CI. 10.] DICOT. COR. MOM. EPIG. ANTH. COMB. 1 19 



so many objections have just been started, were re- 

 moved, it would unquestionably leave a great and ab- 

 solute separation between the 8th and the 10th, as to 

 natural affinity; while much is gained in that respect 

 by its preservation, however faulty the characters. 



Class 10. Dicotyledones. Corolla monope- 

 talous, epigynous. anthers combined. 



" Flowers tubular, aggregate in a Common Calyx, 

 whence they are termed compound (68), upon a 

 Common Receptacle (63), which is either naked, 

 scaly, or hairy. Proper Calyx none, except the cu* 

 tick of the Seed, and the Seed-down which is often 

 a continuation thereof. Corolla of 1 tubular Petal, 

 standing on the Pistil (Germen); in some instances 

 jlosculous, having a regular limb, almost invariably 

 5-cleft; in others ligulate, the limb being extended 

 into a lateral fiat expansion, entire or toothed at 

 it's extremity. Stamens definite, almost always 5 

 with distinct Filaments, inserted into the Corolla. 

 Anthers united into a tube, very rarely approximated 

 only. Germen inferior {ivith respect to the Corolla 

 and Proper Calyx) simple, standing on the Common 

 Receptacle. Style 1, passing through the tube formed 

 by the Anthers. Stigma generally deeply divided, 

 rarely single. Seed 1, either naked, or crowned 

 with a border, wing or down. Albumen none. Ra- 

 dicle inferior. Floivers sometimes all Jlosculous, 

 or all ligulate, in the same Calyx; or those of 



