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Eryngium, fig. 212, is either excluded or over- 

 looked, by Prof. Sprengel, though unquestionably 

 of this natural order. It's simple Umbel is merely 

 condensed into a Capitulum (48:6), resembling the 

 Dipsacea, Ord. ,56, and Cinarocephalce, Ord. 54, to 

 which last the rigid spinous habit of the herbage ap- 

 proaches. 



Class 13. Dicotyledones. Corolla polypeta- 

 lous. Stamens hypogynous. 



" Calyx of one or many leaves ; very rarely wanting. 

 Petals hypogynous, that is, inserted under the Pi- 

 stil, definite ; very rarely indefinite ; mostly distinct, 

 sometimes united at the base into a kind of mono- 

 petalous Corolla; rarely entirely wanting. Sta- 

 mens hypogynous, definite or indefinite, their Fila- 

 ments usually distinct, but sometimes united into a 

 tube, or more rarely collected into several bundles. 

 Anthers distinct, except in" (some species of) " Viola 

 and Balsamina (Impatiens Linn.). Germen supe- 

 rior, in numerous instances single, in some multi- 

 plied. Style one, or several, or wanting. Stigma 1 , 

 or several. Fruit superior, either single, with 1 or 

 many cells, or more rarely multiplied, each separate 

 Pericarp being of 1 cell." 



•No trace of connexion or affinity is discernible 

 between this Class and the preceding, either in cha- 

 racters, habit, or qualities. The present is a great 

 polypetalous hypogynous assemblage, of various 

 discordant tribes and genera, as the 8th Class is 



