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out of a speciaien oi Daphne z/^r/ic(^, which chanced 

 to have but six stamens. 



2. Digynia has but few genera. The valuable Ori/za, 

 Rice, of which there now seems to be more than 

 one species, is the most remarkable. It is a grass 

 with six stamens. 



3. Trigyma. See Riime.v, Engl. Bot, t. 1533, 127, 

 &c., some species of which have separated tiowers; 

 Tojieldla, t. 5^6; and Colchicum, t. 133 and 1432. 



4. Tettagyma, Petiverlaalliacea, a plant the number 

 of whose stamens is not very constant, and whose 

 specific name is supposed to allude, not only to its 

 garlic scent, but also to the caustic humour of the 

 botanist whom it commemorates. 



5. Hexagynia. An order in Schreber and Willdenow, 

 contains JVcndlandia populifolia of the latter; with 



■ Damason'mm of the former, a genus consisting of 

 the UinniGa.nSt?'atiotesalismoid€S,E.vot. Bot. t. 15. 



G. Polygynia. Alisma only — Engl. Bot. t. 837, 

 775, &c. 



Class 7. Heptandria. Stamens 7. Orders 4. 



1. Monogyma. Trientalis, EAgL Bot. t. 15, a favour- 

 ite plant of Linnasus; and JEscidus, the Horse 

 Chesnut. Several genera are removed to this order 

 by late writers. 



2. Digynia. Limcum, an African genus only. 



3. Tdragynia. Saururus a Virginian plant, Apono- 



