POLYANDRIA. 



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DIDYNAMIA. 



NIOELLA, Fennel Flower Calix none; petals five; nectaries 

 five, or more, two-lipped, within the corolla; capsules as 

 many, (according to Gaertner, separate, beaked, opening 

 inwards.) 



REAUMARIA Calix six-leaved; petals five; capsule one- 

 celled, five-valved, many-seeded. 



BRATHYS Calix five-leaved; petals five; nectary none; 

 capsule one-celled, many-seeded. 



WORMIA Calix inferior, of five coriaceous permanent 

 leaves; petals five; anthers with two terminal pores; 

 capsules five, compressed, distinct, many-seeded ; styles 

 thread-shaped ; stigmas notched. 



6. POLYGYNIA (Many Pistils.) 



DILLENIA Calix five-leaved; petals five ; capsules many- 

 seeded, connate, filled with pulp. 



LIRIODENDRON, Tulip Tree Calix three-leaved; petals six; 

 seeds imbricated with a strobile. 



MAGNOLIA, Laurel-leaved Tulip Tree Calix three-leaved; 

 petals nine; capsule one-celled, two-valved; seeds berried, 

 pendulous. 



MICHELIA Calix three-leaved; petals sixteen; berries 

 many, four-seeded. 



UVARIA Calix three-leaved; petals six; berries numerous, 

 pendulous, four-seeded. 



ANNONA, Custard Apple Calix three-leaved; petals six; 

 berry many-seeded, roundish, with a scaly bark. 



ANEMONE, Wind-Flower Calix none; petals six or nine; 

 seeds many. 



ATRAGENE Calix four-leaved ; petals twelve ; seeds tailed. 



CLEMATIS, Virgins Bower Calix none ; petals four, some- 

 times five, or even six; seed having a tail. 



THALICTRUM, Meadow Rue Calix none; petals four or 

 five; seeds tailless. 



ADONIS, Pheasant's Eye Calix five-leaved ; petals five or 

 more, without a nectary; seeds naked. 



ILLICIUM, Aniseed Tree Calix six-leaved; petals twenty- 

 seven ; capsules several, disposed in a circle, bivalve, one- 

 seeded. 



RANUNCULUS, Crowfoot Calix five-leaved; petals five to 

 eight, with a honied pore at the claw; seeds naked. 



TROLI.IUS, Globe Flower Calix none; petals about four- 

 teen ; capsules numerous, ovate, many-seeded. 



ISOPYRUM Calix none; petals five; nectary trifid, tubular; 

 capsule recurved, many-seeded. 



HELLEBORUS, Hellebore, or Aconite Calix none; petals five 

 or more, (or calix five-leaved ; corolla none ;) nectaries 

 two-lipped, tubular; capsule many-seeded. 



CALTHA, Marsh Marigold Calix none; petals five; nectary 

 none; capsules several, many-seeded. 



HYDRASTIS, Yellow Root Calix none; petals three; nectary 

 none; berry composed of one-seeded acini, or granu- 

 lations. 



UNONA Calix three-leaved ; petals six; berries two or three 



seeded, jointed like a necklace. 



BRASENIA, Water Shield Calix six-leaved, petaloid, per- 

 sistent, the three interior longer; corolla none ; stamens 

 eighteen to thirty-six, about the length of the calix. 



COPTIS, Golden Thread Calix none; petals five or six, 

 caducous; nectaries five or six, cucullate; capsules five 

 to eight, stellately diverging and rostrate, many-seeded. 



CYAMUS, Water Chinquepin Calix petaloid, four or five 

 leaved ; petals many ; fruit turbinate, with a truncated disk 

 excavated with numerous cells, each containing a single 

 seed ; seed an ovate nut crowned with the permanent style. 



EUCRYPHIA Calix of five small leaves; petals five, covered 

 before expansion with a deciduous veil ; capsule of many 

 cells, separating at top and bottom ; seeds winged, im 

 bricated. 



HEPATICA, Noble Liverwort Calix three-leaved; petals 

 six to nine ; seeds naked. 



PORCELIA, Papaw Calix three-leaved; petals six; stigmas 

 sessile, obtuse ; berries, one or more, large, cylindric or 

 ovate, many-seeded; seeds arilled, attached to the internal 

 suture. 



XYLOPIA, Bitter-wood Calix lobed, coriaceous ; petals six, 

 the three outermost largest; capsules stalked, angular, 

 compressed, of two valves; seeds one or two, tunicated. 



CLASS XIV. DIDYNAMIA. 



Consisting of Plants having four Stamens, two of which are 

 long, and two short: the short Stamens stand next toge- 

 ther, and adjoining to the Style of the Pistil. 



4. GYMNOSPERMIA. 



(In this Order, the seeds have no covering, but are enclosed 

 till ripe in the permanent calix, instead of a pericarp.) 



1. Such as have tie Calix quinquejid, and nearly equal. 

 AJUGA, Bugle Corolla, upper lip very small; stamens 



longer than the upper lip. 

 TEUCIUUM, Germander, Ground Pine, and Marum Corolla, 



upper lip two-parted beyond the base, divaricating; sta- 

 mens prominent. 

 SATUREIA, Savory Corolla with segments nearly equal ; 



stamens distant; calix almost equally five-cleft. 

 THYMBRA Calix subcylindrical, two-lipped, scored on each 



side with a villose line; style semi-bifid. 

 HYSSOPUS, Hyssop Corolla, lower lip with a small middle 



crenate segment; stamens straight, distant. 

 NEPETA, Catmint Corolla, lower lip with an intermediate 



segment, crenate ; throat reflex at the edges ; stamens 



approximating. 

 LAVANDUI.A, Lavender Calix ovate, obscurely toothed, 



supported by a bracte; corolla, upper lip bifid, linear, 



straight. 



BETONICA, Betony Calix awned; corolla, upper lip ascend- 

 ing, flattish ; tube cylindric. 

 SIDERITIS, Ironwort Calix five-cleft; corolla ringent, 



upper lip bifid, lower three-parted; stamens within the 



tube of the corolla; the shorter stigma involving the 



other. 



MENTIIA, Mint and Pennyroyal Corolla almost equal, four- 

 cleft, the broader segments emarginate ; stamens upright, 



distant. 

 GLECHOMA, Ground Ivy Calix five-cleft; each pair of 



anthers converging in form of a cross. 

 PERILLA Calix, uppermost segment very short; stamens 



distant; styles two, connected. 

 LAMIUM, Archangel Corolla, upper lip entire, vaulted; 



lower, two-lobed ; throat with a reflex toothlet on each 



side. 

 GALEOPSIS, Hedge Nettle Calix five-cleft, awned; upper 



lip of the corolla notched, vaulted; lower with two teeth 



on its upper side. 

 STACHYS, Woundwort Calix five-cleft, awned ; corolla, 



upper lip arched, lower reflexed at the sides, the middle 

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