Tropzolum pentaphyllum of Lamarck. 15 
In Tovaria, a genus clearly referrible to Capparidec, the stamina vary from 
6 to 9, the stigma is 8-cleft, and the fruit is a round, sessile berry. In the 
neighbouring group of Resedacee the stamina are also variable in number, 
and the stigmata are 3 or 4. 
In the Geraniacew, as has been well remarked by that accurate observer 
M. Auguste de Saint-Hilaire, the same variety of æstivation occurs as in Tro- - 
peolee; but in the former the styles are simply united, and the anthers 
incumbent, being attached to the filaments by their middle, with compressed 
parallel cells, united by a linear connectivum. The stigmata are filiform and 
pruinose, and the insertion of the stamina rather perigynous than hypogynous. 
These circumstances, together with what has already been advanced, have led 
me to dissent from the opinion of some of the most eminent authorities in 
systematic botany, regarding the affinities of Tropa@olew, whose proper station, 
I am fully persuaded, is near to the Capparidee and Crucifere. 
