312 DIANDRIA. TRIANURIA. 



Grc€C. t. 1, Blitumy Curt, Mag. t. 0,76, and a few 

 plants besides. 



Class 2. Dkuidria. Stamens C. Orders 3. 



1 . Monogijnia. This, the most natural and numerous 

 Order, compi'ehends the elegant and fragrant Jas- 

 oninecey the Jasmine, Lilac, Olive, &c. — also Ve- 

 ronica, Engl Bot. t. % 1027, 623, 783, &c.— and 

 a few labiate ilowers with naked seeds, as Salvia^ 

 EngL Bot. t. 1,53, 154, Rosemary, &c., natural 

 allies of the fourteenth class; but having only two 

 stamens, they are necessarily ranged here in the 

 artificial system. 



2. Digi/nia consists only of Antho.vanthuvij a grass, 

 E}igL Bot, t. 647, which, for the reason just given, 

 is separated from its natural family in the third class. 



3. lYigynia — has only PipeVy the Pepper, a large 

 tropical genus. 



Class. 3. Triandria, Stamens 3. Orders 3. 



1. Monogi/nia. Valeriana, Engl, Bot. t. 69^, 1591 

 and 153 1 , is placed here because most of its species 

 have three stamens. See Class 1. Here also we 

 find the sword-leaved plants, so amply illustrated in 

 Curtis's Magazine, Iris, Gladiolus, Lvia, &c., also 

 Crocus, Engl. Bot. t. 343, 344, 491, and nume- 

 rous grass-like plants, Scho^nus, Cijperus, Scirpus, 

 see FL Grcec. v, 1, and Engl, Bot, t, 950, 1309, 

 542, 873, &c. 



