X SYNOPSIS OP GENERA. 



TKTRAGYNIA. 



PAR* ASSIA. Cal. 5-sepalled. Pet. 5. Scales 5, terminating in glan- 

 dular bristles at. the apex. Caps. 1-celled, 4-valved. Seeds arillate. 

 Droseracece, p. 43. 



NEMOPAPTTHES. Fl. by abortion dioecious or polygamous. Cat. 

 scarcely conspicuous. Pet. 5, distinct, oblong-linear, deciduous. 

 Stig. 34, sessile, Ber. subglobose, 3 4-oelled, 3 4- seeded. Ida- 

 netc, p. 230. 



PENTAGYNIA. 



ARALIA. Cat. 5-toothed, or entire, superior. Pet. -5. Ber. 510, 

 seeded. Fl. in umbels. Araliacete, p. 151. 



STATICE. Cal. funnel-form, scariose, plaited, Pet. 5. Pericarp in- 

 dehiscent. Plumbaginea, p. 292. 



LINUM. Cal. 5-parted, persistent. Pet. 5, unguiculate. Caps, sub- 

 globose, 10-valved, 10-celled. Seed solitary, ovate, compressed, 

 Linea, p. 56. 



SIBBALDIA. Cal. 10-cleft, with the alternate segments narrower. 

 Pet. 5, minute. Styles preceding laterally from the germ. Seeds 5. 

 clustered in the bottom of the calyx. ROIISCC&, p. 108. 



DROSERA. Cal. deeply 5-cleft. Pet. 5, Caps, superior, 3-celled, 

 3 5-valved, many-seeded. Droseracete, p. 42. 



PoLYGfNIA, 



ZANTHORI/A. CaL deciduous, 5-sepalled. Pet. 5, Cups. Q 3- 

 seeded, by abortion 1-seeded. RanunaUacea:, p. 14. 



MONOGYHIA. 



* Flowers complete, having a calyx and corol. 



TRADESCANTIA. CaL 3-leaved. Pet. 3. Fil. villous. Caps, supe- 

 rior. 3-celled, many-seeded. Commelinea, p, 376. 



BERBERIS. Cal. inferior, 6-sepalled Pet. 6, with 2 glands upon 

 their claws. Ber. 2 3-seeded. Berderidea, p. 17, 



LEONTICE. Cal. 6-sepalled, naked without. Pet. 6, bearing a scale 

 at the base. Caps. 2 4rseeded. Seeds globose, inserted into the bot- 

 tom of the capsule. Berberidea, p, 17. 



PRINOS. Cal. minute, 6-clefl. Cor. 6-par.ted, Ber. 6-seeded. IK- 

 cineat, p. 230. 



FL(ERKIA. Cal. 3-sepalled. Pet. 3, shorter than the sepals. Style 

 bifid. Seeds 2 or 3, membranaceously coated, superior. Hydropdti- 

 d*e, p. 19. 



** Flowers issuing from a spathe* 



AMARYLLIS. Perianth superior, 6-parted, petaloid, irregular. FiL 

 arising from the orifice of the tube, declined or straight, unequal. 

 Amaryttideai, p. 354. 



ALLIUM. Perianth inferior, 6-parted, generally spreading. Ft in 

 crowded umbels, arising from a 2-leaved spathe. Asphoddea, p. 363. 



HYPOXIS. Spathe 2-valved. Perianth superior, 6-parted, persistent. 



