

Sub-Class IV EPIGYNOUS EXOGENS. 



J» general the complete adhesion of the tube of the cal 

 through itswhole length, and the bisexual Bowers fitfor.l 



i **»*» «* ** £ub-Class, which is LXdl, 



^ form perfeetly Natural Alii, ,, ,. |y related to 



gating very strong kteral affinity for other parts of tl 

 Campanals approach both Bignonials, in which Gcsnerv, 

 £enor ovary, and Solanas, among which Jaborosa has the .< 

 '''■".'■"'" *■ «««•! Mjrtals lean towards Rosals, wh 

 un ": l "" i "'"' ;l balf-inferior ovary in the Order of iJ\d 



very nearly agreeing Wl th the Cunoniads of the other; Umbel 



I''- v ,nuta,.,M, Thalictrum among the Crowfoots llf „„. ,. ," 



; n d b yVitace» among Berberals; and finally, the Asaral Alii, b a 



^yinHelwmgmds among the Diclinous Garryal Alliance, not t< 



' ;"-■-,„„•,,, go that the Epigynous Sub-CIa* 



bkened to a great kingdom lying in the midst of many oth, 



g™»J» bordered by France, Holland, De ark, Poland, „ 



i urkey, Italy, and Switzerland. 



1 'V ,, " f nv " P 1 " 6 ™? Sub-Classes the Epigynous chai , k 



breaks out, and sometimes m a very unexpected way j as « 

 Eupomatia appears in the bypogynous Ranal Alliance ; and in n 

 he Saxifragals In like manner, both Myrtleblooms and Mel 

 species m which the caly* has but little union with the 

 However, beyond all question, exceptional instanc. a 



Jt where assumed that the inferior ovary is always for, 

 tft^y* to its, side s There may, however, in some , 



the assertion ol Schleiden, that the real inferior ovarj 

 bellowing out of Ae peduncle, analogous to what tak( 

 >'■ '•. // '"-.' v - i -/••■• *7/.374.) Possibly such is itloriginin 



< ucnrbits Sandalworts, and others in which no , 



on the surface of the fruit; and Eschscholtzia may b, 



obvious explanation of this, its peduncle forming, round (1. 



ovary, a cup which evidently has nothing to do with the, 



Jp, then the structure of Calycanths, the R( $e, md mam 



Bimilar interpretation. But it is impossible to admit t! • 



of all the ovaries with a superior calyx. Melastomods, 



evidently a true calyx tube; and even in Umbel 



adherent calyx tube is demonstrated by those tnoi 



which are Bometimes found in fields with their 



of ordinary leaves : in Buch instances th 



thecentral axis, and are surrounded K\ the tubular bi 

 Whatever may be the true theory of the inferior 



very important point of structure, collecting 



resemblance to one another than to anything els 



value for natural classification. 



