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and Agrimonia, Engl. Bot. t. 1335. The latter 

 might as well have been placed in the next class, with 

 which it agrees in natural order, 



3. Trigynia is chiefly occupied by Reseda^ the Migno- 

 nette, t. 320, 321, and Euphorbia, t. 256, 883, &c., 

 one of the most well defined and natural genera, of 

 which the Funicea, Ic. Pict. t. 3, is a splendid ex- 

 otic species. 



i. Tetragyjiia, in Schreber and Willdenow, consists of 

 Calligonum, a genus illustrated by L'Heritier in the 

 Transactions of Linn. Society, v. 1 ; and Aponogeton^ 

 already mentioned p. 324. 



5. Pentagynia has G/inus, an insignificant genus ; and 

 BlacJciveliia, a doubtful one, 



%. Dodecagynia is exemplified in Sempervivura, the 

 Houseleek, Engl. Bot, t. 1320^ whose styles vary 

 from 12 to 18 or 20. Sempervivum Sedifonne, Jacq, 

 Hort. Find. t. 81, is a Sedum with a superabundance 

 of parts in the fructification, Linngeus confounded it 

 with *S'. rupestre. 



Class 12, Icosandria. Stamens 25Eor more, inserted 

 into the Calyx. Orders 3, 



L Monogynia consists of fine trees, bearing for the most 

 part stone fruits, as the Peach, Plum, Cherry, &c., 

 though the leaves and other parts are bitter, acrid, and, 

 as we have already mentioned, sometimes vtvv dan- 

 gerous, owing to the peculiar essential oil, known by 

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