ee ae 
= = ; CLASS XVI. 
-MONADELPHIA, 
I this Class the filaments are all united together 
bottom, but separate at the top, The Orpers are deter 
mined by the number of stamens. The flowers admit of 
the following : aoe 
NATURAL CHARACTER. 
Cax. Cup always present, permanent, in many it 
double we Sa | 
ive ee the edge of the next, from the righ +6 the 
eft. 
Stam. Filaments united at the bottom, se arate at thet 
the outer ones the shortest. Anthers fixed sidewise. 
Pisr.. Receptacle of the fruit projecting in the centre of 
the flower, = ae ae 
Germens upright, surrounding the top of the recep- 
tacle in a PRN gins, Styles united at the be ; 
into one body with the receptacle, but at 
NY epee oa ban parts as there are germens. 
» Slender, , —prekel 
S. Vess. Capsules divided into as many cells as tl 
styles; of various figures in different genera; and 
composed of the same number of seed-coats ul 
SEEDs kidney-shape a | "Saag 
Oxs. The plants of this natural class were considered 
Tourn. as having only 1 petal. But all the petals are @ 
at the base, though by the intervention of the united file 5 
they cohere all together as one body ; on which account ™ 
may more properly be considered as having 5 petals. 
