458 GTNANDRW, 



of this, Fistla being removed to Mona* 

 delphia Octandria. 



7. Octandria. The ScopoUa of Linnaeus, 

 which originally constituted this Order, 

 proves to be a Daphne ; see Plant. Ic. ex 

 Herb* Linn. f. 34. Cytinus however, Ca- 

 ^mn. Ic. t. 171, a singular parasitical plant 

 on the roots of Cistns in the south of Eu- 

 rope, has properly been brought hither 

 from the Order Dodecandria, of which it 

 originally formed the only example. The 

 observations of Dr. Sibthorp and Mr. Ferd, 

 Bauer confirm those of other botanists, that 

 the anthers are 8, not I6, and that they 

 are truly inserted upon the style. 



S. Decandria is nov/ abolished. Of the two 

 genera \vhich constituted it, Klcinlwvia be- 

 longs to the Class Dodecandria, having 15 

 stamens, see Cavan. Monadelph, t. 146 ; 

 and llelicteres to Decandria Monogynia^ 



9. Dodecandria is likewise abolished .- 



10. Folyandria is in a similar predicament, 

 for I am not a^^'are of any genus that caB 



