CI. 8.] bignonijE. 105 



and 3 valves, with many Seeds, each valve bearing a 

 central partition, meeting an angle of the triangular 

 central column, or Receptacle of the Seeds. Stem 

 herbaceous or shrubby. Leaves alternate or opposite. 

 Flowers terminal or axillary." 



Phlox and Polemonium, with Jussieu's Cantua and 

 Hoitzia, make up this Order. The first is somewhat 

 allied to the CaryophyllecE, Ord. 82, but, being mono- 

 petalous, cannot be referred thither. Indeed their af- 

 finity is but slight. Jussieu confounds with his Can- 

 tua, the very distinct Ipomopsis of Michaux, fig. 180; 

 see Exot. Bot. t. 13, 14. 



Ord. 45. B i gnonia:. " Calyx divided. Corolla 

 mostly irregular, with 4 or 5 lobes. Stamens gene- 

 rally 5, one of them imperfect. Style 1. Stigma 

 simple, or 2-lobed. Fruit of 2 cells; in some cap- 

 sular, of 2 distinct valves, the partition, bearing the 

 numerous Seeds, either opposite or parallel to the 

 valves, and separable therefrom; in others coriaceous 

 or woody, bursting at the top only, with few seeds, 

 on a partition inseparable from the valves, which is 

 often extended at each side into a ridge, or wing, 

 partially subdividing the cells. Albumen none. Stem 

 herbaceous, shrubby, or arboreous. Leaves mostly 

 opposite." 



Sect. 1. Capsule of 2 valves. Stem herbaceous. 

 Chelone, Sesamum, and Jussieu's Incarviliea, La- 

 marck 111. t. 527. The latter is named after Father 

 dlncarville, to whom Jussieu attributes the impor- 



