CLASS XVI. 



ALL THE FILAMENTS OF THE STAMINA 

 UNITED INTO ONE TUBE. 



This Class has eight Orders. 

 IRIS-LEAVED SISYRINCHIUM. This plant orde, u 



_ _, , , r * Three iumi- 



is a native of Bermuda, and grows from one to two na. 

 feet and a half in height ; it was known to the ancient 

 Greeks, and its botanical name has its origin in two 

 Greek words, that would seem to imply a fanciful 

 resemblance in the flower to a swine's snout. There 

 is no English plant of this Order. 



MARSH-MALLOW-LEAVED HERMANNIA order z. 



r i ^ t • i r r , Five Stamina. 



is a native of the Cape. It is a plant of free growth, 

 and produces flowers during most of the summer 

 months. It bears its flowers in pairs, and the corollas 

 are twisted, and as I have before remarked, always in 

 contrary directions to each other. Muskey Stork's- 

 bill, an English Geranium, is of this Order. 



SORREL CRANE'S-BILL: its flowers continue order j 



SevenStaaunj 



in succession for most part of the summer. 



Ord-r 



CAPE AITONIA. Of this Genus there is only 

 one known species ; it has its name from Mr. Aiton Eis^ 5 ^' 010 *- 

 the author of the Hortus Kewensis. It is a native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, and was brought to England 



