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Class XVI. MONADELPHIA. &amens 

 by their filaments into one parcel. 



Order I. TRMJVDRM. Three stamens. 



276. SISYRINCHIUM. Spathe two leaved ; petals 

 six, nearly equal ; capsule inferior, three celled. 



Order V. DECANDRM. Ten stamens. 



277. GERANIUM. Calyx five leaved ; petals five, 

 regular ; nectary five glands on the base of the longer 

 filaments ; fruit beaked, separating into five one seed- 

 ed capsules. 



273. OXALIS. Calyx five leaved ; petals five, con- 

 nected at base ; capsules superior, five celled, five an- 

 gled, opening at the angles. 



Order VIII. POLYANDRIA. Many stamens. 



279. MALVA. Calyx double, the outermost two or 

 three leaved ; capsules numerous, one seeded, disposed 

 in a flat ring. 



280. ALTILEA. Calyx double, the outermost from 

 six to nine cleft; capsules numerous, one seeded, in a 

 flat ring. 



281. HIBISCUS. Calyx double, the outermost many 

 leaved ; capsule five celled, many seeded. 



