SYNOPSIS OF GENERA, 



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Petals wanting 



Gi.aux. Cups, superior, with 5 seeds. Cal. coloured, of 1 leaf. Prima- 

 laceo?, p. 192. 



Order II. Digynia. Pistils 2. 



* Fl. monopetalous, inferior. 



Gentiana. Caps, of 1 cell. Cor. tubular at the base, destitute of nec- 

 tariferous pores. Gcntianece, p. 187- 



Cuscuta. Caps, of 2 cells, bursting all round. Cor. bell-shaped. Con- 

 volndacete, p. 173. 



* * Petals wanting. Seed solitary. 



Chenopodium. Seed lenticular, tunicated, superior. Chenopodece, p. 227. 



Beta. Seed kidney-shaped, imbedded in the fleshy calyx. Chenopodea, 

 p. 229. 



Sai.soLa. Caps, closed, imbedded in the fleshy calyx. Seed with a spiral 

 embryo. Chenopodece, p. 226. 



Ulmus. Caps, closed, membranous, compressed, bordered, superior. Ul- 

 macece, p. 240. 



* * * Fl. of 5 petals, superior. Seeds 2. Umbellata. 



Obs. The genera of this division form the Natural Order Umbelliferes. 

 Seep. 113—129. 



Order III. Trigynia. Pistils 3. 



* Fl. superior. 



Viburnum. Cor. 5-cIeft. Berry with 1 seed. Caprifoliacea, p. 134. 



Samb-uccs. Cor. 5-cleft. Berry with 3 seeds. Caprifoliacece, p. 134. 



Order IV. Tetragynia. Pistils 4. 



Parnassia. Nectaries fringed with bristles, bearing globes. Caps, of 

 4 valves. Saxifrages, p. 04. 



Order V". Pentagynia. Pistils 5. 



Linum. Pet- 5. Capsule of 10 cells. Line®, p. 51. 



Statice, Pet. 5. Seed 1, clothed with the base of the funnel-shaped 

 calyx. Plumbaginea, p. 176. 



(See Cerastium and Spergula in CI. x.) 



Order VI. Hexagynia. Pistils 6. 



Drosera. Pet. 5. Caps, of 3 valves, with many seeds. Droseracear, 

 p. 34. 



Class VI. Hexandria. Stamens 6, each 8 equal. 



Order I. Monogynia. Pistil 1. 



" Fl. with both calyx and corolla. 



Uerberis, Cor. of (] 2>etals, Cal. of 6 leaves, inferior. Berry with 2 

 seeds. Berberidea>, \), 11, 



