192 LINN.SAN NATURAL SYSTEM. 



four cleft, regular ; stamens two ; pistil one, with a cloven stigma , 

 fruit a drupe, with one, two, or many seeds ; or a capsule. 



ORDER XLV. UMBELLATJE. 



40. This is a very true and natural order of plants 

 furnished with umbels; though all plants which bear 

 umbels do not belong to it, but only those with five sta- 

 mens, two styles, and two seeds. 



With the umbellate the root is mostly simple ; stem mostly hollow ; 

 leaves generally alternate, and repeatedly compound. Of the fructi- 

 fication the germen is inferior, simple, solitary, separating when 

 arrived at maturity into two equal naked seeds, each of which is 

 furnished with a thread inserted into its summit ; stamens, &c. as 

 above mentioned. 



ORDER XLVI. HEDERACE^E. 



47. Hederaceae from hedera, ivy, consisting of both 

 herbaceous and shrubby plants, most of which, particu- 

 larly ivy and vine, have creeping branches, which 

 attach themselves by roots or tendrils to other bodies. 

 Vitis or vine, hedera or ivy, panax, &c. 



ORDER XLVII. STELLATE. 



48. This order has received its name from the leaves 

 of most of the plants which compose it, being placed, 

 four, six, or eight together, in the form of a star or 

 stella, round the stem. Spigelia or worm-grass, cornus 

 or dog-wood, &c. 



The plants of this division aie chiefly small herbs, growing in 



