29. ONAGEACE^. 
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1. Tam'aeix Linn. em. Desv. Tamarisk. 
[1. T. ang'lica (Webb) ; 1. glabrous rather narrowed at the 
base spurred, fl.-buds ovoid, hypogi/nous ring with 5 angles 
Tmrrcnved into the filaments of the cordate shortly apiculate 
anthers, caps, roundish-trigonous at the base abruptly narrowed 
towards the apex. — T. gallica Sm. {T. gallica L. is a Mediter- 
ranean tree.) E. B. 1318. Webb in Hook. J. of B. iii. 422 
t. XV. — St. shrubby, with slender leafy branches. L. minute. 
Spikes lateral, rather panicled, slender. Fl. small, pink. — 
South-west coast of England. Planted. Sh. VII.] E. 
Order XXIX. ONAGRACE^. 
Cal. tubular, adnate to the ovary wholly or in part, with 2 — 4 
lobes valvate in the bud. Pet. as many as the calyx-lobes, 
twisted in the bud, inserted at the top of the tube. Stam. 2, 4, 
or 8, inserted with the petals. Ovary of several cells, with a 
central placenta. Style 1, filiform, stigma capitate or lobed. 
Fr. a berry or capsule with 4 cells. Albumen 0. — L. alternate 
or opposite, not dotted. Exstipulate. Many raphides. 
1. Epilobium. Cal. 4-cleft, deciduous. Pet. 4. Stam. 8. 
Style filiform, stigma clavate or cruciform. Caps, linear, 4- 
celled, 4-valved. Seeds many, bearded. — Fl. not yellow. 
2. Q^NOTHEKA. Cal.-limb tubular below. Seeds not bearded. 
In other respects like Epilohium. — Pet. yellow. 
3. LuDWiGiA. Limb of the cal. 4-cleft, persistent. Pet. 4, or 
0 in our plant. Stam. 4. Style filiform, deciduous ; stigma, 
capitate. Caps, obovate, 4-valved, 4-celled, many-seeded, 
with a loculicidal dehiscence. 
4. CiEC j;a. Limb of the cal. 2-cleft, deciduous, its tube closed 
by a cup-shaped disk. Pe^. 2,obcordate. Stam. 2, alternate 
with the petals. Style simple ; stigma emarginate. Caps. 
1- or 2-celled, cells 1-seeded, seeds erect. — Fl. white. 
1. Epilo'bium Linn.^ Willow Herb. 
A. Fl. irregular, cal. tvithout a free tube, stam. a7ul style, ulti- 
mately declining, I. scattered. 
1. E. angustifolium (L. em., Curt.) ; st. erect round, 1. lanceo- 
1 In Rev. E. S. Marshall's list of Epilobia in Lond. Cat. ed. 0, p. 20, thirty- 
three hybrids are reported. See also Mr Marshall's papers in J. of B. 1890, 
p. 2, & 1891, p. 7.— H. & J. G. 
