SECTION III. 

 GENERA OF PLANTS. 



CLASS I. MONANDRIA. 



ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 



Salicor"nia. Calyx inflated entire, 3 

 or 4-!5ided, obconic ; corolla ; style 2-cleft; ' 

 seed 1, enclosed in the calyx, (samphire.) : 



HiPPu'ius. Calyx superior, obsolete, 

 with a 2-lobed margin ; corolla ; seed 1 ; 

 fitignia simple ; style in the groove of the 

 anther, (mare's-tail.) 



Can"na. Anthers adhering to the petal- 

 like filaments ; styles thick, club-shaped ; 

 fitigma obtuse, linear. (Indian-reed.) 



Tha'lia. Anther attached to the fila- 

 ments ; style depressed ; stigma gaping. 



ORDER II. DIGTNIA. 



Bli'tum. Calyx 3-cleft, or 3-parted, ber- 

 ry-like ; corolla ; seed 1, immersed in the 

 calyx, (blite.) 

 Cal"itri'che. Calyx ; petals 2, resem- 

 bling a calyx -, seeds 4, naked. 



Corisper"mum. Calyx 2-leaved ; corolla 

 0; seed 1. 



CLASS IL DLA.NDRIA. 



order I. MO.VOGYNIA. 



A. Corolla l-pctalled, inferior, regular; 



seeds in a drupe or nut. 



OR'''Nfs. Calyx 4-parted ; corolla 4-part- 

 ed , petals long'and ligulate. Two barren 

 filaments ; nut winged ; fruit a capsule, 

 (flowering ash.) 



Elytra'ria. Calyx 4 or 5-parted ; co- 

 rolla 5-cleft ; capsule .5-valved, 2-seeded ; 

 seeds adhering to a dissepiment, contrary 

 to the valves. 



Ligus"trum. Calyx 4-toothed ; corolla 

 with 4 ovate divisions ; berry 1 or 2-celled, 

 2 or 4-seeded. (prim.) 



Chionan''thus. Calyx 4-parted ; corolla 

 O-parted, sometimes more, tube short, with 

 very fong divisions ; nucleus of the drupe 

 Btriate-fibrous. (fringe tree.) 



Ole'a. Corolla 4-cleft, with obovate di- 

 visions ; drupe 1-seeded. 



Jasmi'num. Corolla salver-form, 5 to 8- 

 cleft; berry 2-8eeded, each seed solitary, 

 arilled. (jasmine.) Ex. 



Syrin''ga. Corolla salver-form ; capsule 

 2-celled. (lilac.) Ex. 



B. Corolla 1-petalled, infcnor, irregular ; 



seeds in capsules. 



Veron"ica. Calyx 4-parted ; corolla 

 cleft into 4 lobes, lower division smaller; 

 capsule obcordate, few-seeded, 2-celled. 

 (speedwell.) 



Leptan^dria. Calyx 5-parted, segments 

 acuminate ; corolla tubular-campanulate, 

 border 4-lobed, a little ringent, lower seg- 

 ment narrow ; stamens and at length the 



pistils much exserted ; capsule ovate, acu 

 minate, opening at the top. (culver's physic.) 



Gratio'la. Calyx 5-parted, often with 

 2 bracts at the base ; corolla irregular, re- 

 supinate, 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, lower 

 one equally 3-cleft ; stigma 2-lipped; cap- 

 sule 2-celled, 2-valved. (hedge-hyssop.) 



Linder"nia. Calyx 4-parted ; corolla 

 resupinate, tubular, 2-lipped, upper lip 

 short, reflexed, emarginate, lower one 

 trifid, unequal, filaments 4, the 2 longer 

 ones forked and barren ; capsule 2-celled, 

 2-valved, the dissepiment parallel to the 

 valvea 



Catai/'pa. Cotolla 4 or 5-cleft, some- 

 what inflated, bell-form ; calyx 2-parted, or 

 2-leaved; stigma 2-lipped; capsule cylin- 

 dric, 2-celled. (catalpa-tree.) 



Hemian"thus. Calyx tubular, cleft on 

 the under side, border 4-toothed; upper 

 lip of the corolla obsolete, lower 3-parted, 

 intermediate segments ligulate, longer, in- 

 curved ; stamens with 2-cleft filaments, 

 the side branches bearing anthers; cap- 

 sule l-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. 



JuSTi'ciA. Calyx 5-parted, often with 2 

 bracts at the base ; corolla irregular, la- 

 biate, upper lip emarginate, lower lip 3 

 cleft. 



Utricula'ria. Calyx 2-leaved, equal; 

 corolla ringent, lower lip spurred at the 

 base ; filaments incurved ; stigma divided. 



PiNGUic"uLA. Corolla labiate, spuiTed; 

 calyx 5-cleft ; capsule 5-celled. 



Micran"themum. Calyx 4-parted; co- 

 rolla 4-parted, the upper lip smaller ; fil- 

 ament incurved, shorter than the corolla; 

 capsule l-celled, 2-valved ; seeds striate. 



C. Corolla 1-petalled, inferior, irregular , 

 seeds naked. 



Monar"da. Calyx cylindric, striated, 5 

 toothed ; corolla ringent, tubular, upper 

 lip lance-linear, involving the filaments, 

 lower lip reflexed, 3-lobed. (Oswego tea, 

 mountain mint.) 



Lyco'pus. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft or 5- 

 toothed ; corolla tubular, 4-cloft, nearly 

 equal, upper division broader and emar- 

 ginate ; stamens distant ; seeds 4, retuse 

 (water horehound.) 



Sal"via. Calyx tubular, striated, 2-lip- 

 ped, upper lip 2 to 3-toothed, lower lip 2- 

 cleft; corolla ringent, upper lip concave, 

 lower lip broad, 3-lobed, the middle lobe 

 the largest, notched ; stamens with two 

 spreading branches, one of w^hich bears a 

 l-celled anther ; germ 4-cleft ; style threats- 

 shaped, curved ; seeds 4, in the bottom of 

 the calyx, (sage.) 



