128 29. OSAGRACEiB. 



only at the base. Seeds ascending, crowned with a tuft of 

 hairs. 



1. Tamaeix. Styles 3, patent. Seeds from hase of capsulfi ; 

 crowned with a tuft of simple papUIiform hairs. 



1. Tam'aeix Linn. Tamarisk. 



Jl. T. anc/'lica (Webb) ; I. glabrous rather narrowed at the 

 base spurred, fl.-buds ovoid, hypogynous ring with 5 angles 

 narrowed into the filaments of the cordate shortly apiculate 

 anthers, caps, roundish-trigonous at the fease abruptly narrowed 

 towards the apex. — T. gcdlica Shi. E. B. 1318. St. shrubby, 

 \\ ith slender leafy branches. L, minute, with a loose spui- at 

 the base. — Spikes lateral, rather panicled, slender. FL small, 

 pink. — South-west coast of England. Sh. "\'IL E. 



Order XXIX. OlfAGEACE^- 



Ual. tubular, adnate to the ovary wholly or in part, with 2 — 4 

 lobes valvate in the bud. Pet. as many as the ealyx-lobes, 

 twisted in the bud, inserted at the top of the tabe, Stam, 2, 4, 

 or 8, inserted with the petals, OTary of several cells, with a 

 central placenta. Style 1, filiform, stigma capitate or lobed, 

 Fr. a berry pr capsule with 4 cells. Albumen 0. — L. alternate 

 or opposite, not dotted. Exstipulate. Many raphides. 



1. Epilobidm. Cal. 4-cleft, deciduous. Pet. 4. Stam. 8. 

 Style filiform, stigm. clavate or cruciform. Caps, linear, 4- 

 celled, 4-valTed. Seeds many, bearded. — Fl. not yellow. 



2. CEmotheha. Cal.-limb tubular below. Seeds not bearded. 

 In other respects like Epihbium. — Pet. yellow. 



?), IsNABDiA. Limb of the cal. 4-cleft, persistent. Pet. 4 or 

 0. Slam. 4. Style filiform, deciduous; stigma eapitate. 

 Caps, obovate, 4-valved, 4-oelled, many-seeded, with a locu- 

 licidal dehiscence. 



4. CntcaiA. Idmb of the cal 2-efe/i5, deciduous, its tube closed 

 by a cupshaped disk. Pe<. 2, obcordate. Stam. 2, alternate 

 with the petals. Style simple ; stigma emarginate. Caps. 

 1- or 2-celled, cells 1-seeded, seeds erect. Fi. white. 



1. Epilo'biitm Linn. Willow Herb. 



A. Fl. irregular, cal. without a free tube, stam. and style ulti- 

 mately declining, I. scattered. 



1. E. angustifdlium (L.) ; st. erect round, 1. lanceolate veined, 



