POLYGAMIA. 



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CRYPTOGAMIA. 



EXOCARPUS Calix inferior, in five deep segments ; corolla 

 none ; stamens five ; pistil one ; stigma peltate ; nut of one 

 cell, standing on a hollow fleshy receptacle. 



GYROCARPUS Male: calix, perianth of five deep, ovate, 

 equal segments ; stamens as in the united flowers, with 

 barren filaments ; pistil one. 



HYPELATE Calix five-leaved; corolla five-petalled ; stigma 

 bent down, three-cornered ; drupe one-seeded. 



KOELREUTERIA Calix five-leaved ; petals four ; nectary 

 double, four scalelets and three glands ; stamens eight, 

 fixed to a column ; germen three-sided, fixed to the same 

 column ; capsule three-celled, with two seeds in each. 



RHAPIS Calix trifid; corolla one-petalled, trifid ; stamens 

 six ; pistil one. 



ROTTBOZLLIA Rachis jointed, roundish, in most species fili- 

 form ; calix ovate-lanceolate, flat, one or two valved ; 

 florets alternate, on a flexuose rachis. 



2. DICECIA. 



(In this Order, the different kinds of flowers grow on two dis- 

 tinct plants.) 



1 . Such as are polygamous by Hermaphrodites and Females. 

 FRAXINUS. See Diandria Monogynia, 



GLEDITSIA, Three-horned Acacia Hermaphrodite: calix 

 four-cleft; corolla four-petalled ; stamens six ; pistil one. 

 Male : calix three-leaved ; corolla three-petalled ; stamens 

 six. Female : calix five-leaved ; corolla five-petalled ; pis- 

 til one ; legume ? 



2. By Hermaphrodites and Males. 



DIOSPYRUS, Indian Date-plum Hermaphrodite: calix four- 

 cleft ; corolla pitcher-shaped ; stamens eight ; style four- 

 cleft; berry eight-seeded. Male: calix, corolla, and sta- 

 mens, of the other. 



NYSSA, Water Tupelo Calix five-parted ; corolla none. 

 Male: stamens ten. Hermaphrodite: stamens five; pistil 

 one ; drupe inferior. 



PISONIA Calix scarcely any; corolla bell-shaped ; stamens 

 five or six; pistil one; capsule superior, one-celled, valve- 

 less ; berry one-seeded. Male and female on the same, 

 or on different plants. 



3. By Androgynes and Males. 



ANTHOSPERMUM, Amber Tree Calix four-parted ; corolla 

 none; stamens four ; pistils two; germen inferior. Male 

 and female in the same, or a distinct plant. 



STILBE Calix inferior, double; the outer of three leaves, 

 the inner five-toothed, cartilaginous ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped ; capsule of one cell and one valve, separating 

 entire from the base ; seeds solitary. 



ARCTOPUS Male: umbel compound; involucre five-leaved; 

 corolla five-petalled ; stamens five ; pistils two, abortive. 

 Female, or androgynous: umbel simple; involucre four- 

 parted, spiny, very large, containing very many male flos- 

 cules in the disk, and four female ones in the ray. Male : 

 petals five ; stamens five. Female : petals five ; styles 

 two ; seed one, bilocular, inferior. 



PANAX, Ginseng Umbel of many rays ; corolla five-petal- 

 led ; stamens five. Hermaphrodite ; calix five-toothed, 

 superior ; styles two ; berry two-celled. Male : calix 

 entire. 



CHRYSITRIX, Cape Golden Hair Glume bivalve; corolla of 

 numerous setaceous chaffs ; stamens many, solitary, be- 

 tween the chaffs ; pistil one. 

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BREYNIA Calix one-leafed ; corolla none. Hermaphrodite : 

 calix six-parted ; anthers five, linear, fastened to the style ; 



berry three-celled ; seeds two. Male : calix five-parted ; 

 filaments five; anthers roundish. Female: stigmas five, 

 obcordate, petaloid, without any style ; capsule five-celled , 

 seed solitary. 



BURSERA, Jamaica Birch Tree Hermaphrodite: calix three- 

 leaved ; corolla three-petalled ; capsule fleshy, three- 

 valved, one-seeded. Male : calix five-toothed ; corolla 

 five-petalled ; stamens ten. 



CERATONIA, Carob Tree Calix five-parted; corolla none; 

 stamens five ; style filiform ; legume coriaceous, many- 

 seeded. Dicecous, male and female separate. 



CHAMJEROPS Hermaphrodite: calix three-parted; corolla 

 three-petalled; stamens six; pistils three; drupes three, 

 one-seeded. Males : dicecous, as in the hermaphrodite. 



Ficus, Fig Tree Receptacle, common turbinate, fleshy, 

 converging, concealing the floscules, either on the same 

 or on a distinct individual. Male : calix three-parted ; 

 corolla none ; stamens three. Female : calix five-parted ; 

 corolla none ; pistil one ; seed one. 



LIGHTFOOTIA Calix four-leaved; corolla none. Female 

 and Hermaphrodite: stigma sessile; berry umbilicated, 

 one-celled, with three to six seeds. 



PENNANTIA Calix none; corolla five-petalled; stamens 

 five; pericarp three-sided, two-celled, with solitary sub- 

 triquetrous seeds. 



RICHERIA. See Dicecia Pentandria. 



SPINIFEX Hermaphrodite: calix glume two-valved, two- 

 flowered ; valves parallel to the rachis ; corolla two-valved, 

 awnless; stamens three; styles two. Male: calix, com- 

 mon with the hermaphrodite ; corolla and stamens similar. 



CLASS XXIV. CRVPTOCrAMIA. 



Consisting of Plants whose Flowers are scarcely visible, so 

 that their fructification lias not been distinctly described. 



1. FILICES, OR FERNS. 

 (According to Dr. Swartz"s Arrangement.) 



1. Ferns whose Capsules are surrounded with an elastic ring. 

 * Without an Involucre. 



ACROSTICUM The fructifications covering the whole under 

 surface of the frond. 



MENISCIUM Capsules heaped in crescents, interposed be- 

 tween the veins of the fronds. 



HEMIONITIS Capsules digested into lines, meeting toge- 

 ther, either intersecting each other, or branched. 



GRAMMITIS Spots linear, straight, scattered. 



TJENITIS Spots linear, longitudinal, continued, solitary 

 between the rib and margin on each side, parallel. 



POLYPODIUM, Polypody Capsules annulated, distributed in 



roundish dots, on the back or lower surface of the frond. 



** Spots veiled with an Involucre. 



ASPIDIUM Fructifications in roundish, scattered, not mar- 

 ginal, dots ; involucre umbilicated, separating almost all 

 round. 



ASPLENIUM Fructifications disposed in right lines along 

 the under side of the frond ; involucre lateral, separating 

 inwards. 



DAREA Spots linear, near the margin ; involucre lateral, 

 separating outwards. 



SCOLOPENDRIUM Fructifications in scattered double lines, 

 between the veins; involucre originating from each vein, 



