324 ICOSANDRIA. 



might as well have been placed in the next class, 

 with which it agrees in natural order. 



3. Trigynia is chiefly occupied by Reseda, the Migno- 

 nette, t. 320, 321, and Enp/wrbia, t. 256,883, 

 &c., one of the best deliued and most natural 

 genera, of which ihc punkea, Sm. Ic. Pict. t, 3, is 

 a splendid exotic species. 



4. Tetragynia, in Schreber and Willdenow, consists 

 of CaUigonum, a genus illustrated by L'Heritier in 

 the Transactions of Linn. Society, v. 1 ; and Apo- 

 Qiogeton, already mentioned, p. 319- 



5. Pentagynia has Glinus, an insignificant genus; and 

 BlackzveUia, a doubtful one. 



6. Dodecagynia is exemplified in Sempervivum, the 

 Houseleek, Engl. Bot. t. 1320, whose styles vary 

 from twelve to eighteen or twenty. Sempervivum 

 sedif'orme, J acq. Hort. Vind. z^. 81, is a Sedum 

 with a superabundance of parts in the fructification. 

 Linnaeus confounded it with *S'. rupestre. 



Class 12. Icosandria. Stamens 20 or more, inserted 

 into the Calyx. Orders 3. 



1 . Monogynia consists of fine trees, bearing for the 

 most part stone fruits, as the Peach, Plum, Cherry, 

 &c., though the leaves and other parts are bitter, 

 acrid, and, as we have already mentioned, some- 

 times very dangerous, owing to a peculiar essential 

 oil, known by its bitter-almond flavour. See spe- 



