SUMMAEY. 



IT should be prefaced that this Summary merely professes to give ;* 

 brief epitome of each of the plants represented in this volume, and 

 that it is principally a condensation from the writings of Hooker, 

 Lindley, Bentham, or other authorities on the subject.* 



SWEET BRIAR, ROSA RUBIGIXOSA. Nat. Ord., Rosacece. Calyx 

 tube ovoid ; calyx segments, five in number. Corolla of five petals, 

 pink, fragrant. Flowers often solitary. Stamens numerous. Achenes 

 numerous. Fruit pear-shaped. Leaves pinnate, glandulose., fragrant, 

 small, much-toothed, stipulate. Stem prickly. Bush or shrub. 

 Hedges and thickets; often cultivated. Perennial. Flowering 

 throughout summer. 



BROOM, SAROTHAMNUS SCOPARIUS. Nat Ord., Leguminosas or 

 Papilionacece. Calyx campanulate, two-lipped, minutely toothed, 

 much shorter than corolla. Flowers large, bright yellow, papilion- 

 aceous, axillary. Standard broad. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary 

 one-celled. Style one, very long. Stigma one. Pod or legume flat, 

 much longer than calyx, many-seeded, hairy at margin. Lower leaves 

 on short stalks, composed of three small obovate leaflets ; upper leaves 

 stalkless, often single. Stems angled, smooth, green, wiry. Large 

 shrub. Dry hilly wastes, banks. May, June. Perennial. 



TUTSAN, HYPERICUif ANDROS^EMUif. Nat. Ord., Hypericacece 

 Calyx of five broad sepals, unequal, as long as petals. Corolla of five 

 petals, large, deciduous. Flowers few in number, grouped at ends of 

 the branches. Twisted in aestivation. Stamens numerous, pentadel- 



* See Prefatory Note to the Summary, Series I. 



