CLASS XVII. 



THE FILAMENTS OF THE STAMINA 

 UNITED, MAKING TWO SETS. 



This Class has four Orders. 



I 



THREE-LEAVED MONNIERIA/ is the only order t. 

 Genus in this Order, a very scarce annual plant, with : 

 white flowers, a native of South America, and of 

 which there is no good figure that can be accurately 

 depended upon : the one annexed is copied from the 

 French Encyclopid Methodique, which is the best 

 representation there is of it, and that was delineated 

 from a dryed specimen. 



YELLOW FUMITORY. This plant is a na- 0rder2 . 

 tive of Barbary, and blossoms in May. Its leaves sixStamira< 

 continue green all the year, and the flowers in suc- 

 cession till October. 



MYRTLE-LEAVED POLYGALA is a native order ,. 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, and is the principal Genus 

 in this Order. It is a shrubby plant, covered with a 

 smooth brown bark, growing to the height of five or 

 six feet. The flowers continue in succession for most 



a This plant is named after M. Monnier, of Paris. 



E!«h:S.ax.ina. 



