CLASS XVIIL 



THE FILAMENTS OF THE STAMINA UNITED, 

 MAKING MORE THAN TWO PARCELS. 



This Class has three Orders. 

 ORANGE TREE, a native of India, but grows e order i. 



— Stamina from 



luxuriantly in many parts of Europe. This fruit was t*eive to 



■five, 



filaments 



biing un:on- 

 nected with 



not known to the ancient Greeks or Romans ; but jwejtjj 

 the oranges which are now produced in Malta are 

 those that are most esteemed. The Pomegranate is theCaiyx 

 supposed to be the Golden-apple of the ancients. 

 There is one kind of Orange, the pulp of which is 

 tinged with red, said to be produced by grafting the 

 common Orange on the Pomegranate ; but this is a 

 vulgar and unfounded opinion, as the dark -coloured, 

 called a black rose, is said to be in consequence of 

 grafting a red rose on a black currant tree, which is 

 a common error of the same kind. 



Order 2, of this Class, has numerous filaments 

 inserted, in several parcels, into the calyx. 



MARSH ST. JOHN'S-WORT. Of this Genus order z . 

 there are no less than fifty-seven species. This plant SSmJfua. 

 is produced in spongy bogs in several parts of England. wkhThlca- 

 It blossoms in July and August, but the flowers sel- 

 dom expand unless in bright sunshine. 



ri The Botanical names of these Orders are, i. Dodecan- 

 dria. 2. Icosandria. 3. Polyandria. 



lyx. 



