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ai; Se CLASS"RIVe* 
DIDYNAMIA. 
(2 Stamens longer.) 
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Tue essential character of this Class consists. in the 
Flowers being furnished with 4 stamens, 2 of which are 
long, and 2 short. The short stamens stand next together 
| nile adjoining to the style'of the pistil. They are covered 
by the blossom, which is irregular in its shape... 
Kaan comprehends the. whirled, the lipped, the masked, 
the g the gaping, Sesh} the grinning flowers of other authors. It 
the followir ing Natunan Cuanacrer: , 
Cas, Cup 1 leaf, upright, tubular, with 5 aes. - Segr 
unequal, permanent: tients 
Bross. 1 petal, upright, ‘the base talulary? ontainin 
honey, and serving for a nectary. Border genet 
gaping, upper lip straight, Loder lip expanding, 
3 segments, ee seta one the weeny sit 
Sram. Filaments 4, strap-shaped, fixed to the tube of the 
~bloss. but leaning towards theyback of it.) Filaments 
all parallel, seldom taller than the blossom... The? | 
middle ones shorter than those én each side. 2 pat! 
LSearstie f covered by the upper lip of the blo som, and 
i Pees ning each other so as to stand ey per 
ST. men generally superior. Style pe 
ie iSined. bent in the ior ntae oy the fi alsa oe 
agete stone HA the midst of’ them, but § 
onger, and a little crooked at the top. Sw 
rally cloven. : : 
S. Vzss. either none, (as in the first Oider,) 
there is one, (as in the second Order,) it ger 
_ sists of 2 cells, st 
‘SEEDs in. Saag Order 4, seated at the bottom oF 
‘cup. In the second Order fixed to the rect 
_. cle, which is placed in the aad of the seed~ oA 
Oxs. The flowers of this class are, for the most. oe ae 
upright,-but leaning a little Somshs, Haims $0 that the b the 
may more effectually cover the anthers from ain, a™ ict 
pollen more an fall upon the summit. ‘The plants in| 5 eG 
Order of this Class are odoriferous, cephalic, and resolve” 
None of them are poisonous. . 
