LINNAEAN ARRANGEMENT. 



CIMICIFUGA. Sepals mostly 4. Petals (or Staminodia] 3 to 5 or 8, 

 sometimes wanting. Carpels 1 to 8, follicular, many-seeded. ORD. 



I. RANUNCULACEAE. p. 8. 



[Diospyros. ORD. LVI. EBENACEAE. p. 176.] 

 [Asarum. ORD. LXXV. ARISTOLOCHIACEAE.JD. 240.] 



Order 2. Di-Pentagynia. 



AQUILEGIA. Sepals 5, regular, colored. Petals 5, each with a short 

 spreading lip, and produced backward into a long tubular spur. 

 Follicles 5, connivent,. acuminate, many-seeded. ORD. I. RANUNCULA- 

 CEAE. p. 6. 



DELPHINIUM. Calyx of 5 irregular petaloid deciduous sepals, the 

 upper one spurred at base. Petals 4, irregular, the 2 upper ones 

 spurred, and introduced into the spur of the calyx. Carpels I to 

 6, follicular, many-seeded. ORD. I. RANUNCULACEAE. p. 7. 



ASCYRUM. Sepals 4, the 2 outer ones large and leaf-like, the inner 

 much smaller. Petals 4. Stamens somewhat polyadelphous. Capsule 

 1-celled, 2- or 3-valved. ORD. XV. HYPERICACEAE. p. 28. 



HYPERICUM. Sepals 5, nearly equal. Petals 5, oblique. Stamens 

 united in 3 to 5 parcels, without interposed glands. Capsule 1- to 

 3- or 5-celled. ORD. XV. HYPERICACEAE. p. 28. 



ELODEA. Sepals 5, equal. Petals 5, equal-sided. Stamens mostly 

 9, triadelphous, with an ovoid gland between each parcel. Capsule 

 3-celled. ORD. XV. HYPERICACEAE. p. 29. 



Order 3. Polygynia. 



A. FLOWERS COMPLETE. f Carpels /esAy, orpidpy. 



ASIMINA. Sepals 3. Petals 6, spreading, the 3 inner ones smaller. 

 Stamens in a globular cluster. Carpels 3 (by abortion often 1, or 2), 

 oblong or ovoid, pulpy, several-seeded. ORD. III. ANONACEAE. p. 9. 



f f Carpels subcoriaceous, dehiscent ; with fleshy-coated seeds. 



MAGNOLIA. Sepals 3. Petals 6 to 12. Anthers introrse, or lateral. 

 Carpels forming a strobile-like fruit, dehiscent by the dorsal suture. 

 Seeds baccate, and pendulous from the carpels, at maturity. ORD. 



II. MAGNOLIACEAE. p. 8. 



tft Carpels dry, indehiscent. 



LIRIODENDRON. Sepals 3, reflexed. Petals mostly 6, in 2 rows. 

 Anthers extrorse. Carpels samara-like, densely imbricated in a cone, 

 1- or 2- seeded. ORD. II. MAGNOLIACEAE. p. 9. 



BRASENIA. Sepals 3 or 4, persistent, purple inside. Petals 3 or 4, 

 linear, persistent. Anthers innate. Carpels oblong, or clavate, 

 coriaceous, 1- or 2-seeded. ORD. VI. CABOMBACEAE. p. 11. 



RANUNCULUS. Petals usually 5, each with a little scale, or pore, 

 at base inside. Carpels akene-like, numerous in a head, compressed, 

 pointed. ORD. I. RANUNCULACEAE. p. 4. 



