SVNOI>SIS of THE GENERA. 



five-cleft. Germen globose. Style *ery short. Stiff; 

 of two unequal lobes. Capufeone-cellqd. Seeds numero 

 and attached to a central receptacle. 



4. UTRICULA'RIA, [Page 20.] Calyx permanent, of two ovate eqi 



leaves. Corolla personate, spurred. Germen globose. Sf 

 short. Stigma two-lipped. Capsule one-celled. Set 

 numerous, small, attached to a central receptacle. 



*** Perianth double, inferior, monopetalous, irregular. Set 

 four, apparently naked. 



5. LYCO'PDS, [Page 23.] Calyx tubular, permanent, divided ir 



five narrow acute segments. Corolla tubular, nearly equ 

 four cleft, the upper segments broadest, and notch< 

 Stamens simple. 



6. SAL'VIA, [Page 23.] Calyx tubular, permanent, unequally tw 



lipped, the lower bifid, the other three-toothed. Coro> 

 labiate tube compressed and dilated upwards, lower lip 

 three lobes, the upper concave. Filaments with t' 

 divaricated branches, the one only bearing a perfect singi 

 celled anther. 



**** Perianth double, superior. 



7. CIRCCE'A, [ Page 25.] Calyx tubular at the base, divided into ti 



ovate obtuse deflexcd segments. Corolla of two peta 

 alternate with the segments of the calyx, and inserted in 

 it. Stamens alternate with the petals. Capsules two-celle 

 with one seed in each. 



***** Perianth, single or none. 



8. FHAX'INUS, [Page 27.] Calyx absent, or in ovate segYnenl 



Capsiile flat and foliaceous, at the extremity, two-celle 

 with a seed in each cell. Seed solitary, flat, brown, ai 

 pendulous. Flowers sometimes without stamens, vfre 

 with stamens only. 



9. LEM'NA, [Page 29.] Perianth single, membranous, inflate 



Fruit a thin transparent membraneous utricle, singl 

 seeded. 



10. CLA'DIDM, [Page 32.] Perianth single, glnmaceous. Glum 



concave, of one piece, single-flowered, outer ones smalle 

 mostly barren. Fruit a nut, with three slight angle 

 covered with a loose coat, and destitute of bristles at tl 

 base. 



(See Salicornia in Class I. Schcenus in Class HI. Lepidium an 

 Coronopus in Class XV. Carcx in Class XXI.) 



