GYNANDRIA. 359 



3ee Plant. Ic. ex Herb. Linn. t. 34. Cy turns how- 

 ever, Cavan. Ic. t. 171, a singular parasitical plant on 

 the roots of Cistus in the south of Europe, has pro- 

 perly been brought hither from the Order Dodecan- 

 dria, of which it originally formed the only example. 

 The observations of Dr. Sibthorp and Mr. Ferd. 

 Bauer confirms those of other botanists, that the an- 

 thers are 8, not 16, and that they are truly inserted 

 upon the style. 



8. Decaridria is now abolished. Of the two genera 

 which constituted it, Kleinhovia belongs to the Class 

 Dodecandr'ia^ having 15 stamens, see Cavan. Mona- 

 delph. t. 146 ; and Helicteres to Decandria Mono- 

 gynia. ■ 



9. Dodecandria is likewise abolished. 



10. Polyandria is in a similar predicament, for I am 

 not aware of any genus that can be admitted into it. 

 Xylopia goes with the greatest propriety to its natural 

 allies in Polyandria Polygynia, ^nnona, Sec, its short 

 stamens being inserted into the receptacle below the 

 germen. Grexvia, as well as Schreber's Microcos if 

 a good genus, belong to Polyandria Monogynia^ the 

 organs of impregnation being merely elevated on a 

 common stalk, like those of Passijiora and Ayenia. 

 Ambrosinia^ Arum, and Calla^ are all justly removed 

 by Schreber to Monoecia, though I think, for reasons 

 hereafter given, they are more commodiously and 

 naturally placed in the Order Polyandria of that Class, 



