MONADELPHIA. 

 CLASS XVL 



ALL THE FILAMEXTS OF THE STAMINA 

 UNITED INTO ONE TUBE. 



This Class has eis:ht Orders. 



ORDER I. 

 ISlo British Plant of this Order, 



SISYRINCHIUM BERMUDIANA. Iris-leaved 

 Sisp-inchium. This plant is a native of the Burmiidian 

 Islands -, it grows from one to two feet and a half in 

 height, and blossoms from May to the end of July. 

 It was known to the ancient Greeks, and its name has 

 its origin in two Greek words, that wo\ild seem to im^ 

 ply a resemblance in the flov.'er to a swine's snout. 



DUIA. 



Three Sta- 



ORDER 2. 



HERMANNIA ALTH/EIFOLTA. JMarch- 

 ■rn alio IV- leaved Hermafinia 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 



PENTAX- 

 DRIA. 



Fiv Stiiminj 



