CLASS XXIII. 



STAMINA AND PISTILLA SEPARATE IN SOME FLOW- 

 ERS, UNITED IN OTHERS, EITHER ON THE SAME 

 PLANT, OR ON TWO OR THREE DISTINCT PLANTS J 

 SUCH DIFFERENCE IN THE ESSENTIAL ORGANS 

 BEING ACCOMPANIED WITH A DIVERSITY IN 

 THE ACCESSORY TARTS OF THE FLOWERS. 



Orr"er i. 



u- teJ. flowers 

 acC'-n.par,ied 

 v.'ih ba.re-i or 

 fcitile.or both; 



This Class has three Orders, 



PEDUNCULATED SEA-ORACHE. This plant 

 is selected by Dr. Smith as the best example to illus- 

 trate this Order. It grows in salt marshes near Yar- 

 mouth, and blossoms in August and September. J^J* onc 



Of the second order of this Class Dioecia, which 

 requires different flowers on two different plants, no 

 good and unequivocal example has yet been found. 



CULTIVATED FIG. In strict conformity to order ?. 

 the rule laid down by Linnaeus for this Order, no different flow- 



* ers on three se- 



plant has been found; the structure of the blossoms in par.ue plants. 

 the fig being alike in all, and a trifling variation only 

 in the calyx. 



The singular structure and oeconomy of this plant 

 deserve parti* ular attention. The fruit, or fig itself, 

 not only contains the seeds, but is at the same time 

 the receptacle, enclosing and sustaining the flowers 

 within it. 



