POLYADELPIIIA. 



CLASS XVIII. 



THE FILAMENTS OF THE STAMINA UNITED, 

 MAKING MORE THAN TWO PARCELS. 



This Class has three Orders. 



ORDER I. 



Xo British Plant of this Order 



Stamina from 

 twelve to 



ORANGE TFxEE is a native of India, but grov/s dodixax 

 luxuriantly in many parts of Europe. This fruit was 

 not known to the ancient Greeks or Romans j but 



the oranges now produced in Malta are those which J;;:^;;g.v,°J^ 



are most esteemed. The Pomegranate is supposed ^^fjj'l^^:^^l 



to be the Golden Apple of the ancients. There is one unconnected 



, . , . . J -1 with the 



kind of orange^ the pulp of which is tniged with caiyx. 

 red, said to be produced by grafting the common 

 Orange on the Pomegranate 3 but this is a vulgar and 

 unfounded opinion, as the dark-coloured, called a 

 black Rose,^ Rosa centifoUa, is said to be in conse- 

 quence of grafting a red rose on a black currant tree, 

 which is a common error of the same kind. 



1 Among the various colours of flowers, scarlet is most rare, 

 and yellow the most common ; there is no flower that is entirely 

 black. The black spot in the blossom of the common garden 

 bean is darker than that of any flower I am acquainted with. 

 The Rosa centifoUa, Lotus jacohceus, and the Pelargonium lobaium, 

 are of a dark purple. 



