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DIADELPHIA. 



PISTIA Calix none; corolla one-petalled, tongue-shaped, 

 entire; anthers six or eight, placed on the filament; style 

 one ; capsule one-celled, at the bottom of the corolla. 



5. DECANDRIA (Ten Stamens.) 



CONNARUS, Ceylon Sumach Style one; stigma simple; 



capsule two-valved, one-celled, one-seeded. 

 GERANIUM, Crane's BUI Calix five-leaved ; corolla five- 



petalled, regular; nectary five honied glands, fastened to 



the base of the longer filament; fruit five-grained, 



beaked ; beaks simple, naked, neither spiral nor bearded. 

 HUGONIA Five-styled: Corolla five-petalled ; drupe with 



a striated nut. 

 BROWNEA Calix unequally bifid; corolla double, outer 



five-cleft, inner five-petalled ; legume two-celled. 

 CRINODENDRUM Calix none; corolla bell-shaped, six- 



petalled ; capsule one-celled, gaping elastically at top. 

 HELICTERES. See Gynandria Decandria. 



6. DODECANDRIA (Twelve to Fifteen or Nineteen Stamens.) 



PENTAPETES Calix double, outer three-leaved, inner five- 

 parted ; stamens fifteen, with five ligules, petal-shaped ; 

 capsule five-celled, many-seeded. 



MONSONIA Calix five-leaved; corolla five-petalled; sta- 

 mens fifteen, united into five filaments; style five-cleft; 

 capsule five-grained. 



ACIA Calix five-parted; corolla five-petalled, unequal; 

 drupe full of chinks. 



ASSONIA Calix double, outer one or three leaved, inner 

 one-leafed ; corolla five-petalled, without any tube affixed 

 to the pitcher of stamens; filaments connected in the 

 form of a pitcher, with petal-shaped straps between 

 them; styles one or five; capsule five-celled; seeds not 

 winged. 



PLAGIANTIIUS Calix five-cleft; petals five, two approxi- 

 mating, remote from the other three. 



PTEROSPERMUM Calix simple, five-parted ; corolla five- 

 petalled ; filaments fifteen, with five ligules, one between 

 every three filaments ; capsule five-celled, with the cells 

 two-valved ; seeds many, winged. 



7. POLYANDRIA (More than Twenty Stamens.) 



BOMBAX, Silk Cotton Tree Calix five-cleft; stamens five or 

 more ; capsule woody, five-celled, five-valved ; seed 

 woody ; receptacle five-cornered. 



SIDA, Indian Mallow Calix simple, angular; style in nu- 

 merous divisions ; capsule of several bivalve cells, spread- 

 ing from a centre. 



ADANSONIA, Monkey's Bread Calix simple, deciduous ; 

 style very long; stigmas many; capsule woody, ten- 

 celled, with faninaceous pulp, and many seeds. 



ALTHXA, Marsh Mallow Calix double, outer nine-cleft; 

 arils many, one-seeded. 



ALCEA, Hollyhock, or Rose Mallow Calix double, outer 

 six-cleft; arils many, one-seeded. 



MAT.VA, Mallow Calix double, outer three-leaved; cap- 

 sules many, united in a depressed whorl, one-celled, one- 

 seeded. 



LAVATEIIA, Tree Mallow Calix double, outer trifid ; arils 

 very many, one-seeded. 



MALOPE Calix double, outer three-leaved; arils glome- 

 rated, one-seeded. 



URENA Calix double, outer five-cleft; capsule live-celled, 



divisible into five parts, with the cells closed, and one 



seed in each. 

 GOSSYPIUM, Cotton Calix double, outer tnfid ; capsule 



four-celled ; seeds wrapped in cotton. 

 HIBISCUS, Syrian Mallow Calix double, the outer of many 



leaves or segments; stigmas rive; capsule of five cells, 



with several seeds. 

 STUAHTIA Calix in five deep segments; styles simple, with 



a five-cleft stigma; pome juiceless, five-lobed, one-seeded, 



opening five ways. 

 CAMELLIA, Japan Rose Calix imbricate, many-leaved, the 



inner leaflets larger. 

 MORISONIA Calix simple, bifid; petals four; pistil one; 



berry with a hard rind, one-celled, many-seeded, pedi- 



celld. 

 MESUA, Indian Rose Chestnut Calix simple, four-leaved; 



corolla four-petalled; nut four-cornered, one-seeded. 

 MALACHRA Calix, common three-leaved, many-flowered, 



larger; arils five, one-seeded. 

 GORDONIA, Loblolly Bay Calix five-leaved; petals five, 



united at the base by means of the nectary ; capsule 



superior, five-celled; seeds winged. 

 GUSTAVIA Calix none; petals several; berry many-celled; 



seed appendicled. 

 CAROLINEA Monogynous : Calix simple, tubular, truu 



cate ; petals ensiform ; pome five-grooved, two-celled. 

 BARUINGTONIA Calix simple, two-leaved, superior, per- 

 manent; fruit a dry four-cornered drupe, enclosing a nut, 



one to four celled. 



SOLANIJRA. See Pentandria Monogynia. 

 CKOSSOSTYLUS Calix simple, four-parted; corolla four- 

 petalled ; nectary twenty corpuscles between the filaments ; 



stigmas four, jagged. 



GLABHARIA Calix five-cleft; petals five; nectary com- 

 posed of five bristles, the length of the calix; stamens 



thirty, always in sixes ; pericarp a drupe. 

 LUGUN^EA Calix simple, h've-cusped ; style simple; stigma 



peltated ; capsule five-celled, five-valved. 

 MYRODIA Calix simple, one-leafed; corolla five-petalled; 



anthers undivided ; drupe dry, enclosing two nuts. 

 NAPJEA. See Dicecia Monadelphia. 

 RUIZIA Calix double, the exterior three-leaved ; styles ten ; 



capsules ten, one-celled, two-seeded, closely cohering. 

 STYRAX. See Decandria Monogynia. 

 SYMPLOCOS Calix five-cleft; corolla five-petalled, or from 



five to ten, united at the base ; stamens in four rows, 



growing to the tube of the corolla ; fruit five-celled. 



CZ.ASS XVII. DIADELPKIA. 



Consisting of Plants whose Flowers are butterfly-shaped, the 

 Stamens of which are united by their Filaments into two 

 sets, or parcels : their number may be either equal in each 

 set, or unequal ; the bases of each parcel quite separate 

 to the bottom, or united to a greater or less distance 

 upwards. 



1. PENTANDRIA (Five Stamens.) 



MONNIERIA Calix five-parted, with the upper segment 

 oblong; corolla ringent ; stamens two, the upper with 

 two anthers, the lower with three; capsules five, one- 

 seeded. 



