Jh. XXIII. j CLASSES AND ORDERS. 1H5 



slender peduncles, the leaves are six or seven m a terminal 

 whorl. 



CLASS VIII. OCTANDRIA, eight stamens. 

 ORDER 1. MONOGYNIA, one pistil, 



Fig. 79. 572. This picture shows you a blossom of tne 

 Lady's ear-drop, a very beautiful exotic, whose 

 generic name is Fuschsia, so called from Fusch, a 

 German who discovered it. The part which you 

 would think is the corolla, is the calyx, this is of 

 a beautiful crimson colour ; the petals are purple and 

 rolled around the stamens beneath the calyx. 



573. As an example of the eighth class, almost 

 every garden will afford you the Nasturtion, which 

 was originally brought from South America. In 

 examining this plant, you will perceive it has not 

 that regularity of parts which is found in many. 

 It has eight stamens, while the number of its pe- 

 tals is neither four nor eight, but five. The fruit 

 consists of three seeds. The leaf is of a peltate form 



CLASS IX. ENNEANDRIA, nine stamens. 



ORDER 1. MONOGYNIA, one pistil. 



Fig. 80. 



574. The picture presents at a, the 

 Butomiis umbellatus, or Flowering 

 rush ; it has no calyx ; its petals are 

 six. and egg-shaped stamens nine; 

 its germs are six, and therefore bv 

 some botanists it is placed in the sixth 

 order. This plant blossoms in June, 

 and is usually found near the margins 

 of small lakes and ponds, or in ditch- 

 es and low wet grounds ; it has um- 

 bels of pretty rose-coloured flowers. 

 It is spoken of by European botanists 

 as common among them ; but it is not 

 known to be a native of the United 

 States. 



575. The genus Laurus belongs to the first order of the ninth 



572. Describe the Lady's ear-drop. 



573. What is said of the Nasturtion 7 



574. What is paid of the Butomus umbellatns 1 



575. What is *.|3 of the genus Laurus? What of the Laurus ^o 

 bills 1 



