210 



Order II, TRIGYNIA, Pistils 3. 



220. POLYGONUM. Cal. coloured, in several deep seg- 

 ments, inferior. Cor. 0. Seed 1, naked. 



Order III, TETRAGYNIA, Pistils 4. 



222. ADOXA. Ccd. half-inferior. Cor. in 4 or 5 segments. 



Beny invested with the calyx. Seeds 4, bordered. 

 221. PARIS. Cal. of 4 leaves. Pet. 4. Ber7y superior. 

 Seeds numerous, globose. 



223. ELATINE. Cal. of 4 leaves. Pel. 4. Caps, supe- 



rior, of 4 cells ; partitions from the column. Seeds 



oblong. 



Sas^ina 2. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 211. OENOTHERA. Evening-primrose. 



Linii.Getu 187. Juss. 319. Comp.bd. Lam. t. 279. 

 Onagra. Tourn. t. \j6. Gcertn.t.32. 



Nat. Ord. Calycanthemcc. Linn. 17. Onagrce. Juss. 88. 

 iV. 212 the same. 



Cal. superior, of 1 leaf, deciduous ; tube cylindrical, erect, 

 bearing the pet. and stam. ; limb in 4 deep, oblong, acute, 

 reflexed, partly combined^ segments. Pet. 4, inversely 

 heart-shaped, equal, flat, attached to the summit of the 

 tube of the calyx, and as long as the limb. Filam, from 

 the throat of the tube, awl-shaped, incurved, shorter than 



