SYN-npsiS OF THE GEWEHA, 



fii'c-fleft. Germcn globose. Style very short. Stiff ma 

 of two une([ual lobes. Capsule one- celled . Seeds numerous, 

 and attached to a central receptacle. 



4. Utricula'rta, [Pago 20.] CaZy.r permanent, of two ovate equal 



leaves. Corolla personate, spurred. Germcn globose. Style 

 short. Stigma two-lipped. Capsule one-celled. Seeds 

 numerous, small, attached to a central receptacle. 



•Kx* Perianth double, inferior, monopetalons, irregular.- Seeds 

 four, apparently naked. 



5. Lyco'pus, [Page 23.] Ca/v/.r tubular, permanent, divided into 



five narrow acute segments. Corolla tubular, nearly equal, 

 four cleft, the upper segments broadest, and notched. 

 Stamens simple. 



G. Sal'via, [Page 23.] Crt/y.r tubular, permanent, unequally two- 

 lipped, the lower bifid, the other three-toothed. Corolla 

 labiate tube com])ressed and dilated u))wards, lower lij) of 

 three lobes, the upper concave. Filaments with two 

 divaricated branches, the one only bearing a perfect single- 

 celled anther. 



■K*-x!f Perianth double, superior. 



7. Circce'a, [Page 25.] Ca/^.r tubular at the base, divided into two 



ovate obtuse deflexed segments. Corolla of two petals, 

 alternate with the segments of the calyx, and inserted into 

 it. Stamens alternate with the petals. Capsules two-celled, 

 with one seed in each. 



***** Perianth, single or none. 



8. Fkax'inus, [Page 27.] Calyx absent, or in ovate segments. 



Capsule fiat and foliaceous, at the extremity, two-celled, 

 with a seed in each cell. Sctd solitary, tlat, brown, and 

 pendulous. Flowers sometimes without stamens, rarely 

 with stamens only. 



9. Lem'na, [Page 20.] Perianth single, membranous, inflated. 



Fruit a thin transparent membraneous utricle, single- 

 seeded. 



JO. Ci,a'j)Ii;m, [Page32.] Pmrt/t/A single, glinnaceous. Glumes 

 concave, of one piece, single-fiowered, outer ones smaller, 

 mostly barren. Fruit a nut, with three slight angles, 

 covered with a loose coat, and destitute of bristles at the 

 base. 



(See Salicornia in Class J. Schanus in Class Ilf. Lepidium and 

 Coronopus in Class AT. Carcx in Class XXI.) 



