DIDYNAMIA 

 CLASS XIV. 



FOUR STAMINA, 2 LONG AND 2 SHORT. 



This Class has two Orders, 



This Class contains most of the labiate^ ringent, 

 or personate flowers^ as the Balm^ Dead-nettle, Snap- 

 dragon, Fox-glove, &c. 



The Orders of this Class are named after the man- 

 ner of producing their seeds. The first Order pro- 

 duces naked seeds at the bottom of a Calyx, usually 

 four in number. The second order produces seeds ia 

 a pod or capsula.^ 



ORDER I. 



GROUND-IVY is common in dry groves, about gymnos. 



hedge banks, under park walls or pales, and similar ^ ^^^^ ^' 

 situations, where it puts out its fragrant foliage on the Seeds ex- 

 first approach of spring, and blossoms in April and ^°^^ 

 May. 



An extract of the leaves of this plant has been 



» The plants that produce naked seeds are generally aroma- 

 tic, -whilst those of the second order of this class, producing 

 their seeds in a pod, are often of a poisonous nature. 



