DIANDRIA. 



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TRIANDR1A. 



stamens two fertile; filaments three sterile; stigma bila- 

 mellate ; capsule silique-form, long, cylindric, two-valved ; 

 seed membranaceously margined and tufted at the extre- 

 mities. 



CUNILA, Mountain Dittany Corolla ringent, upper lip 

 erect, flat ; filaments two, barren ; seeds four. 



ELYTRABIA Calix coriaceous, four-parted, the anterior 

 divisions cleft; corolla five-cleft; stigma ligulate; capsule 

 oblong, two-celled, two-valved ; valves half-septiferous. 



FONTANESIA Calix in four deep segments ; petals two, 

 deeply divided ; capsule superior, membranaceous, not 

 oursting, of two cells; seeds solitary, pendulous. 



FOR8YTHIA Calix in four deep segments; corolla bell- 

 shaped, four-cleft ; fruit? 



GALIPJKA Calix inferior, tubular, four or five cleft; corolla 

 tubular; border in five deep spreading segments; two 

 stamens abortive ; germen superior, angular. 



GHINIA Calix five-toothed ; teeth acuminate ; corolla two- 

 lipped ; stamens four, with two barren anthers at the end 

 of the shorter filaments ; pericarp a drupe, containing a 

 four or five celled nut, with a seed in each cell. 



LEPTANDRA Calix five-parted, segments acuminate ; co- 

 rolla tubular-campanulate; border four-lobed ; stamens, 

 and at length the pistil, much exserted ; filaments below, 

 and tube of the corolla, pubescent; capsule ovate, acu- 

 minate, two-celled, many-seeded, opening at the summit. 



HEDEORNA, Wild Pennyroyal Calix bilabiate, gibbous at 

 the base, upper lip gibbous at the base, upper lip three- 

 toothed, lower two-toothed ; corolla ringent ; stamens two 

 sterile ; the fertile ones about the length of the corolla. 



LINDERNIA Calix five-parted, nearly equal ; corolla tubu- 

 lar, bilabiate, upper lip short, errwrginate, lower trifid, un- 

 equal ; filaments four, the two longer forked, and sterile ; 

 stigma bilamellate ; capsule two-celled, two-valved. 



LITHOPHILA Calix three-leaved ; corolla three-petalled ; 

 nectary two-leaved. 



LINOCIERA Calix four-toothed ; corolla four-petalled ; an- 

 thers connecting two opposite petals at the base ; berry 

 two-celled. 



MICRANTHEMUM Calix four-parted ; corolla four-parted, 

 almost bilabiate, the upper lamina smaller than the rest; 

 filaments incurved, shorter than the corolla; capsule 

 nearly globular, one-celled, two-valved, many-seeded ; 

 seeds striated. 



MONOTROPA, Yellow Bird's Nest Calix none; petals ten, 

 the five outer hollowed, melliferous at the base; capsule 

 five-valved : a fifth part excluded in some. 



ORNUS, Flowering Ash Calix four-parted; corolla four- 

 parted ; petals long and ligulate ; filaments long ; nut 

 winged. 



PIMELEA Calix none; corolla four-cleft; stamens inserted 

 into the throat ; nut covered with a bark, one-celled. 



SCHREBERA Calix two-lipped ; corolla from five to seven 

 cleft; capsule pear-shaped, two-celled, two-valved ; seeds 

 from eight to ten, membranaceous, winged. 



SCIURUS Calix five-cleft, short ; corolla unequal, with the 

 upper lip trifid, the lower bifid and shorter; stamens five, 

 but three barren ; capsules five, united, one-celled. 



9. DIGYNIA (Two Pistils.} 



ANTHOXANTHUM, Vernal Grass Calix glume two-valved, 

 one-flowered; corolla glume two-valved, acuminate; seed 

 one. 



CRYPSIS Calix glume two-valved, one-flowered; corolla 

 glume two-valved, awnless. 



3. TRIGYNIA (Three Pistils.) 



PIPER, Pepper, and Betel Calix none ; corolla none ; 

 berry one-seeded. 



CIIERLERIA Calix five-leaved ; nectaries five, bifid, re- 

 sembling petals ; anthers alternate, barren ; capsule one- 

 ceiled, three-valved, three-seeded. 



CLASS III. TRIANDRIA. 



Consisting of Plants having three unconnected Stamens, in 

 the same Flower with the Pistil or Pistils. 



1. MONOGYNIA (One Pistil.) 



1. Those whose Flowers have no Spathe or Ament. 

 VALERIANA, Valerian Calix none; corolla one-petalled, 



gibbous on one side of the base, superior; seed one. 



OLAX Calix entire (trifid, according to Gsertner) ; corolla 

 funnel-form, trifid ; nectaries four, (three, Gartner) ; berry 

 three-celled, many-seeded. 



WILLICIIIA Calix four-cleft; corolla four-cleft; stamens 

 in three of its clefts ; capsule superior, of two cells, with 

 many seeds. 



TAMARINDUS, Tamarind Tree. See Monadelphia Triandria. 



RuMPHiA--Calix three-cleft; petals three; drupe coria- 

 ceous; nut three-celled. 



CNEORUM, Widow-wail Calix three-toothed; petals three, 

 equal ; berry tricoccous. 



CAMOCLADIA, Maiden Plum Calix three-parted; corolla 

 three-parted ; drupe oblong, with a two-lobed nucleus. 



MELOTHRIA, Creeping Cucumber Calix bell-shaped, five- 

 cleft ; corolla wheel-shaped, one-petalled ; berry three- 

 celled, many-seeded. 



ORTEGIA Calix five-leaved; corolla none; capsule one- 

 celled ; seeds very many. 



LCEFLINGIA Calix five-leaved; corolla five-petalled, very 

 small ; capsule one-celled, three-valved. 



POLYCNEMUM Calix five-leaved ; corolla none; style 

 divided; capsule membranous, not bursting; seed one, 

 almost naked. 



HIPPOCRATEA Calix five-parted; petals five; capsules 

 three, obcordate, or elliptic. 



ROT A LA Calix three-toothed; corolla none; capsule three- 

 celled, many-seeded. 



WITSENJA Calix none; corolla with a cylindric tube; 

 border in six deep, equal, obtuse segments ; stigma 

 slightly three-cleft; capsule of three cells, with several 

 angular seeds. 



POMMERKULLA Calix turbinate, two-valved, three or four 

 flowered ; valves four-cleft, awned at the back ; corolla 

 two-valved, awned. 



DILATRIS Calix none; corolla six-petalled, hirsute; fila- 

 ments, one less than the others ; stigma simple. 



2. Such as have Spathaceous Flowers, and a triloculnr 



Capsule. 



CROCUS, Saffron Corolla six-parted, equal; stigmas con- 

 volute. 



I xi A Corolla one-petalled, tubular; tube straight, filiform; 

 border six-parted, bell-shaped, regular, or nearly so ; 

 stigmas three or six, simple. 



GLADIOLUS, Corn Flag Corolla six-parted, irregular, un- 

 equal ; stigmas three. 



