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cleft: style thread-shaped, curved ; seeds 4, in the bottom <>f the ca- 

 yx. (sage.) 



D. Corolla superior. 



CIRC;E'A. Calyx 2-leaved or 2-parted ; corolla 2-petaled ; capsule 

 hispid, 2-celled, not gaping; cells 1 or 2 seeded, seeds oblong. (en- 

 chanter's nightshade.) 



Order 2. Digynia. Two pistils. 



ANTHOXAN 'THUM. Calyx of two egg-shaped, pointed, concave, 

 chaffy scales ; 1 flowered ; corolla of two equal husks, shorter than 

 the calyx, awned on the back; an internal corolla or nectary, con- 

 sisting of two egg-shaped minute scales : stamens longer than the 

 corolla; anther oblong, forked at both ends; germ superior : seed,] 

 (sweet vernal grass.) 



CLASS in. TRIANDRIA. Three Stamens. 



Order 1. Monogynia. One pistil. 

 A. Flowers superior. 



PRIS. Calyx spatha 2 or 3-valved : corolla G-parted, divisions alter- 

 nately reflexed: stigmas 3, petal-like : style short: capsule 3-celled. 

 (flower-de-luce, iris or flag.) 



Exotic. 



CRO"CUS. Spatha radical : corolla funnel form, with a long slender 

 tube ; stiffma deep-gashed, crested. (saffron.) 



IX"IA. Spatha 2 or 3 valved, ovate, short ; corolla G-parted or G-pe- 

 taled ; sometimes tubular: stamens strait or incurved; stigmas sub- 

 filiform. (black-berry lily.) 



Order 2. Digynia. Two pistils. 



A. Calyx and corolla of a similar texture flowers in spreading 



panicles. 



AGROS"TIS. Calyx herbaceous, 2-valved, 1-flowered, valves acute, 

 a little less than the corolla: corolla 2-valved, membranaceous, often 

 hairy at the base : stigmas longitudinally hispid or plumose florets 

 spreading; nectary lateral; seed coated. (redtop.) 



Calyx and corolla of similar texture flowers in compact panicles, often 



spikeform. 



PHLE"UM. Calyx hard, 2-valved, equal, sessile, linear, truncate, 

 bicuspidate; corolla enclosed in the calyx, 2-valved, awnless, trun- 

 cate. (timothy-grass.) 



B. Sfikelets 1 flowered; corolla ivith 1 or 2 abortive rudiments aj 



flov-ers at the base. 



Calyx and cot olla of similar texture. 



PHALA'RIS. Calyx membranaceous, 2-valved, valves keeled, nerved, 

 equal in length, including the 2-valved pilose corolla. The corolla is 



