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Order XXXII. CUCUmilTACE/E. 
Cal. 5-tootlic(l, tube adnate with the ovary. Cor. 5-cleft, 
often scarcely (listin«>uishable from the calyx, with reticulated 
veins. Stain. 5, more or less cohering. Anth. sinuose. Ovary 
,3 — 5-celled or sjmriously 1 -celled, placentas parietal. Style 
short. Stigmas lobed. Fr. more or less succulent. Seeds flat, 
in an arillus, embryo Hat, albumen 0. — Plants succulent, climbing 
with tendrils. 
1. Bryonia. Cal. 5-toothed. Cor. 5-cleft. Male. Stam. 5 
in 3 bundles. Fern. Style 3-fid. Fruit a globose 3-locular 
berry. Seeds oval, compressed, more or less bordered. 
1. Bryonia Red Bryony. 
1. B. dioica. (L.); st. climbing, 1. palmate 5-lobed dentate 
rough on both sides with callous points, fl. dioecious, cal. of the fer- 
tile H. half as long as the corolla. — E. B. 439. — Tendrils simple. 
Fr. red. — [R. alba (L.), which has not yet been found in England, 
has the fertile cal. as long as the cor. and black fruit. It is said 
to be monoecious.] — Hedges and thickets. P. V. — IX. E. 
Order XXXIII. PORTULACEiE. 
Sep. 2, rarely 3 or 5, cohering at the base, aestivation imbri- 
cate. Pet. usually 5, from the base of the calyx. Stam. inde- 
finite, inserted with the petals, filaments distinct, often opposite 
to the petals. Ovary 1-celled. Style 0. Stigmas several. Caps, 
ojiening transversely or by 3 valves, placenta central. Embryo 
cuiwed round the albumen. 
1. Monti A. Cal. of 2 sepals, persistent. Cor. 5-parted, with 
3 segments smaller than the others, tube split to the base in 
front. Stam. 3, inserted in the throat and opposite to the 
smaller segments of the corolla. Ovary turbinate. Style 
very short. Stigmas 3, downy. Caps, of 1 cell with 3 
valves and 3 seeds. 
Montia Linn. 
1. M. font ana {B.). — E. B. 1206. St. 11. 1. — L. opposite, spa- 
thulate, entire. Peduncles often forked, axillary or terminal. 
Seeds subreniform, reticulate-scabrous rather opaque in M. minor 
(Gm.), or simply reticulate and shining in il/. rivularis (Gm.). 
Valves of the cajis. rolled longitudinally inwards after the seeds 
have fallen. St. short, ascending, rigid, or {M. rivularis) flaccid 
and elongated. — Watery places. A. IV. — VIII. 
