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19. SyNGENEsIA,...anthers unitea, {Anthems wll 
653. The next class*embraces a tribe of plants in which 
the anther is united with the style of the pistil, and named 
gynandria, from the Greek words gune (applied to the pis- 
til), and aner (applied to the stamen.) ; 
20. Gynanpxta,...stamen and pis- { Aristolochia Serpentaria, 
gL ebergee teenie pean eran Snake-root 
654. In the next 3 classes the flowers are unisexual : 
21. Monecta,....male and female Ricioisa doulas Castor 
flowers on the same me PI oes oil Plant. 
22. Diacra,...the male and the fe- 
— flowers growing on different - Humulus lupulus, Hop. 
gs nrtan Ee 
23. Potycamta,... -hermaphrodite, 
tale, and female flowers, growing (_,,. A ‘ 
on the same plant or on separate Ficus carica, Fig. 
Ro oc Re 
655. The last class embraces the plants destitute of sta- 
mens and pistils :_ 
PR or issn eae es 
656. The names of the two latter classes are from the 
Greek words gamos (applied in botany to express the man- 
ner in which the seeds are produced), polus emer LS 2 and © 
kruptos (hid or concealed.) 
- 657. In the first 13 classes the orders or subdivisions de- 
pend on the number of the styles or distinct sessile stig- as 
mas: The termination gynia, is from the Greek —— 
applied to the = They are as follows: 
