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Dicotyledons with Gamopetalous Flowers . 
Natural Order 
PLUM BAG IN AC EM. Tab. 54. 
Diagnosis. — Herbs, often woody below. Corolla hypogynous, regular. 
Stamens usually epipetalous, as many as corolla-lobes and opposite to them. 
Ovary 1-celled with 1 ovule suspended from a cord (funicle) rising from the 
base of the cavity. Styles 5. 
Distribution. —A small Natural Order represented in every quarter of the Globe ; the two 
principal genera, Armeria and Statice , affecting either maritime or alpine situations. The genus 
Plumbago is chiefly Tropical. 
Number of British Genera, 2 ; Species, 6. 
Corolla divided very nearly or quite to the base in Thrift (. Armeria ) and Sea-Lavender (Statice). 
USES, &c.—Unimportant, excepting for ornamental purposes. Species of Thrift and Sea-Lavender are 
cultivated in the open border, and in plant-houses exotic species of Statice and Plumbago. 
MYRSINACE^E is a small Natural Order, almost wholly Tropical, common to both Hemispheres, but without a 
European representative. The Order differs from Primulaceae in habit rather than in any structural charactei. 
Nearly all the species' are woody, either shrubs or arborescent. 
A few ornamental species are cultivated in our plant-houses, chiefly belonging to the American geneia Glavija 
and Jacquinia and to the East Indian Ardisia. 
