440 DIADELPHIA. 



posed of some fine plants allied to the 

 Mallows, as Fftrospermum, t, 620, Feji^ 

 tapcfes, Sec. 



8. Foli/andrla, a ver)^ numerous and mag- 

 nificent Order, comprises, among other 

 things, the true Columnifenc or Malvacece, 

 as ]\falva, Engl. Bot. t. 6'71, 754, Althcca, 

 1. 147, Hibi.scus, Spicil Bot. t. 8, Gossij- 

 pium, the Cotton-tree, Alcea the HoU}'- 

 hock, &c. Stately and heautiful plants of 

 this Order, though not Malvacece, are 

 CaroUnea, whose angular seeds are sold in 

 our shops by the name of Brasil nuts; 

 Gtistavia, named after the late King of 

 Sweden, a great patron of botaay and of 

 Linnaeus; Camellia, Curt. Mag. t, 42, 

 whose splendid varieties have of late be- 

 come favourites with collectors ; Stiiartia, 

 Exot. Bot. t. 110; and Barrmgfoiua, the 

 original Commersonia, Sonnerat Voy. ci la 

 Noiiv. Guinee, t. 8, 9- 



Class 17. DiacJclphia. Stamens united by 

 their filaments into 2 parcels, boih some- 

 times cohering at the base. Orders 4, 

 distinguished by the number of their Sta- 



