DIAMD. MONOG. 3 



8. Salvia. Cal. 2-lipped. Cor, ringent. Filamenis attached 

 laterally to a footstalk*. 



*'^** Perianth double, superior. 

 3. CiRC^EA. Cal. 2-leaved. Cor. of 2 petals. Caps. 2-ceIled. 

 Cells with I seed. 



-^**"*Peria7ith single or none, 

 2. Fraxinus. Ca/. 0, or 4-cleft. Cor. 0, or of 4 petals. Caps, 

 2-celled, 2-seeded, compressed, and foliaceous at the extre- 

 mity. iSeec/5 solitary, pendulous. [Floiiers polygamous.) 



9. Lemna. Perianth fiwgle, monophyllous, membranaceous, ur- 

 ceolate. Fr7iii a Utricle. 



10. Cladium. Cal. G/;^me5 of I valve, 1 -flowered, imbricated, 

 outer glumes sterile. Cor. 0. Fruit a Mif, with a loose ex- 

 ternal coat [Epicarp), destitute of bristles at its base. 



{Salicornia, Monandr. Schcenus alius and Erioph. alp., Tri- 

 andr. Monog,) 



2. DIGYNIA. 



11. Anthoxanthum. Cal. Glume of 2 valves, 1 -flowered. 

 Cor. Glume double, each of 2 valves: ext. awned; int.^msW, 

 avvniess. 



1. MONOGYNIA. 



1. LIGUSTRUM. 



1 , L.vulgare ( Privet), leaves elliptico-lanceolate somewhata cute, 



panicle compact. Light/, p. 72. E. B. t. 764. 

 Hab. Hedges, not common : about Hamilton, Light/. About Alva, 



between Kinross and Stirling, 3Ir. Arnott. Fl. July, fj . 

 Leaves opposite, sessile, entire, more or less obtuse, remaining through 



the winter if the weather be mild. Flowers small, white. Ben ies 



black, globose. 



2. FRAXINUS. 



1. F. excelsior {common yfsh), leaflets lanceolate acuminate ser- 

 rate, flowers destitute of perianth. Light/ . p. 641. E. B, 

 t. 1692. 



Hab. Woods and hedges. Fl. May. \i . 



One of the noblest of our trees, remarkable for the curving upward of 

 the extremities of the lower pendent branches in old plants. Leaves 

 pinnated with an odd one. Leaflets 13 — 15. A variety (?) is found, 

 rarely in England, with many entire leaves, the jF. heterophylla of 

 authors. In F. excels, flowers polygamous, clustered, appearing be- 



* The structure of the stamens in this genus is very curious, but"is not 

 here correctly described. Brown considers them as having a branching fila- 

 ment, one division ascending and bearing one cell of an anther, the other 

 abortive, often indeed bearing the rudiment of another cell. 



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