9<5 HEPTANDRIA, 



ORDER \l. 



DIGYNIA. 



LIMEUM, an African genus, is the only plant 



of this Order, but there is no specimen, nor any re- 

 Two Pistilla. ' . r 

 presentation of it, in England. 



ORDER 3. 



tetragy- LIZARD'S TAIL. This plant is a native of 



* lA - Virginia ; it is perennial, generally trailing, and sel- 



Four Fistula, dom rising more than two feet high. It blossoms in 



July, but does not produce seed in England. The 



stalk decays in the autumn. 



tilla. 



ORDER 4. 



iiEFTAGY- ROUND-LEAVED SEPTAS is a native of the 

 ^ IA - Cape of Good Hope; it is a perennial plant, the only 



seven Pis- Genus of this Order, of which there is only this one 

 species; it blossoms in August and September. Ac- 

 cording to Linnaeus it is remarkable for the number 

 seven; having the calyx in seven deep segments, 

 seven petals, seven gcrmena, and consequently seven 

 capsulae. The English specific name Round- leaved, 

 is from the general character of the leaves at the bot- 

 tom of the flower-stem, which there was no room to 

 introduce in the annexed figure. 



