TETRANDRIA* 413 



Class 4. Tefraiulria, Stamens 4. — Orders 3. 



1. Monogij)iiiu A vcny numerous and vari- 

 ous Order, of \vliich the Proteaccce make 

 a conspicuous part, consisting of Proica, 

 Banks/a, Latnhcrfiu, Emhothruim, cS:c. 

 See Botanji of ]^ew Holland, t. 7 — 10. 

 Scahio.sa, Engl. Jjof. t. 6.39 ; Plant ago, 

 t. 1558, 1539, remarkable for its capaiila 

 c'n'cumscissa, a membranous capsule, se- 

 parating by a complete circular fissure into 

 two parts, as in the next genus, Ctnitnn- 

 cnlus, t. 531 ; Rubia, t. 851, and others 

 of its natural order, of whose stipulation 

 we have spoken p. 219, are found here, 

 and the curious Epimcdium^ f. 438. 



J. DiGYNiA. Buffonia, t. 1313. 



Ciiscuta, placed liere by Linnaeus, is 

 best removed to the next class. 



3. Tetragyxia. Ilex, t. 496', a genus 

 sometimes furnished with a few barren 

 flo\vers, and therefore removed by Hudson 

 to tli^ ^ISd class, of which it only serves 

 to show the disadvantage ; Potamogeton, 

 t. 168, 376, and Ruppia, i. 136, are ex- 



