OilDER VI. 
PENTANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
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Orders. POLYGYNIA. "^^^ 5 Stamens. Many styles. 
707. Myosurvs. Pet. 5, with tubular honey-bearing claws. Seeds naked. Cal. spurred at the base. 
im. Ceratocephalus. Cal. 5-leaved, persistent. Petals 5, with a honey pore at base covered by a scale. Seeds 
several, naked, attached to a bearded receptacle. 
709. Xanthorhixa. Cal. O. Petals 5. Nectaries 5, stalked. Caps. 5, 1-seeded. 
710. Sibbaldia. Cal. 10-cleft. Petals 5, inserted in the calyx. Styles from the side of the ovary. Seeds 5, 
MONOGYNIA, 
1855 Flowers sessile erect axillary solitary 
1856 Flowers clustered stalked. Leaves smooth 
1857 Flowers clustered somewhat stalked. Tube of cor. 4 times as long as limb, Leaves cordate smooth 
1858 Flowers clustered sessile. Leaves pubescent 
1859 The only species, resembling Primula farinosa. Very beautiful 
1860 Leaves stem-clasping lanceolate rough. Stem erect 
1861 T^eaves stalked ovate smooth, Stem filiform 
1862 Leaves stalked ovate smooth somewhat toothed. Stem with swollen jomts 
1863 Leaves stalked ovate smooth, Stem flexuose climbing 
1864 Leaves obovate retuse smooth 
1865 Leaves stalked oblong entire glaucous beneath. Stem erect 
1866 Leaves stem-clasping lanceolate smooth^ Stem divaricating 
1867 Leaves lanceolate ovate. Stem shrubby. Spikes numerous aggregate corymbose' 
1868 Leaves oblong lanceolate, Stem shrubby. Spikes terminal aggregate corymbose. Sepals long subulate 
1869 Leaves ovate rugose scabrous opposite and alternate. Spikes in pairs 
1870 Leaves ovate entire tomentose rugose. Spikes in pairs 
1871 Leaves stalked oblong obtuse entire rough with scattered hairs 
1872 Leaves lanceolate glaucous smooth obsoletely veined opposite and alternate. Spikes in pairs 
1873 Leaves linear lanceolate glaucous smooth opposite and alternate. Spikes in pairs or compound 
1874 Leaves ovate lanceolate villous. Spikes solitary lateral stalked 
1875 Leaves cordate ovate subserrate rugose. Spikes terminal simple solitary. Stem herbaceous 
1876 leaves ovate entire tomentose plaited. Spikes solitary and in pairs 
1877 Cal. 5-.toothed smoothish. Teeth nearly equal obtuse as long as the tube of cor. Leaves lanceolate obtuse 
smooth. Limb of cor. more than twice as long as cal. 
1878 Stem hairy. Calyx with dense spreading hairs hooked at the end 
1879 Seeds smoothish sawed at edge. Stem simple few-flowered and oblong. Leaves villous 
1880 Stem nearly sim. with lane, nearly acute somew. repand Ivs. hispid, Sp. in pairs somew. corym. Cal. very obt. 
1881 Seeds naked, Radical leaves stalked, Racemes without bractese. Hairs of calyx spreading. 
1882 Stem diffuse. Branches and flower-stalks much shorter than cal. Leaves oblong ovate obtuse upright 
1883 Cal. spreading 5-parted, Segments unequal acute. Hairs long downy 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
is also a modem reason for the application of the name to this genus. P. europaea is called toothwort, and dente- 
iaire, tr , trom its curing the tooth-ach, for which purpose the bruised root is chewed, when it excites bv its 
causticity a nealthy salivation, but stains the teeth of a lead color. The species are all pretty, easily cultivated, 
and almost always in flower. t- j, j , 
325. Heiiotropium. From rA;«f , the sun, and reitu, to turn. Both Pliny and Dioscorides assert that the 
flowers are always turned towards the sun. It was called Verrucaria by the Latins, because the juice of the 
leaves mixed with salt was said to be exceUent in removing warts, verrucce. H. peruvianum and europceum 
are popular plants, with the smeU of new hay : the former is rather tender ; but both keep flowering during 
wfi ji!r^ summer months. Curtis recommends keeping H. peruvianum in a stove during winter, 
rat ^y^^°*^\. So named from fx,v?, a rat, and i;, erog, an ear. Its oval velvety leaves are like the ear of a 
rax or niouse. M. scorpioides. Forget-me-not, has its specific name from the racemes of flowers, which, when 
young, Dend in at the top like a scorpion's tail. It is a well known sentimental flower, will grow any where, and 
r^[If^ ™»?''® P^^"*^ situation. On dry walls and rubbish, it is dwarfish, rough, and hairy, not 
rising wnen m flower more than two or three inches ; in muddy ditches it is smooth all over, of a shining light 
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