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SYNOPSIS OF GENERA, ACCORDING TO THE LINN^AN 

 SYSTEM. 



MONANDRIA. 



MONOGYNIA. '> 4 ' 



SALICORNIA. Perianlh single, turbinate, fleshy, closed. Slam. 1 2. 

 Style bifid. Utricle included. Chenopodea, p. 29&. 



HIPPURIS. Cal. adnate to the ovary ; limb minute entire. Cor. 

 none. Style received into a groove of the anther. Nut 1 -seeded. 

 Haloragea, p. 123. 



DlGYNIA. 



CALLITRICHE. Fl. perfect or imperfect. "Bracts 2, opposite, peta- 

 loid. Cal. (corol of authors,) inconspicuous. Cor. none. Caps. 

 compressed, 2-celled, 4-seeded. Haloragea, p. 123. 



BLITUM. Perianth single, 3-cleft. Seed 1, covered by the -calyx 

 which becomes a berry. Chenopodea, p. 299. 



DlANDRlA. 



MONOGYNIA. 



* Flowers complete, inferior, \-petalled , regular. 



LIGUSTRUM. Cal. minute, 4rtoothed. Cor. with the tube short ; the 

 limb 4-clefl, spreading, Berry 1 -celled 2 4-seeded. O/eaccce, p. 231. 



CHIONANTHUS. Cal. 4-parted ; Cor. deeply 4-parted ; segments long 

 and linear. Drupe 1-seeded. Nut striate. Oleacea, p. 232. 



** Flowers complete, inferior, l-petalled, irregular. 



VERONICA. Cal. 4- rarely 5-parted. Cor. subrotate, 4-lobed, un- 

 equal. Caps. 2-celled, obcordate. Seeds few. Scrophularinete, p. 261. 



LEPTANDRA. Cal. 5-parted ; segments acuminate. Cor. tubular- 

 canipanulate ; border 4-lobed, a little ringent. Stam. and at length 

 the pistil much exserted. Caps, ovate, acuminate, 2-celled, many- 

 seeded. Scropliularinea, p. 262. 



GRATIOLA. Cal. Si-parted, often with 2 bracts at the base. Cor, 

 tubular, sub-bilabiate ; upper lip emarginate ; lower 3-lobed. Stig.. 2- 

 lobed. Caps, ovate, 2-celled, 2-valved. Scropkularinece, p. 264. 



LINDERNIA. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. tubular, ringent ; upper lip short, 

 emarginate ; lower one 3-cleft, unequal. Fil. 4 ; the two longe'r, fork- 

 ed and sterile. Caps. 2 celled, 2-valyed ; dissepiment parallel with 

 the valves. Scrophulariiiece, p. 265. 



HEMIANTHUS. Cal. tubular, cleft on the under side ; border 4rtooth- 

 ed. Cor. with the upper lip obsolete ; lower 3-parted ; intermediate 

 segment ligulate and truncate, much longer, closely incurved. Stam. 

 2. Fil. birid ; lateral fork antheriferous. Caps. 1-celled, 2-valved, 

 many- seeded. Sfrophularineot, p. 267. ' 



OATALPA. Cal. -2-parted. Cor. campanulate ; tube ventricose-; 

 border 4-lobed, unequal. Stam. 2, fertile ; 23 sterile. Stig. bila- 

 mellate. Caps, long, cylindric, 2-valved ; dissepiment opposite to the 

 valves. Seed membranaceously margined. Bignoniaceu, p. 245. 



JUSTICIA. Cal. 5-parted, often with 2 bracts, Cor. 2-lipped ; upper 



