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GLASS XVID, -.4 ss afi ae 
DIADELPHIA. 
‘i ee. pee 
Ts Class comprehends the lutterfly-shape d Flowers, 
and the Leguminous Plants of some Authors. Linne 
takes the Cassic character from the disposition, and 
character of the Orders from the number of the stamens. 
From the title of this Class, the youn Botanist will 
led to imagine, that the filaments are always formed 
two sets, but this is by no means the case ; in many Ml 
stances they are united into ome set. The er fiy-Sha 
of the blossom will, therefore, be a surer guide. If # 
student will get the flower of a garden pea, and con 
with the following Narurat Cuaracter, there Ww! 
longer remain any difficulty in pronouncing, at first § 
whether a plant belong to this class or not. . 
Natura CHaracTer, 
Car. Cup 1 leaf, bell-shaped, shrivelling, bul 
base, the lower part aa with: the fw 
upper part blant, containing honey. Rim 
"teeth, acute, upright, oblique, unequal. The 
~ most tooth longer ; 2 upper teeth shorter, an 
farther — The bottom of ae | 
receptacle, moistened with a liquor-like h 
Bross. butterfly-shaped, siheguak eat petal hay 
= aes Thus the sy ee 
_ Standard, is the largest petal, lying upon, an 
ing the others. It yey cee, Bxed by 
to the upper edge of the receptacle ; that part: 
which stands out of the cup nearly circular and e 
a rising line, marking it lengthwise, particularly t 4 
the end, as if it been pressed down at the SH 
That part of the petal next the base is somew! 
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