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POPULAR FLORA. 



2. Four-leaved L. Stem simple; leaves lance-ovate, in "whorls of 4 (sometimes of 3 or 6); flowers 



long-stallted from the axil of the leaves. Sandy grounds. L. quadrifolia. 



3. CiLiATE L. Leaves opposite, lance-ovate, with a rounded or heart-shaped base, on long ciliate 



footstalks; flowers long-stalked from the upper axils; divisions of the corolla ovate, pointed, and 

 with wavy or slightly toothed margins. Low grounds. L. ciliaia. 



4. Lance-leaved L. Leaves lance-shaped, oblong, or linear, narrowed into a short margined foot- 



stalk; flowers, &c. nearly as in No. 3. S. & W. in low grounds. L. lanceolata. 



59. BIGNONIA FAMILY. Order BIGNONIACEiE. 



Plants with mostly opposite leaves, and large and showy flowers : the corolla 2-lipped 

 or rather irregular, bearing on its tube 4 stamens (2 long and 2 short) or only 2, often 



with rudiments of the other one or three- 

 Fruit a large 2-celled pod, with many large 

 seeds : the whole kernel is a flat embryo. 

 Calyx free and corolla on the receptacle, as 

 it is in all the following families with mono- 

 petalous corolla. 



Woody plants, with winged seeds, in long 

 pods. Vme climbing by rootlets: 

 leaves pinnate. Calyx 5-toothed. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed: sta- 

 mens 4, ( Ticoma) Trumpet-Creeper. 

 Tree, with simple heart-shaped leaves, 

 and white flowers (purple-tinged or 

 dotted) in large panicles. Calyx 2-lipped. Corolla bell-shaped and 2-hpped; stamens 

 generally 2, with vestiges of one or three others, ( Catdlpa) Catalpa. 

 Rank clammy herb (cult, and wild S. W.) with wingless seeds in a large and long-pointed 

 fruit, the outer part of which is fleshy and falls off' from the inner fibrous-woody part: 

 this is crested and long-beaked, the beak at length splitting into 2 hooked horns. Corolla 

 dull-colored: stamens 2 or 4, perfect, (Martynia) Unicorn-plant. 



60. BROOM-BAPE FAMILY. Order OROBANCHACE^. 



Herbs parasitic on the roots of trees, &c., readily known by their irregular monopetalous 

 corolla, 4 stamens, in two pairs ; the ovary one-celled with innumerable small seeds on the 

 walls. Also, like other parasitic plants, they are entirely destitute of green herbage, yel- 

 lowish or brownish throughout, and with scales in place of leaves. 



Stems slertder and branched, with few and small scales and many flowers scattered along 



the branches, (Epiphegus) Beech-dbofs. 



Stems short and thick, covered with broad scales, so that the plant resembles a fir-cone 



Flowers under the upper scales ; stamens projecting, ( CondphoUa) Squaw-koot. 



Stems or naked and 1-flowered scapes slender, from a scaly base : stamens included in the 



eurved and 'salver-shaped corolla, {Aphyllon) Naked Beoom-bapb. 



<32. Corolla of Cntalj.a I.iifl open. 

 433. Winged seed of Trumpel-Cree[jei 



til ihe stamens. 



