IS so 



CLASS II. 



TWO STAMINA. 



This Class has three Orders. 



ENCHANTERS NIGHT-SHADE. This plant 

 . _o called, probably from its being found in shady 

 damp places, in churchyards, where ghosts were sup- 

 posed to haunt ; and was therefore thought to be fa- 

 vourable to incantation. It blossoms in July and 

 August 3 and the delicacy of the flower gives a ray of 

 cheerfulness to the gloom of its natural situation. 



SWEET-SCENTED VERNAL GRASS blos- 

 soms in May and June. The fragrance of new made 

 hay is said to be principally produced by this grass ; 

 but the opinion, I believe, is not very well founded. 

 This is the only English plant of this Order. 



BLACK PEPPER. The different species of Pep- 

 per are very many. Professor Martyn enumerates sixty. 

 They are all natives of the East and West Indies ; a 

 few in the islands of the South Seas, two or three of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, but none of Europe. 



Black Pepper is a shrubby plant, and grows spon- 

 taneously in die East Indies and Cochinchina. It 

 is cultivated with such success in Malacca, Java, and 

 especially in Sumatra, that it is from thence ex- 



Order t. 



OnePistilium. 



Order z. 

 Two PisiilU- 



Ordcr 7. 

 Three Piitill 



