SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



12. Adox'A, [Page 580.] Calyx half inferior, two or three-cleft. 



Corolla rotate, with a very short tube, and a four or five 

 partite limb. Slamens eight or ten. Anthers terminal, 

 single celled. Styles four or five, with obtuse stigmas. 

 Fruit a berry, surrounded by the persistent calyx, and 

 crowned by the apex of the styles, four or five celled — 

 Herbaceous plants, with compound leaves, and green 

 capitate flowers, the side floivers having the corolla five- 

 cleft, a7id the terminal ones four -cleft. 



13. Ela'tine, [Page 581.] Cahjx inferior, three or four partite. 



Petals three or four, sessile. Slamens equal in number to 

 the petals, or twice as many. Styles three or four, very 

 short. Stigmas capitate. Capsules three or four celled, 

 three or four valved, and many seeded. Seeds cylindrical, 

 attached to a central free receptacle. 

 (See Sagina in Class 4.) 



Class 9. Enneandria, — 9 Stamens, 



Order I. Hexagynia. 6 Pistils. 

 1. Bd'tomus, [Page 583.] Perianth single, inferior, six-partite, 

 coloured. Slamens nine, six in an outer circle, three in an 

 inner. Capsules six, connate at the base. Seeds numerous, 

 linear oblong, attached to the whole inner lining of the 

 capsule. 



Class 10. Decandrta. — 10 Stamens, 



Order I. Monogynia. — 1 Pistil. 

 * Perianth double, corolla of five petals, rarely four. 



1. Mono'tropa, [Page 585.] Calyx of four or five coloured 



pieces, gibbous at the base. Petals four or five, slightly 

 united at the base. Stamens eight or ten. Capsule with 

 four or five cells, four or five valves, many seeded. Seeds 

 invested with a netted arillus. — Herbaceous parasitical 

 plants, with leafless scaly stems. 



2. Pyr'ola, [Page 586.] Calyx five- cleft, persistent. Petals 



five, slightly united at the base. Style longer than the 

 stamens. Filaments awl-shaped, with two celled anthers. 



