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10. Gynandria is scarcely tenable, being pa- 

 radoxical in its character, and the two 

 Linniean genera which compose it, An- 

 drachne and Agijneia, seem morst properly, 

 even as the system stands at present, to 

 belong to the 8th Order, to great part of 

 which they are, moreover, naturally re- 

 lated. 



Class 22. Dioecia. Stamens and Pistils in 

 separate flowers, situated on two separate 

 plants. Orders 8. 



The fore2:oino; remarks on the Orders of 

 Monoecla apply also to those of this Class. 

 I shall therefore only briefly mention some 

 genera properly illustrative of each Order, 

 more particularly specifying such as re- 

 quire to be placed elsewhere. 



1. Monandria, Bro6imum of Swartz, and 

 Ascarina of Forster, seem, by their de- 

 scriptions, to be well placed here. Fonda- 

 nus {Atlirodact}jUs of Forster) is more 

 doubtful, not having any partial calyx 01 

 corolla to divide the stamens into separate 

 blossoms, so ihut the whole inav be taken 



