CRYPTOGAMIA. Kx 



ORDER XL POLYADELPHIA. 



Stamens combined by their filaments into 3 sets. 



25. BRYONIA. Calyx 5-toothed ; petals 5 ; fila- 

 ments 5. A climbing plant, with elegantly-lobed downy 

 leaves, greenish flowers, and scarlet berries. GOURD 

 TRIBE. P. 224. 



CLASS XXIII. POLYGAMIA. Flowers of 2 kinds ; 

 some bearing Stamens and Pistils ; some. Stamens 

 only ; and some, pistils only. 



ORDER I. MONGECIA. 



All three kinds of Flowers on the same plant. 



1. A TRIPLEX. Herbaceous, or somewhat shrubby 

 plants, with fleshy, often angular and mealy , leaves, 

 and leafy, compound spikes of greenish flowers, which, 

 as well as the foliage, are often tinged with red. GOOSE- 

 FOOT TRIBE. P. 528. 



CLASS XXIY. CKYPTOGAMIA. 



This Class, by far the most extensive in the LINN^AN 

 ARRANGEMENT, comprises all plants in which the exist- 

 ence of stamens and pistils cannot be detected. Here 

 are placed the FERNS, MOSSES, LIVERWORTS, LICHENS, 

 FUNGI, and SEA- WEEDS, none of which are described in 

 this work. 



