440 DIADELPHIX. 



posed of some fine plants allied to the 

 Mallows, as Ptcrospermum, t. 620, Pen- 

 tapetes, &c. 



& Polyandria, a very numerous and mag- 

 nificent Order, comprises, among other 

 things, the true Columniferce or Malvacece, 

 as Malva, Engl Bot. t. 67l, 754, Althcea, 

 t. 147, Hibiscus, SpiciL Bot. t. 8, Gossy- 

 phim the Cotton-tree, Alcea the Holly- 

 hock, &c. Stately and beautiful plants of 

 this Order, though not Malvacece, are 

 Carolinea, whose angular seeds are sold in 

 our shops by the name of Brasil nuts ; 

 Gustavia, named after the late King of 

 Sweden, a great patron of botany and of 

 Linnaeus ; Camellia, Curt. Mag. t. 42> 

 whose splendid varieties have of late be- 

 come favourites with collectors ; Stuariia, 

 Exot. Bot. t. 110; and Barringtonia, the 

 original Commersonia, Sonmrat Voy, a la 

 Nouv. Guinee, t. 8, 3. 



Class'17. Diadelphia. Stamens united by 

 their filaments into 2 parcels, both some- 

 times cohering at the base, Orders 4, 

 distinguished by the number of their Sta- 



