Plants -- Identification; Wild flowers -- Great Britain
10. DROSERACEÆ.--Small marsh plants with radical, glandular leaves; and
cymes of small, white, regular flowers. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 5 or
10. Ovary of 3 to 5 carpels, one-celled. (The Sundew Family.)
11. POLYGALACEÆ.--Herbs with alternate, scattered, exstipulate, simple
leaves; and racemes of irregular flowers. Sepals 5, the inner ones
resembling petals. Petals 3 to 5, unequal. Stamens 8, in two bundles.
Ovary two-celled. Fruit a capsule. (The Milkwort Family.)
12. FRANKENIACEÆ.--Herb with opposite, exstipulate leaves; and small,
axillary, red, regular flowers. Sepals 4 to 6, united into a tube.
Petals 4 to 6. Stamens 4 to 6. Ovary of 2 to 5 carpels, one-celled. (The
Sea Heath.)
13. ELATINACEÆ.--Small aquatic herbs, with opposite, stipulate,
spathulate leaves; and minute, axillary, red flowers. Sepals, petals and
stamens 2 to 5. Fruit a capsule with 2 to 5 valves. (The Waterwort
Family.)
14. CARYOPHYLLACEÆ.--Herbs mostly with jointed stems; opposite, simple
leaves; and red or white, regular flowers. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5.
Stamens 8 or 10. Styles 2 to 5. Fruit a one-celled capsule, opening at
top by teeth. (The Pink Family.)
15. LINACEÆ.--Herbs with slender stems; narrow, simple, entire,
exstipulate leaves; and cymes of regular flowers. Sepals, petals,
stamens, and carpels 4 or 5. Petals twisted in the bud, fugacious
(falling early). Carpels each with two ovules. Fruit a capsule of 3 to 5
cells. (The Flax Family.)
16. MALVACEÆ.--Herbs or shrubs with alternate, stipuled leaves; and
conspicuous, axillary, regular flowers. Sepals 5. Petals 5, twisted in
the bud. Stamens many, united into a tube. Carpels many, each with one
ovule. (The Mallow Family.)
17. TILIACEÆ.--Trees with alternate, stipuled, oblique, serrate leaves;
a large bract adherent to the flower stalk; and cymes of greenish,
regular flowers. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens many. Carpels 5, each with
two ovules. (The Linden Family.)
18. HYPERICACEÆ.--Herbs or shrubs with opposite, simple, exstipulate
leaves, often dotted with glands; and cymes of conspicuous yellow,
regular flowers. Sepals 4 or 5, with glandular dots. Petals 4 or 5,
twisted in the bud. Stamens many, united into several bundles. Carpels 3
to 5, with many ovules. Fruit a capsule with 3 to 5 cells. (The St.
John's-wort Family.)
19. ACERACEÆ.--Trees with opposite, palmately-lobed leaves; and small,
green, regular flowers. Sepals and petals 4 to 9. Stamens 8, on the
disc. Fruit a samara. (The Maple Family.)
20. GERANIACEÆ.--Herbs with lobed, generally stipulate leaves; and
conspicuous, regular flowers. Sepals 3 to 5, persistent. Petals 3 to 5.
Stamens 5 to 10. Carpels 3 to 5, surrounding a long beak. (The
Crane's-bill Family.)
21. BALSAMINACEÆ.--Herbs with simple, alternate leaves; and axillary,
irregular, yellow flowers. Sepals 3 or 5, one forming a wide-mouthed
spur. Petals 5, four of which are united in pairs. Stamens 5. Fruit a
capsule with five elastic valves. (The Balsam Family.)
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