



Tlll'-SII'M lluMIFi'si'M {Ba^ttit-J Toa<^-JfiTx). 



Seriks ii. achlamyde,*; 



S^ Floicers not in ca'kiiis 



Ord. EXXI. liMPKrRAcK.ii. — Crowuerrv F.amilv 



A ver)' small Order of small heathrlike e\'ergreen shrubs, of 

 obscure affinities, inhabiting North Temperate, Arctic, and Sub- 

 Antarctic regions. They ha^e scattered.exstipulate leaves ; minute, 

 axillary, polysymmetric, polygamous fioii'ers, with 4 — 6 imbricate 

 scales, either bracts or perianth-leaves ; stamens 3 — 4, alternate with 

 the inner scales ; 07'ar\' 2 — 9-chambere,d, on a fleshy disk ; style i ; 

 stii!^nui radiate ; jruil llesli)', with bony, T-seeded (.-hainbers. The 

 sligluly acid beiiies of llie ('ruwWerrv {iLni/H'truni jiii^^rnni), though 



