Order I. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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3069 Stem short. Spur subulate longer than petals, Leaves somewhat ovate, Stipules toothed 
3070 Stem ascending 3-cornered, Leaves cordate crenate, Spur subulate longer than calyx. Upper petal acum. 
3071 Stem ascending, Leaves opposite sessile and stipules lanceolate, Flowers nodding longer than leaves 
3072 Leaves ovate obi. Pedunc. axillary solitary drooping. Lower lip very large emarginate 
3073 Leaves linear lanceolate obtuse revolute at edge smooth. Branches umbelled. Heads round downy 
3074 Leaves subulate acute rough somewhat hairy, Branches panicled many-flowered 
3075 I/eaves scattered linear lanceolate hoary beneath, Heads terminal hairy 
3076 Leaves linear lanceolate villous, Bractes woolly. Heads terminal 
3077 Leaves linear lanceolate acute spreading villous hoary beneath, Bractes colored villous very long 
3078 Leaves linear hairy tomentose beneath revolute at edge. Heads terminal. Flowers downy 
3079 Leaves linear flattish hoary beneath erect. Heads ovate downy 
3080 Leaves linear lanceolate revolute at edge hoary beneath. Flowers axillary solitary racemose 
3081 Leaves linear subulate very villous. Flowers terminal axillary. Cor. spreading 
3082 Leaves linear upper villous, Flowers racemose 
3083 Leaves linear revolute at edge rough hoary beneath. Stipules filiform colored, Bractes bifid naked 
3084 Leaves cordate ovate spreading, Stem proliferous 
3085 Leaves ovate scattered opposite and three together beneath netted veiny tomentose 
3086 Leaves oblong cordate acuminate beneath hoary. Spikes cylindrical. Flowers length of bractes 
3087 Leaves ovate mucronate smooth above and shining beneath hoary. Racemes leafy panicled 
3088 Leaves oblong cordate acuminate hairy beneath white. Flowers in heads 
3089 Leaves cordate ovate smooth. Flowers racemose 
3090 Leaves linear lane, revolute at edge villous hairy beneath. Flowers cylind. Bractes as long as flowers 
3091 Leaves ovate smooth. Flowers simple panicled racemose 
3092 Leaves acerose flat on each side very smooth. Flowers panicled racemose 
3093 Leaves linear ciliated arcuate spreading. Head terminal 
3094 Branches square. Leaves opposite stalked lanceolate ovate entire smooth 
3095 Erect, Leaves lanceolate 
3096 Procumbent, Leaves obovate 
3097 Leaves entire and toothed linear. Stem twining 
3098 Leaves digitate, Leaflets pinnatifid. Stem erect 
3099 Leaves oblong crenated ciliated. Scape erect 
3100 Leaves and petals lanceolate 
3101 Leaves subulate. Petals linear 
3102 Leaves linear lanceolate narrow at tlie base hispid wavy curled 
3103 Leaves linear smoothish flat obtuse 
3104 The only species 
3105 Leaves ovate 3-5-angular and 3-5-lobed floral ovate acuminate veiny. Umbels erect 
3106 Leaves elliptical entire. Racemes compound terminal. Flowers sessile in small hcc 
,3100 
and Miscellaneous Paiticulars. 
546. Lightfootia. Named after the Rev. John Lightfoot,an English clergyman.and author of the first Flora 
^n^^'r ■ ^^""^ '® ^^^y "^^'■^y related to Campanula, from which it is by some thought not different. 
V T"^' A applied by Pliny to an eatable plant. J. montana so resembles Scabiosa, as to be often 
mistaKen tor a plant of that genus. Linna;us gives a curious account of the process of fecundation m this 
/ ^ "^'^^ observed its affinity to Syngenesia, where it was first placed, 
^^^'u , J^^^, >^(x.y^i, a hare, and ctxog, a residence. The little seeds enveloped in the downy involu- 
crum have been likened to young leverets in a hare's form. The seeds should be sown in autumn soon after 
f hrl/'"^ '"'P^i other\yise, if this is deferred till spring, they commonly remain a year, and sometimes two or 
inr^e years, before they grow. 
-^rf^ja. A name for which many etymologies have been offered. The best explanation is, that it has 
in^ n vL^K 1^°™ ^erfra, cord, in Celtic. Lierre, Fr. H. helix is a valuable ornamental evergreen for cover- 
wm-t ♦ -1"^^ training into fanciful shapes, as of human figures, &c. on skeletons of wire- 
»orh, or trained up a stake so as to form a standard. Flowering so late in the season, it is much resorted to by 
