Order V. 
PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
2*29 
3824 Bractes shorter than flower-stalks. Spikes lateral panicled. Leaves lanceolate subulate stem-clasping 
3825 Flowers sessile, Spikes lateral. Leaves very short sheathing. Branches with turbinate mucronate joints 
3826 Spikes terminal solitary, Bractes longer than flower-stalks, Leaves linear lanceolate sessile 
3827 Flowers sessile. Leaves oblong acute serrate pubescent with two glands at base 
3828 Flowers sessile, Leaves ellipt. cuneate obtusely serrated scabrous with two glands at base 
3829 Bractes subulate, Leaves ovate acute at each end with two glands at the base 
3830 Flowers sessile, Leaves without glands 
3831 Peduncles axillary leafless, Leaves serrated at end 
3832 Kaceme terminal long. Leaves ovate unequally obtusely serrated 
3833 A small glaucous plant with rigid prickly leaves 
3834 Petals bipartible. Leaves ovate cordate 
3835 Petals entire. Leaves subulate 
3836 Petals entire short, Leaves bristly. Calyxes awned 
3837 Leaves alternate 
3838 Flowers stalked. Calyxes membranous at edge 
3839 Stem diffuse procumbent, Leaves oblong ovate. Branches leafless 
3840 Peduncles umbelled lateral as long as linear leaves 
3841 Umbels unequal. Leaves linear distant 
3842 Peduncles 1-flowered lateral. Flowers as long as leaves. Stem depressed 
3843 Common peduncles very long. Leaves linear. Stipules hairy 
3844 Peduncles axillary elongate dichotomous. Leaves whorled linear 
3845 A fleshy shrub with many small opposite fleshy roundish leaves 
3846 Leaves flat, Peduncles simple 
3847 Leaves round ovate. Spikes lateral 
3848 Leaves ovate wavy. Peduncles simple longer than the leaf 
3849 Leaves cordate. Peduncles clustered branched 
3850 Leaves cordate roundish. Peduncles simple shorter than the leaf 
TETRAGYNIA. 
3851 Radical leaves cordate acuminate, Nectaries many-parted 
3852 Radical leaves nearly orbicular, Nectaries with 3 bristles 
3853 Radical leaves reniform. Petals unguiculated, Nectaries 3-parted 
PENTAGYNIA. 
3854 Leaves linear lanceolate sessile. Peduncles 1-3-fl. a little longer than the leaves 
3855 Leaves reniform repand 
3856 Leaves roundish. Stem creeping. Flowers nearly sessile 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
in allusion to the long and slender shoots of that plant. The Corrigiola of modern times is related to the 
Polygonum. 
6;)1. Pharnaceum. Named after Pharnaces, king of Pontus, who is said by Pliny to have been the first to 
use the plant. Pretty little herbaceous plants, with fine leaves, and elegant umbels of usually white flowers. 
692. Portulac .ria ; that is to say, a Portulaca-Uke plant. The leaves of this plant resemble purslane, 
whence also the English name, as well as the Latin name. 
693. Basella. A Malabar name. The species of this genus are used in China as spinage plants: they are 
also raised on a hotbed at Paris in spring, and transplanted into a warm border for the same purpose, and are 
said to furnish a summer spinage equal to that of the orache. 
694. Parnassia. From Mount Parnassus, the abode of grace and beauty, where, on account of the elegance 
of Its form, this plant is feigned to have first sprang up. P. palustris is one of the most elegant of marsh plants, 
wen deserving a place in aquatic collections. 
695. Evolmdus. Derived from evolvOy to turn ; in the same sense as Convolvulus, which this genus entirely 
resembles in habit. 
Q 3 
