SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



Class 1. Monandrta. — 1 Stamen. 



OllDER 1. MoNOGYNIA. — 1 PtstU. 



1, Salicor'nia, [Pagel.] P<?/7*rtw</t single, swelling, flesh}', nearly 



equal. Sfyle, short. Sti(jimas, two or three-cleft. Seed 

 one, inclosed in a thin transparent skin, enveloped in the 

 inflated perianth. 



2. Hippu'rus, [Page 3.] P<??7'aH/A single, crowning the germen 



with a slight border. Seed one, inclosed in a small oval, 

 hard, and shining pericarp. 



(See Valeriana rubra, in Class III.; Alchemilla arvensis in Class 

 IV. ; Zostcra and Callitriche, in Class XXI. ; Chara, in 

 Class XXIV.) 



Class 2. Diandria. — 2 Stamens, 



Order 1. Monogynia. — 1 Pistil. 



* Perianth double, inferior, monopelalous, regular. 



1 Ligus'trum, [Page 4.] CaZya,' of one leaf, with four blnntish 

 projecting teeth. Corolla of one petal, regular, in four 

 segments. Berry of two cells, with two seeds in each. 



** Perianth double, inferior, monopetalous, irregular. Seeds 

 inclosed in a pericarp. 



2. Veron'ICA, [Page 5.] Calyx of one piece, inferior, persistent, 



divided into four deep segments. Corolla vvheel-shaped 

 deeply four-cleft, the lower segments smallest. Capsule 

 two-celled. 



3, PiNGUic'uLA, [Page 17.] Ca/y.r permanent, two-lipped, upper 



three-cleft, the lower bifid. Corolla ringent^ spurred, and 



