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is more nearly allied to the I.ilies than a 

 young botanist would suppose. Near it 

 stand several o-enera which have little af- 

 finity to each other, and of these Capiira 

 is a mistake, havino; bt^en made out of a 

 specimen of Daphne indica, which chanced 

 to have but six stamens. 



2. Digi/?ua has but few genera. The va- 

 luable Ori/za, Rice, of which there now 

 seems to be more than one species, is the 

 most remarkable. It is a grass with six 

 stamens. 



3. Trigynia, See Humex, Engl, Bot. t, 1533, 

 127, &c., some species of which have se- 

 parated flowers ; Tojieldia, t, 556 ; and 

 Colchicim, t. 133 and 1432. 



4. Tetragijnia. Fetiveria alliacea, a plant 

 the number of whose stamens is not very 

 constant, and whose specific name is sup- 

 posed to allude, not only to its gavlic scent, 

 but also to the caustic humour of the bo- 

 tanist whom it commemorates. 



5. Hexagynia. An order in Schreber and 

 Willdenow, contains TVendlandia populi- 



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