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PENTANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. 205 



sliould be called S. ^eritianoides, a comparison whlcli must 

 tend to misleail, as its affinity, if any, to tUat genus, is 

 entirely fanciful. 



Order IY TETRAGYNIA. 



£96. PARNASSIA. Z. (Grass oC Parnassus.) 

 C^/ieT 5-parte(l, persistent. Petals 5, Lepan- 

 thia (nectarys) 5. inserted upon the claws of the 

 petals, ciliate^ filaments witli glohose. lips. Cap- 

 sule 2-celIed, 4-valved. Receptacle in the mid- 

 dle of each valve. Seeds membrasiaceously 

 margined. 



Leaves radical, cordate, nerved; <;cape unifoliate about 

 the middle, l-flo\vered; flowers whiiv, with pellucid veins. 



Species. 1. P. pahistris. 2. carolinimia. 3. asari- 

 ffjlia. 



A North American genus with the exception of 7*. pa- 

 lustris, which is also common to Europe. 



Order V.— PEXTAGYNIA. 

 £97. ARAUA. i. 



Umbelliferous. — CalLx 5-toothcd, superior. 

 Fetals 5, Berry 5-celled, 5-seeded. — Umhells in- 

 volucellate. 



Arborescent, shrubby, or herbaceous; leaves entire, 

 lobed, dig"itate, or repeatedly pseudo-compoimded. 



Species 1. A. riudicmdis. 2. racejnosa. (called Spike- 

 nard.) 3- hispida. 4. spinosa. ( Ang-elica-tree.) 



The remaining species of this genus are indigenous to 

 tlie tropicul parts of America; there are also 3 species in 

 Japan and 1 in China. 



!98. STATICE. L. 



Calix 1 -leaved, entire, plaited, scariose. Pe- 



tals 5. Seed 1, superior. 



Subgenera. — \rmeria. Scape simple, flowers capi- 

 tate, common calii many -leaved. 

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