PENTANDRIA. 



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HEXANDRIA. 



Elder Calix five-parted, superior ; corolla five-cleft ; berry 

 one-seeded. 



CASSINE, Hottentot Cherry Calix quinquepartite ; petals 

 five ; berry trispermous. 



SAMBUCUS, Elder Calix five-parted; corolla five-cleft; 

 berry three-seeded. 



SPATHELIA Calix five-leaved ; petals five; capsule three- 

 cornered, three-celled ; seeds solitary. 



STAPHYLEA, Bladder Nut Calix five-parted; petals five; 

 capsules inflated, connate ; seeds two, globular, with a 

 wart. 



TAMAUIX, Tamarisk Calix five-parted; petals five; capsule 

 one-celled, three-valved ; seeds with a feathery crown. 



TURNERA Calix five-cleft, funnel-form, exterior two-leaved; 

 petals five, inserted into the calix ; stigmas mullifid ; cap- 

 sule one-celled, three-valved.- Or, Outer calix of two per- 

 manent leaves, inner funnel-shaped, five-cleft, deciduous ; 

 petals five, inserted into the calix; stigmas many-cleft; 

 capsule superior, of one cell and three valves; seeds nu- 

 merous, each with a lateral tunic. 



TELEPIIIUM, True Orpine Calix five-leaved; petals five, 

 inserted into the receptacle ; capsule one-celled, three- 

 valved. 



PHARNACEUM Calix five-leaved; corolla none; capsule 

 three-celled, many-seeded. 



ALSINE, Chickweed Calix five-leaved; petals five, equal; 

 capsule one-celled, three-valved. 



DRYPIS Calix five-toothed; petals five; capsule clipped, 

 round, one-seeded. 



BASELLA, Malabar Nightshade Calix none ; corolla seven- 

 cleft, two opposite divisions shorter, at length berried ; 

 seed one. 



SAROTHRA Calix five-parted; corolla five-petalled ; cap- 

 sule one-celled, three-valved, coloured. 



SEMECARPUS, Marking-nut Tree Calix inferior, five-cleft; 

 corolla five-petalled; nut kidney-form, inserted into a 

 large, fleshy, flattened receptacle. 



OCHROXYLDM Calix five-cleft; petals five; nectary an 

 annular, three-lobed, gland ; capsules three, approximat- 

 ing, one-celled, two-seeded. 



PASSJFLORA, Passion Flower, See Gynandria Pentandria. 

 (Schreber.) 



PORTULACARIA, Purslane Tree Calix two-leaved; petals 

 five ; seed one, three-sided, and winged. 



SALMASIA Calix five-parted; corolla five-petalled; style 

 none; capsules three-celled, three-valved, many-seeded. 



4. TETRAGYNIA (Four Pistils.) 



PARNASSIA, Grass of Parnassus Calix five-parted; petals 

 five ; nectaries five, cordate, ciliate, with globular appices ; 

 capsule four-valved. 



EVOLVULUS Calix of five-leaves ; corolla five-cleft, wheel- 

 shaped ; capsule superior, of four cells ; seeds solitary. 



5. PENTAGYNIA (Five Pistils.) 



ARALIA, Angelica Tree Flowers in an timbellule, with an 

 involucre; calix five-toothed, superior; corolla five-petal- 

 led ; berry five-seeded. 



MAHERNIA Calix five-toothed ; petals five; nectaries five, 

 obcordate, placed under the filaments ; capsule five- 

 celled. 



STATICE, Thrift, or Sea Lavender Calix one-petalled, entire, 

 plaited, scariose ; petals five ; capsule superior, one-celled, 

 five-valved at the base ; seeds solitary. 



LINUM, Flax Calix five-leaved; petals five; capsule ten- 

 valved, ten-celled ; seeds solitary. 



ALDROVANDA Calix five-parted ; petals five ; capsule five- 

 valved, one-celled, ten-seeded. 



DROSERA, Sundew Calix five-cleft; petals five; capsule 

 one-celled, five or three valved at the tip; seeds very 

 many. 



CRASSULA, Lesser Orpine Calix one-leafed, five-cleft; pe- 

 tals five ; nectareous scales five, at the base of the ger- 

 men ; capsules five, many-seeded. 



SIBBALDIA Calix ten-cleft; petals five, inserted into the 

 calix ; styles from the side of the germen ; seeds five. 



GISEKIA Calix six-leaved; corolla none; capsules five, 

 approximating, roundish, one-seeded. 



COMMERSONIA Calix one-leafed, bearing the corolla; petals 

 five; nectary five-parted ; capsule five-celled, echinate. 



BURCARDIA Calix five-leaved ; corolla five-petalled ; cap- 

 sule regular, one-celled, three-valved, seven or eight 

 seeded. 



GLOSSOPETALUM Calix very small, five-toothed ; petals 

 five, with a strap at tip of each. 



6. DECAGYNIA (Ten Pistils.) 



SCHEFFLERA Calix five-toothed ; corolla five-petalled ; cap- 

 sule eight or ten-celled ; seeds solitary, semicircular. 



7. POLYGYNIA (Having a multitude of Pistils.) 



MYOSURUS, Mouse-tail Calix five-leaved, growing together 

 at the base ; petals five, or nectaries five, awl-shaped, 

 resembling petals, having a melliferous pore at the claw ; 

 seeds numerous, five or twelve; 



XANTHORRHIZA, Yellow-Root Calix none; petals five; 

 nectaries five, abrupt, stalked; capsules five to eight; 

 seeds solitary, pendulous. 



CLASS VI. HEXANDRIA. 



Consisting of Plants whose Flowers contain six Stamens, all 

 of the same length ; whereas in the Class Tetr 'adynamia, 

 the Stamens, though six in number, are unequal in length, 

 four being long, and two of them short. 



1. MONOGYNIA (One Pistil.) 



1 . Such as have trifid Corollas, and a Calix. 



BROMELIA, Ananas, or Pine Apples Calix trifid, superior; 

 petals three, and a nectareous scale at the base of each ; 

 berry three-celled. 



TILLANDSIA, Wild Pine Calix trifid, permanent; corolla 

 tubular, trifid ; capsule three-valved; seeds comose. 



BURMANNIA Calix prismatic, coloured, trifid ; angles mem- 

 braneous; petals three; capsule three-celled, straight; 

 seeds minute. 



TRADESCANTIA, Spiderwort Calix three-leaved; petals 

 three ; filaments erect, with jointed hairs ; capsule three- 

 celled. 



LICUALA Flowers all hermaphrodite; calix and corolla 

 three-parted ; nectary annular, truncated ; drupe single- 

 seeded. 



LACHENALIA Corolla six-parted, the three outer petals 

 dirTbrm ; capsules three-winged ; cells many-seeded ; seeds 

 globular, affixed to he receptacle. 



