4,24 DECANDIII.4. 



2. Digynia. Saiifraga, remarkable for hav- 

 ing the germen inferior, half inferior, and 

 superior, in different species, a very rare 

 example. See Engl. Bot. t. iGj, 440, 

 665, 1009, 500, 501. Bianthus, the 

 Pink or Carnation tribe, and some of its 



, very distinct natural order, Caryopliyllece, 

 conclude the Decandria Digynicu 



3. Trigynia. The CaryopliyUece are here 

 continued, as Cucubaiiis, t. 1577) Sikney 

 t.465, 1398, Arenarki, t. 189, 512, very 

 prolific and intricate genera in the Levant. 

 Malpighia and Banisteria, beautiful plants 

 of the ]\laple family, which next occur, 

 have no afiinity to the foregoing. 



4. Bentagynia. Abounds in more Caryo- 

 phyllece, QsLycJmis, t. 573, and Cerastium^ 

 t 789, 790. Cotyledon, t. 325, Sediun, 

 t. 1319, and Oxalis, t. 762, are placed 

 here. Some of the last genus have the 

 filaments united at their base, and there- 

 fore should belong to the l6"th class,'— an^ 

 other defect in the artificial system. 



5. Decagynia. Consists of only Newada^ 

 >vith Fl/ytolacca; the latter an irregular 



