i4t CLASS HI 



cleft : style thread-shaped, curved ; seeds 4, in the bottom of the civ- 

 yx. {sage.) 



D. Corolla superior. 



CIRCIE'A.. Calyx 2-leaved or 2-parted ; corolla 2-petaled ; capsule 

 hispid, 2-celled, not gaping; cells 1 or 2 seeded, seeds oblong. (en- 

 chanter's nightshade.) 



Order 2. Digynia. Two pistils. 



ANTHOXAN 'THUM. Calyx of two egg-shaped, pointed, concave, 

 chaffy scales ; 1 flowered; corolla of two equal husks, shorter than 

 the calyx, awned on the back ; an internal corolla or nectary, con- 

 sisting of two egg-shaped minute scales: stamens longer than the 

 corolla; anther oblong, forked at both ends; germ superior : seed,] 

 (sweet vernal grass.) 



CLASS in. TRIANDRIA. Iliree Stamens 



Order 1. Monogynia. One pistil. 

 A. Flowers superior. 



I'RIS. Calyx spatha 2 or 3-valved : corolla 6-parted, divisions alter- 

 nately reflexed: stigmas 3, petal-like : style short: capsule 3-celled. 

 (flower-de-luce, iris or flag.) 



Exotic. 



CRO"CUS. Spatha radical : corolla funnel form, with a long slender 

 lube ; stigma deep-gashed, crested. (saffron.) 



IX"IA. Spatha 2 or 3 valved, ovate, short; corolla 6-parted or 6-pe- 

 taled ; sometimes tubular ; stamens strait or incurved; stigmas sub- 

 filiform. (black-berry lily.) 



Order 2. Digynia. Two pistils. 



A. Calyx and corolla of a similar texture flowers in spreading 



panicles. 



AGROS"TIS. Calyx herbaceous, 2-valved, 1-flowered, valves acute, 

 a little less than the corolla: corolla 2-valved, membranaceous, often 

 hairy at the base : stigmas longitudinally hispid or plumose florets 

 spreading; nectary lateral ; seed coated. (redtop.) 



Calyx and corolla of similar texture flowers in compact panicles, often 

 spikeform. 



PHLE"UM. Calyx hard, 2-valved, equal, sessile, linear, truncate, 

 bicuspidate; corolla enclosed in the calyx, 2-valved, awn less, trun- 

 cate. (timothy-grass.) 



B. Srikelets 1 flowered; corolla with 1 or 2 abort-ire rudiments of 



flowers at the base. 



Calyx and coiolla of similar text/lire. 



PHALA'RIS. Caly* membranaceous, 2-valved, valves Veeled, nerved, 

 -qual in length, including the 2-valved pilose corolla. The ccroiia i? 



