CLASS VIII.j IX., X. 15 1 



CLASS viii. OCTANDRIA. Eight Stamens. 



Order 1. Monogynia. One pistil. 



OENO'THERA. Calyx 4-cleft, tabular, caducous, divisions reflected , 

 petals 4, inserted on the calyx ; stigma 4-cleft ; capsule 4-celled, 4-val 

 ved ; seeds not feathered, affixed to a central 4-sided columella. (sea- 

 bish, or* evening primrose.) 



TROP^E'OLUM. Calyx 4 or 5-cleft, coloured spurred ; petals 4 or 5^ 

 unequal ; nuts leathery, sulcate. (nasturtion.) 



CLASS ix. ENNEANDRIA. Nine Stamens. 



Order 1. Monogynia. One pistil. 



LAU'RUS. Calyx 4 to 6-parted ; corolla 0; nectaries 3, each a 2- bris- 

 tled or 2-lobed gland, surrounding the germ; drupe 1 -seeded. Stamens 

 vary from 3 to 14, but they are generally in two series of 6 each, with 

 3 of the inner series barren often dioecious. The calyx may be taken 

 for a coroila. (sassafras, spice-bush.) 



CLASS x. DECANDRIA. Ten Stamens. 



Order 1. Monogynia. One pistil. 



A. Flowers polypetalous, irregular, (mostly papilionaceous.) 

 CAS^SIA. Calyx 5-leaved ; corolla 5-petaled ; anthers 3, lower ones 

 beaked, and on longer incurved filaments; legume membranaceous. 

 (cassia.) 



B. Flowers polypetalons, regular. 



PY'ROLA. Calyx 5-parted, petals 5 ; styles longer than the stamens , 

 anthers with two pores at the base before, and the top after the open- 

 ing of the flower ; capsule 5-celled, dehiscent at the angles near the 

 base. (shin leaf.) 



CHIMAPH"ILA. Calyx 5-parted; petals 5; anthers beaked, with 2 

 pores at the jmse before, and at the top after the opening of the flower; 

 style immersed ; stigma thick, orbiculate ; capsule 5-celled, dehiscent 

 at the angles near the summit (prince's pine, pipsissiwa.) 



Exotic. 



RU'TA. Calyx 5-p^rted; petals concave ; receptacle surrounded by 

 10 nectariferous dotj; capsule lobed. (Petals sometimes 4, and sta- 

 mens 8.) (rue.) 



C. Flowers monopetalaus. 



EPIG^/A. Calyx double, outer 3-leaved, inner 5-parted; (or calyx 

 5-parted, with 3 bracts ;) corolla salver-form; border 5-parted, spread- 

 ing; tube villose within ; capsule 5-celled, many-seeded; receptacle 

 5-parted. (trailing arbutus.) 



VACCI"NIUM. Calyx superior, 5-tooth^-d or 5-parted, corolla bell or 

 pitcher-form, 5-cleft, the divisions reflected filaments inserted on thp 



