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309. ANTIRRHINUM. Caps, of 2 cells, bursting un- 

 equally at the summit. Cor. closed with a palate ; 

 prominent or spurred at the base behind. 



308. PEDICULARIS. Caps, of ^i cells. Seeds pointed. 

 Cot\ ringent ; upper lip compressed. 



312. LINN^EA. i?^rrz/ dry, of S cells in the germen. Cor. 

 bell-shaped. Cal. double ; innermost superior. 



*** Calyx of 2 leaves, 

 315. OROBANCHE. Calyx4eaves\^teY2L\. A gland \xx\(\ev 

 the germen. Caps, of 1 cell, with 4 receptacles. 



DIDYNA MIA GYMNOSPERMIA . 



A natural order, consisting entirely of the J^erticiUatce of 

 Ray, and of Linnaeus, 42; theZ/fif^/^/^rof Jussieu, 39. See 

 Grammar 99. A few genera, comprised in Jussieu's first 

 section, are excluded from the present class and order of 

 the artificial system, as having only 2 stamens, and are 

 referred therefore to the second class, Diandria. Of 

 these the only British genera are Li/copus and Salvia. 

 See vol. i. 33—35. 



The following are the characters of the VcrlicillatiC, a de- 

 nomination needlessly changed for LahiatiC. 



Flo'^rrs all complete, as well as perfect, having a cali/.v and 

 corolla, with stamens and pistil, in every individual. 



Calyx inferior, simple, of one leaf, erect, tubular, often tu- 

 mid at the base, on the upper or lower side, permanent ; 

 orifice more or less deej)ly diviiled into 5 unequal, often 

 pointed, s|)reading segments. 



Corolla of 1 petal, erect, tubular, and contain inijr honey, at 

 the base, without any })articular apparatus of a nectan/ ; 

 //;«^ almost invariably ringeiU, or lipped ; upper lip c\\\\qy 

 upright, or vaulted, rarely very short, or deeply divided ; 

 lo\i)rr'\u 3 divisions, the middle one almost always broadest. 



Stamens {•; fhnucnfsWnvnw from the tul)e of the corolla, at 



