40S 6YNANDRI*. 



of this, Pistia being removed to Mo?ia- 

 delphia Octandria. 



7. Octandria. The Scopolia of Linnaeus,, 

 which originally constituted this Order, 

 proves to be a Daphne; see Plant. Ic. ex 

 Herb. Linn* t. 34. Cytinus however, Ca- 

 van. Ic. t. 171? a singular parasitical plant 

 on the roots of Cistus in the south of Eu- 

 rope, has properly been brought hither 

 from the Order Dodecandria, of which it 

 originally formed the only example. The 

 observations of Dr. Sibthorp and Mr. Ferd. 

 Bauer confirm those of other botanists, that 

 the anthers are 8, not 16, and that they 

 are truly inserted upon the style. 



8. Decandria is now abolished. Of the two 

 genera which constituted it, Kleinhovia be- 

 longs to the Class Dodecandria, having 15 

 stamens, see Cavan Monadelph. t. 146 ; 

 and HeUcieres to Decandria Monogynia- 



9- Dodecandria is likewise abolished. 



10. Pohjandria is in a similar predicament* 

 for I am not aware of any genus that can 



