LINNvEAN ARRANGEMENT 



ovate, bifid. Capsule elongated, cylindric, 3-toothed, 1-celled, many-seeded. 

 Efijdrochariaacete, p. 342. 



FRAXINUS. Polygamous. Calyx small, 4-cleft or none. Corolla none 

 or 4-petalled ; the petals cohering at the base in pairs, oblong or linear. 

 Stamens 2, Capsule 2-celled, compressed, winged at the apex, by abortion 

 1-seeded. Oleaceez, p. 230. 



ORDER II. TRIANDRIA. 3 Stamens. 



EMPETRUM. Perianth consisting of two rows of scales. STERILE FL. 

 Stamens 3, upon long filaments. FERTILE FL. Style none, or very short. 

 Stigma with 6 9 rays. Fruit globose, with 6 9 nucules. Empetracece , 

 p. 310. 



OAKESIA. STAMINATE FL. Perianth of 5 6 leafets ; the innermost 

 ones somewhat petaloid and often united on one side. Stamens mostly 3, 

 (sometimes 4 or 5,) exserted. Ovary wanting or mostly abortive. FERTILE 

 FL. Perianth nearly as in the sterile. Disk none. Ovary 3 4-celled. 

 Style filiform, 3 4-cleft. Fruit dry and drupaceous, globose, minute. 

 Empetracea, p. 310. 



ORDER III. TETRANDRIA. 4 Stamens. 



MYRICA. STERILE FL. Ament cylindric ; scales concave. Stamens 

 4 6. FERTILE FL. Ament closely imbricate, small, ovoid. Styles 2. 

 Drupe 1-celled, 1-seeded. Myricacece, p. 324. 



VISCUM. STERILE FL. Sepals 4, (rarely 3 5,) fleshy, the segments 

 triangular. FERTILE FL. Calyx witn the margin obsolete ; inner sepals 

 (petals) 4, distinct. Stigma obtuse, sessile. Berry pulpy. Loranthaceee, 

 p. 143. 



(Rhamnus in CLASS PENTANDRIA, ORDER MONOGYNIA.) 



ORDER IV. PENTANDRIA. 5 Stametu. 



NYSSA. STERILE .FL. Perianth 5-parted. Stamens 5 10. FERTILE 

 FL. Perianth 5-parted. Stamens 5. Style 1. Drupe inferior, 1-seeded. 

 Sanlalacea, p. 30?. 



ZANTHOXYLUM. Dkeciously polygamous. Sepals 35, small. Petals 

 longer than the sepals, or none. Stamens and carpels as many as the 

 lobes of the calyx, 1 2-seeded. Zantkoxylacece, p. 67. 



ACNIDA. STERILE FL. Perianth 5-parted. Stamens 5, very short. 

 FERTILE FL. Perianth 3-parted.- Styles none. Stigmas 3 5, spreading. 

 Capsule ] -seeded. Chenopodiacece, p. 298. 



HUMCLUS. STERILE FL. Perianth 5-parted. Stamens 5. FERTILE FL. 

 in aments ; the scales large, membranous, imbricate in several rows, 2- 

 flowered. Stigmas 2, long, spreading. Achenia invested with the enlarged 

 perianth, and forming a membranaceous strobile. Cannabinacece, p. 3 17. 



CANNABIS. STERILE FL. Perianth 5-parted. Stamens 5. FERTILE 

 FL. Perianth oblong, acuminate, convolute, the base ventricose, and in- 

 cluding the ovary. Stigmas 2, long, subulate. Nut 2-valved. CannaM- 

 nacece. p. 316. 



NEGUNDO. Calyx minute, unequally 4 5-toothed. Petals none. An- 

 thers 4 5, linear, sessile. Aceracets, p. 61. 



(Sails, OREEP. T #it?ee t CLASS PENTANDRIA.) 



