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cORIS monspeliensis. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNL4A. 
Nat. ord. LYSIMACHIR. Jussieu gen. 95. 
. ~ ___ dentes. 
- —s PRIMULACER. Brown prod. 1. 427, = 
- CORIS. Cal. ventricosus, apice 5-dentatus, in ambit 5-setosus, ‘per- 
 sistens. Cor. (hypogyna) tubulosa 5-fida inwequalis. Stam. .corollz laciniis 
- opposita. Stigmai. Caps, 5-valvis, calyce tecta: sem. numerosa. Caulis ~ 
~ (herbaceus) ramosissimus, humilis, basi sublignosus ; folia linearia alterna; 
flores spicati terminales. Jussieu gen. 96. 
Div. f. Flores cauli insi- 
at 
‘Coris monspeliensis. Linn. sp. pl. ed. 2. 1. 252. Lamarck encyc. 2. 110. 
illustr. t. 102, Lam. § decand. fl, frang. 3. 437. Desfont. flor. atl. 1, 
185. Willd. sp. pl.1. 100. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 1. 383. Curtis’s magaz. 
131. 
ine quorundam. Clus. hist. 2. 174; optime. 
Simfito petreo. Cavan. in an. de science. nat. 2. 2°71. 
Symphytum petraum. Camer. epit. 699. 
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A genus of only one recorded species, and belonging to 
the Order Primulacee, defined in the Prodromus of Mr. 
Brown, as follows: 
“ Calyx 5- (seldom 4-) cloven, regular, permanent. 
Corolla of one petal, inferior (under the’ pistil), regular 
(seldom irregular), limb of 5 (seldom 4) segments.  Sta- 
mens epipetalous (upon the corolla), of the same number 
with and opposite to the segments of the limb. Germen 
onecelled: style one: stigma capitate (headed). Capsule 
valvular: receptacle of the seed central, insulated: seeds nu- 
merous, peltate, albuminous: embryo enclosed, parallel with 
the umbilicus: radicle with no determinate direction. The 
whole order is herbaceous, with generally opposite, but 
sometimes whorled, and even scattered leaves. It agrees 
with Myrsinee in disposition of the seed, situation of the 
embryo in relation to the umbilical point, and by the 
stamens being placed opposite to the segments of the limb 
of the corolla, but differs from that order in ‘general habit, 
and by a capsular seedvessel.” (From the Latin). 
An old, though not common, inhabitant of our flower- 
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