A76 MONOECIA. 



Oder, to which Schreber has added Epi- 

 baterium and Pometia of Forster, as well 

 as the splendid Gaettarda, Hort. MaL 

 v. 4- t. 48. The latter varies from 6 to 9 

 in the parts of the flower, and constitutes 

 the Order Heptandria in Linnaeus, accord- 

 ing to his usual principle, of placing such 

 irregular plants, as much as possible, in 

 small Classes or Orders, that they might 

 be the more easily found. 



7. Folyandria. Stamens more than 7- Cera- 

 tophyllum, Engl. Sot. t. 9*7, 6/9; My- 

 riophyllum, t. 83, 218 ; and the handsome 

 Sagittaria, t. 84, stand here at present, 

 but the accessory parts in their two kinds 

 of flowers are alike. Begonia, Exot.Bot. 

 t. 101, has the number of its petals, though 

 various in several species, always suffi- 

 ciently different in the barren and fertile 

 flowers to fix it here,— The most indubita- 

 ble plants of this Order are amentaceous, 

 Quercus, Engl. Bot. t. 1342 ; Fagus, 

 t. 886; CorJitSy t. 723; (arpinus, Ju- 

 glan , PlatanuSy &c. — Arum, t. 1298, 

 Calla and Ambrosinia, all brought hither, 



