CLASS XII. ORDER I. 49 



Oxalis. Calyx 5-leaved inferior : petals 5, cohering 

 by the claws : capsule 5-celled, 5-cornered, dehiscent at 

 the corners : stamens with 5 shorter outer ones adher- 

 ing at their bases. 



jlgrostemma. Calyx 1 -leaved coriaceous : petals 5 

 with claws, border obtuse, entire : capsule 1 -celled, ma- 

 ny-seeded. 



* ' Cerastium. Calyx 5-leaved: petals 5, 2 -cleft : cap- 

 sule 1-celled, dehiscent at top, tooth-like. 



Lychnis. Calyx l .leaved, oblong, petals 5, with claws: 

 the limb somewhat 2-cleft : capsule 1 or 5-celled. 



* Phytolacca. 



ORDER X. DECAGYNIA. 



Phytolacca. Calyx o : corol 5-petalled, calyx-like, in- 

 ferior : berry 10-celled, 10-secded. 



CLASS XI. DODECANDRIA. 

 ORDER I. MONOGYNTA. 



^sarum 9 Calyx 3 or 4 -cleft, superior : corol o : stigr 

 ma 6-( left : capsule coriaceous, crowned with the calyx. 



Portulacca. Calyx 2-cleft, inferior : corol 5-pctalJod : 

 capsule 1-celled, opening transversely : columella 5, fili- 

 form. 



Lythrum. Calyx 6, 8, 10 or 12-toothcd, inferior : pet- 

 als 5 or 6 on the calyx : capsule 2-cellcd, many-secde<f, 

 covered. 



ORDER II. DIGYNIA, 



Jlgrimoniq,. Calyx 5-toothed, invested with an oute~? 

 one : petals 5 : seeds 2, in the bottom of the calyx. 



* Delphinium, 



ORDER III. TRIGYNIA. 



Euphorbia. Calyx I -leaved, inflated : petals 4 or $> 

 standing on the calyx : capsule 3 grained. Flowers not 

 umbelled. 



OlIDER XIII. PoLYGYMA. 



fiempervium. Calyx 9 to 12-parted : petals 8 to 12 : 

 capsules 12, many seeded. (Stamens 16 or 20.) 



CLASS XII. ICOSANDRIA. 



ORDER I. MOXOGYNIA. 



PJnladelphuS. CaJyx 4 or 5-parted, superior : cofpl 5* 



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