118 PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Class V. 
703. Commersonia. Cal. 1-leaved, bearing the cor. Petals 5. Nectary 5-parted. Caps. 5-cclled, echinate. 
704. Rulingia. Petals 5, with a cucullate base. Sterile stamens 5, undivided. Ovary 5-celled. Caps, with 
double septa. 
705. Armeria. Cal. 2-leaved, entire, plaited, scarious. Petals 5. Seed 1, superior. Flowers in heads, with 
a common many-leaved involucrum. 
706. Statice. Cal. 2-leaved, entire, plaited, scarious. Petals 5. Seeds I, superior. Flowers scattered in a 
panicled or spiked scape. 
MONOGYNIA, 
322. MIRA'BILIS. W. 
1855 dichotoma W. 
1856.Jalapa W. 
jSjidva 
y alba 
5 rubro-dlha 
i rubrO'fldua 
1857 hybriaa W.en. 
1858 longiflora W. 
323. ABRO'NIA. Juss. 
1859 umbel lata J. 
324. PLUMBA'GO. W. 
1860 europffi'a W. 
1861 zeylanica W. 
1862 rosea W. 
1863scandens W. 
18G4 tristis H. K. 
1865 capensis W. 
1866 lapathifolia W. 
325. HELIOTRO'PIUM, 
1867 Peruvian um W. 
1868 corymbosum B. M. 
1869 parviflorum W. 
1870 europas'um W. 
1871 oblongifolium Lk. 
1872 chenopodioides W.en. 
1873 curassavicum W. 
1874 humile Lam. 
1875 indicum W. 
1876 supinum W. 
Marvel of Peru. 
forked ;f; i | or 
common jf, \ | or 
yellow-flowered % \ | or 
white-flowered jf, \ | or 
red and white % \ [ or 
red and yellow % \ | or 
close-flowered 
long-flowered 
Abronia. 
umbelled 
Leadwort. 
European 
Cingalese 
Rose-colored 
climbing 
dark-flowered 
Cape 
Dock-leaved 
i_J or 
lJ or 
^ A el 
A or 
tt. I I or 
It. I I or 
tt- I I or 
j£ lAJ or 
Nyctaginets. 
jl.au Y 
R 
Y 
W 
R.W 
R.Y 
R 
W 
Turnsole. 
Peruvian lU. \ | or 
large- flowered )U i | or 
s-mall-flowered j£ O w 
European 
oblong-leaved 
.Goose-foot 
glaucous 
dwarf 
Indian 
trailing 
O 
O 
rm or 
rm or 
Jc O or 
jn.s 
jn.s 
jn.s 
jn.s 
jn.s 
jn.s 
jn.s 
Nyctaginece. 
i ap.my R 
Plumbaginece. 
3 s.o B 
2 ap.s "W 
1| mr.jl R 
3 jLau W 
1| my.jn Br 
1| n B 
lijn.jl W 
Boraginece. 
2 my.s Li 
4 my.s 
1 jl.s 
f jn.o 
f jn.o 
1 jn.jl 
f jnjl 
1 my.jn 
1 jn.au 
^jn.jl 
Li 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
B 
W 
326. MYOSO'TIS. B. P. Scorpion-grass. 
1877 scorpioides W. 
1878 arvensis W. 
1879 nana JV. 
1880obtusa W.en. 
1881 rupicola E.B. 
1882str'icta Lk. 
1883 sylvatica Ehr. 
marsh 
field 
dwarf ^ 
obtuse-calyxed 
rock ^ 
upright 
wood ^ 
^ A 
O 
A 
A 
A 
O 
A 
Boraginece, 
2 ap.au B.Y 
1 ap.au B 
|jl B 
2 jn.jl B 
jn.jl B 
1 jn.jl B 
2 jn.jl B 
SP.4-—5. 
Mexico 1640. 
W. Indies 1596. 
W. Indies 1596. 
W. Indies 1596. 
W. Indies 1596. 
W. Indies 1596. 
1813. 
Mexico 1759. 
Sp. 1. 
California 1823. 
Sp. 7—11. 
S. Europe 1596. 
E. Indies 1731. 
E. Indies 1777. 
W. Indies 1699. 
C. G. H. 1792. 
C. G. H. 1818. 
Iberia 1822. 
Sp. 10—77. 
Peru 1757. 
Peru 1808. 
W. Indies 1732. 
S. Europe 1562. 
S. Europe 1824. 
S. Amer. 1823. 
W. Indies 1731. 
S. Araer. 1752, 
W. Indies 1713. 
S. Europe 1640. 
Sp. 10—29. 
Britain mea. 
Britain dry fi, 
Europe 
Hungary 1815. 
Scotland al.roc. 
Germany 1822. 
Europe 1823. 
R CO Mart. cent. 1. t.l 
R r.m Bot. mag. 371 
R r.m 
R r.m 
R r.m 
R r.m 
R r.m 
R r.m Ex. bot. 1. t. 23 
D s.p 
C p.l Bot' mag. 2139 
Sks.p Rhed.mal.lO.t.8 
Sk r.m Bot. mag. 230 
Sk s.p Slo.im.l.t.l33.f.l 
C l.p 
C l.p Bot.reg.417 
Sks.p 
C 
C 
C s.l 
C s.l 
s 
s 
c 
c 
r.m Bot. mag. 141 
r.m Bot. mag. 1609 
" Dil.el.tl46.f.l75 
Jac. aust.3. t.207 
Mr.s.ll.t.31.f.l2 
Plum. ic. 227. f.2 
S s.p Plk. phyt.245. f 4 
S CO Goua.m.l7.c.tab 
D CO 
S CO 
D CO 
D CO 
D CO 
S CO 
D CO 
Eng. bot. 1973 
Eng. bot. 480 
Hac.pl.al.t.2.f6 
Pl.rar.hu.l.t.100 
Eng. bot. 2559 
Fl. dan. 583 
Tlistory, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
322. Mirabilis, is a Latin word, signifying something wonderful or admirable; and applied with some 
reason to this, the most fragrant of flowers. Clusius called it Admirabilis. We from the same cause call it 
Marvel of Peru. The French botanists still caU the genus by Van Royen's name, Nyctago : derived from wl, 
night, and a^o, to act, on account of the flowers expanding at night. M. dichotoma is called the four-o'clock 
flower m the West Indies, from the flowers opening regularly at that time of the afternoon. M. jalapais a very 
ornamental plant m warm borders. When cultivated, it sports into many agreeable varieties It flowers 
best when treated as a tender annual, and then planted out; but if sown at once in the open air it will flower 
late in the season in favorable summers. Its large tuberous roots, if taken up and preserved during winter like 
those of Dahha, or even covered well with litter in the open garden, will flower perennially The powder of 
these roots washed, scraped, and dried, is one of the substances which form the jalap of druggists 
323. Abronia. Derived from etQ^os, delicate. The little plant produces flowers surrounded by an involucrum 
of a charming rose color. •' 
324. Plumbago. "Pliny says this plant was so called from plumbum, because it possessed the power of curing 
a disorder m the eyes called by that name, which appears to have been the same as what we call cataract. There 
