DESCRIPTION OF GENERA OF PLANTS. 



CLASS i. MONANDRIA. One Stamen. 



Order L Monogynia. One pistil. 



SALICOR"NIA. Calyx inflated, entire, 3 or 4-sided, obconic ; corolla 0; 

 style 2-cleft ; seed 1, enclosed in the calyx. (samphire.) 



Order 2. Digynia. Two pistils. 



RLI'TUM. Calyx 3-cleft, or 3-parted, berry-like : corolla 0: seed 1, 

 'immersed in the calyx. (blite.) 



CLASS n. DiAtfDRiA. Two Stamens. 



Order 1. Monogynia. One pistil. 

 A. Corolla l-petaled, inferior, regular ; seeds in a drupe or nut. 



CHFONAN"THUS. Calyx 4-parted; corolla 4-parted, with very long 

 divisions: nucleus of the drupe, striate-fibrous. (fringe-tree.)* 



Exotic. 



J.AS"MINUM. Corolla salver-form, 5 to 8 cleft : berry 2-seeded, ea^D 

 seed solitary, arilled. (jasmine.) 



SYRIN'"GA. Corolla salver-form : capsule 2-celled. (lilac.) 



B. Corolla l-petaled, inferior, irregular ; seeds in capsules. 



VEROX"ICA. Calyx 4-parted: corolla cleft into 4 lobes, lower divi- 

 sion smaller: capsule obcordate, few-seeded, '2-celled. (speedwell.) 



CATAL"FA. Corolla 4 or 5-cleft, somewhat inflated, bell-form : caly i 

 2-parted cr 2- leaved : stigma 2-lipped : capsule cylindric, 2-celled.~ 

 (cataipa tree.) 



C. Corolla l-petaled, inferior, irregular ; seeds naked. 



MONAR"DA. Calyx cylindric, striated, 5 toothed: corolla ringent. 

 tubulai. (Oswego tea, mountain mint.) 



SAL^VIA. Calyx tubular, striated, IMipped, under bp 2 to 3-toothe:d, 

 lower lip 2-cleft : corolla ringent, upper lip concave, lower lip broad, 

 thrse-lobed, the middle lobe the latest, notchec- stamens with two 

 spreading branches, one of which bears a one-celled anther ; germ four 



* This is an exotic In cur region, but grows wild in the southern states. 

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