DODECANDRIA. 



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DODECANDRIA. 



4. TETRAGYNIA (Four Pistils.) 



JONCQUETIA Capsule five-leaved; petals five, spreading; 

 filaments growing to a glandule; styles none; capsule 

 subglobular, one-celled, five-valved, five-seeded. 



6. PENTAGYNIA (Five Pistils.) 



AVERRHOE Calix five-leaved ; petals five, expanding above ; 

 pome five-cornered, five-celled. 



SPONDIAS, Hog-Plum Calix five-toothed; corolla five- 

 petalled; drupe with a five-celled nut. 



COTYLEDON, Navelwort Calix five-cleft; corolla one-petal- 

 led, with five nectariferous scales at the base of tlie ger- 

 men ; capsules five. 



SEDUM, Stonecrop Calix five-cleft; corolla five-pntalled ; 

 scales nectariferous, five, at the base of the germen ; cap- 

 sules five. 



PENTHOKUM Calix five or ten cleft ; peta.ls none, or five; 

 capsule five-cusped, five-celled, (according to Geertner, 

 compound, five-beaked.) 



OXALIS, Wood Sorrel Calix five-parted ; petals five, often 

 connected at the base; capsule five-celled, five-cornered, 

 opening at the corners; seeds arilled. 



SURIANA Calix five-leaved; petals five; styles inserted 

 into the inner side of the germens ; seeds five, naked. 



LYCHNIS, Campion Calix one-leafed, oblong, even; petals 

 five, with claws, and a subbifid border ; capsule five- 

 celled, (in some one-celled.) 



AGROSTEMMA, Rose Campion Calix one-leafed, coriaceous; 

 petals five, clawed; border obtuse, undivided; capsule 

 one-celled. 



CERASTIUM, Mouse-ear, and Sea Pink Calix five-leaved; 

 petals bifid ; capsule unilocular, gaping at the tip. 



SPERGULA, Spurrey Calix five-leaved ; petals five, entire; 

 capsule ovate, one-ci'lled, with a five-celled nut. 



GRIELUM Calix deeply five-cleft; petals five; filaments 

 permanent; capsules five, with one seed in each. 



FORSKAHLEA. See Octandria Tetragynia. 



BERGIA Calix six-parted; petals five; capsule one, glo- 

 bular, with swellings, five-celled, five-valved; valves re- 

 sembling petals ; seeds very many. 



6. DECAGYNIA (Ten Pistils.) 



NEURADA Calix five-parted ; petals five; capsule inferior, 



ten-celled, ten-seeded, prickly. 

 PHVTOLACCA, Virginian Poke Calix none; petals five, cali- 



cine; berry superior, five or ten celled, and as many seeds. 



CLASS XI. DODECANDRIA. 



Consisting of Plants having from eleven to nineteen Stamens 

 in each Flower. 



1. MONOGYNIA (One Pistil) 



ASARUM, Asarabacca Calix three or four cleft, placed on 

 the germen ; corolla none ; capsule coriaceous, crowned ; 

 stigma six-cleft. 



BOCCONIA, Tree Celandine Calix two-leaved ; corolla none; 

 style bifid ; berry dry, one-seeded. 



RHIZOPHORA, Mangrove Tree Calix four or five parted; 

 seed one, very long, fleshy at the base. 



BLAKEA Calix, inferior six-leaved, superior entire; petals 

 six ; capsule six-celled, many-seeded. 



GARCINIA, Mangostan Calix inferior, of four leaves; pe- 

 tals four; berry coriaceous, of several cells, crowned with 

 the stigma ; seeds solitary. 



WINTERANA. See Polyandria Tetragynia. 



CRATEVA, Garlic Pear Calix four-cleft; corolla three- 

 petalled ; berry one-celled, many-seeded. 



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

 sule hispid, opening in four parts. 



BASSIA Calix four-leaved; corolla eight-cleft; tube in- 

 flated; stamens sixteen ; drupe five-celled. 



PEGANUM, Syrian Rue Calix five-leaved, or none; corolla 

 five-petalled ; capsule three-celled, three-valved, many- 

 seeded. 



PORTULACCA, Purslane Calix bifid, or two-leaved; corolla 

 five-petalled ; capsule one-celled, cut round, or three- 

 valved ; receptacle (according to Gsertner,) free, distant. 



HUDSONIA Calix five-leaved, tubular; corolla none; sta- 

 mens fifteen ; capsule one-celled, three-valved, three- 

 seeded. 



LYTIIRUM, Willow Herb Calix twelve-toothed; petals six, 

 inserted into the calix ; capsule two-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



GINORA Calix six-cleft; petals six; capsule one-celled, 

 four-valved, coloured, containing many seeds. 



DECUMARIA Calix eight to twelve leaved, superior; petals 

 eight to twelve; capsule eight-celled, with many seeds. 



BEJARIO Calix seven-cleft; petals seven; stamens four- 

 teen ; berry seven-celled, many-seeded. 



VATICA Calix five-cleft ; petals five; anthers fifteen, ses- 

 sile, four-celled. 



APACTIS Corolla four-petalled ; calix none. 



CANELLA, White Cinnamon Calix three-lobed ; corolla five- 

 petalled; anthers twenty-one, fastened to a pitcher-shaped, 

 nectary ; berry three-celled ; seeds two to four. i 



DODECAS Corolla five-petalled ; calix half-four-cleft, bear- 

 ing the corolla, superior; capsule one-celled, connate with 

 the calix. ^ 



EURYA Calix double, the inner of five equal leav*s, the 

 outer of two smaller ones ; petals five ; capsule superior, 

 of five cells and two valves ; seeds numerous. 



ARISTOTELIA Calix five-leaved; corolla five-petalled; 

 berry three-celled ; seeds two in each cell. 



AGATHOPYLLUM Calix superior, very short, toothless ; 

 corolla six-petalled, somewhat villose ; stamens alternately 

 inserted into the calix and petals; drupe juiceless, with a 

 half-six-celled nut, and one seed. 



BANAHA Calix six-parted, permanent ; corolla six-petalled; 

 germen seated on a glandule; stigma headed ; berry glo- 

 bose, one-celled, many-seeded. 



BERGERA Calix five-parted; petals five; berry subglobular, 

 one-celled, with two seeds. 



HALESIA Calix four-toothed, superior ; corolla four-cleft; 

 nut quadrangular, with two seeds. 



KLEINIIOVIA Calix of five leaves; petals five; nectary 

 bell-shaped, five-lobed, bearing the stamens, and affixed 

 to the column of the germen ; capsule five-sided, inflated, 

 consisting of five single-seeded cells. 



NITRARIA Calix five-cleft ; corollas five-petalled, with the 

 petals arched at top ; stamens fifteen or more ; drupe one- 

 seeded. 



STERCULIA Calix five-parted ; corolla none ; nectary bell- 

 shaped, five-toothed, stameniferous, fastened to the column 

 of the germen; germen pedicelled; capsules five, one- 

 celled, opening by the inner side, many-seeded. 



