GYNANDRIA. 



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MONCECIA. 



LIMODORUM, Bastard Hellebore Nectary one-leafed, con- 

 cave, pedicclled, whhin the lowest petal. 



ARETHUSA Nectary tubular, within the bottom of the co- 

 rolla, the lower lip fastened to the style. 



CYPRIPEDIUM, Ladies' Slipper Nectary ventricose, inflated, 

 hollow. 



GUNNERA Ament with one-flowered scales; calix and co- 

 rolla none; germen two-toothed ; styles two; seed one. 



FORSTERA Calix double; inferior of two or three leaves; 

 superior of three to six leaves ; corolla tubular, bell- 

 shaped, in five or six segments ; capsule of one cell ; 

 seeds numerous. 



DISA Spathe one-valved ; petals three, the third less, two- 

 parted, gibbous at the base. 



CRANICHIS Nectary galeated. 



3. TRIANDRIA (Three Stamens.) 



SALACIA Monogynous, or one-styled : Calix five-parted ; 



corolla five-petalled ; anthers placed on the apex of the 



germen ; style very short ; stigma simple. 

 STILAGO Calix one-leafed, pitcher-shaped ; corolla none. 



Female : stigma sessile ; drupe with a two-celled nut. 



4. PENXANDRIA (Five Stamens.) 



PASSIFLORA, Passioji Flowei Calix in five deep segments ; 



petals five, inserted into the calix; nectary a complete 



radiating crown; berry stalked; seeds with a pulpy 



tunic. 

 AYENIA Monogynous : Calix five-leaved ; petals united 



into a star, with long claws; anthers five under the stars; 



capsule five-celled. 



5. HEXANDRIA (Six Stamens.) 



ARISTOLOCHIA, Birthwort Stigmas six; calix none; co- 

 rolla monopeialous, tongue-shaped, entire; capsule six- 

 celled, inferior. 



6. OCTANDRIA (Eight Stamens.) 



CTTINUS Style one; calix superior, four-cleft; corolla 

 none ; anthers eight ; berry eight-celled ; seeds many. 



7. DECANDRIA (Ten Stamens.) 



HELICTERES, Screw Tree Pentagynous : Calix one-leafed, 

 oblique; petals five; nectary of five leaflets; capsules five, 

 twisted. 



KLEINHOVIA. See Dodecandria Monogynia. 



8. POLYANDRIA (Many Stamens.) 



GREWIA Calix five-leaved, coloured within ; petals five, 

 with a nectareous scale at the base of each ; berry four- 

 celled. 



ARUM, Wake Robin Spathe one-leafed, cowled ; spadix 

 naked above ; female below, stamenous in the middle. 



DB.ACONTIUM, Dragons Spathe boat-form ; spadix covered; 

 calix none; petals five; berries many-seeded. 



AMBROSINIA Spathe one-leafed, separated by a partition; 

 stamens on the inner, pistil on the outer side of it. 



ZOSTERA. See Monandria Monogynia. 



C.ALLA Spathe flat; spadix covered with floscules ; calix 

 and petals none ; berries many-seeded. 



CLASS XXI. IMCONCECIA. 



Consisting of such Plants as have barren, or Male Flowers, on 

 the same individual, with fertile, or Female ones; whereas 

 in the twenty-second Class such flowers grow upon dis- 

 tiuct individuals of the same species. 



1. MONANDRIA (Male Flowers with One Stamen.) 



ZANNICHELLIA, Horned Pondweed Male: calix none; 

 corolla none ; filaments elongated, erect; anther oblong. 

 Female: calix of one leaf; corolla none; germens four, or 

 more; stigmas peltate ; seeds stalked, naked. 



CERATOCARPUS Male: calix one-leafed, bifid; corolla 

 none. Female : calix one-leafed, keeled, permanent, two- 

 horned ; styles two; seeds single, compressed, enclosed in 

 and covered by the calix. 



CYNOMORIUM. Male: calix an imbricated ament; corolla 

 none. Female: calix in the same ament; corolla none; 

 style one; seed one, roundish. 



ELATERIUM, Spring Gourd Male: calix none; corolla 

 salver-shaped. Female : calix none ; corolla salver- 

 shaped ; capsule inferior, prickly, elastic, of one cell, and 

 two unequal valves; seeds numerous, imbedded in pulp. 



CIIARA, Stonewort Male: calix and corolla none ; anthers 

 before the germen, underneath. Female : calix four- 

 leaved; corolla none; stigma five-cleft ; seed one. 



jEcopRicoN Male: an ament; calix, common trifid, par- 

 tial tubulous ; anther ibur-lobed. Female flowers solitary; 

 calix as in the male; corolla none; styles three, coadu- 

 nate at the base ; capsule tricoccous. 



ARTOCARPUS, Bread-fruit Tree Male: an ament; calix 

 none ; corolla two-petalled. Female : calix and corolla 

 none ; style one ; berries one-seeded, connected, and 

 forming a roundish muricated fruit. 



CASUARINA Male: calix of the ament; corolla scalelets 

 two-parted. Female: calix of the ament ; corolla none; 

 style bifid, strobile. 



CAULINIA Calix and corolla none; anther sessile; style 

 filiform ; stigma bifid ; capsule one-seeded. 



HOUTTUYNIA Calix four-leaved; corolla none; stamens 

 mixed with the pistils, seven about each germen. 



NAJAS Male: calix cylindric, bifid; corolla four-cleft; 

 filament one. Female: calix and corolla none; stigmas 

 two or three, undivided ; capsule ovate, one-celled. 



ZANNICIIELLJA Male: calix and corolla none. Female: ca- 

 lix one-leafed; corolla none; germs and seeds about four. 



2. DIANDRIA (Mule Flowers with Two Stamens.) 



I.EJINA, Duck's Meat Male : calix one-leafed ; corolla none. 

 Female: calix one-leafed ; corolla none; style one; cap- 

 sule one-celled. 



ANGURIA Male : calix five-cleft; corolla five-petalled. 

 Female : calix and corolla as in the male ; pome inferior, 

 two-celled, many-seeded. 



PODOSTEMUM Calix and corolla none; stamens two, 

 affixed to a common pedicel ; germ ovate ; stigma one, 

 sessile; capsule two-celled, two-valved, many-seeded; 

 seeds minute. 



3. TRIANDRIA (Male Flowers with Three Stamens.) 



TYPIIA, Cafs-tail, or Reed Mace Male: ament cylindrical ; 

 calix indistinct, three-leaved ; corolla none. Female 



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