SYNOPSIS OF GENERA. 



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Petals wanting. 



GLAUX. Caps, superior, with 5 seeds. Col. coloured, of 1 leaf. Prirmt- 

 lacece, p. 192. 



Order II. DIGYNIA. Pistils 2. 

 * Fl. monopetalous, inferior. 



GENTIANA. Caps, of 1 cell. Cor. tubular at the base, destitute of nec- 

 tariferous pores. Gentianece, p. 187. 



CUSCUTA. Caps, of 2 cells, bursting all round. Cor. bell-shaped. Con- 

 volvulacea, p. 173. 



* * Petals wanting. Seed solitary. 

 CHENOPODIUM. Seed lenticular, tunicated, superior. Chenopodece, p. 227. 



BETA. Seed kidney-shaped, imbedded in the fleshy calyx. Ckenopodea, 

 p. 229. 



SALSOLA. Caps, closed, imbedded in the fleshy calyx. Seed with a spiral 

 embryo. Chenopodece, p. 226. 



ULMUS. Caps, closed, membranous, compressed, bordered, superior. Ul- 

 inacece, p. 240. 



* * * Fl. of 5 petals, superior. Seeds 2. UnibdlatcB. 



OBS. The genera of this division form the Natural Order Umbelliferee. 

 Seep. 113 129. 



Order III. TRIGYNIA. Pistils 3. 



* Fl. superior. 



VIBURNUM. Cor. 5-cleft. Berry with 1 seed. Caprifoliacea, p. 134. 

 SAMBUCUS. Cor. 5-cleft. Berry with 3 seeds. Caprifoliacece, p. 134. 



Order IV. TETRAGYNIA. Pistils 4. 



PARNASSIA. Nectaries fringed with bristles, bearing globes. Caps, of 

 4 valves. Saxifragece, p. 64. 



Order V. PENTAGYNIA. Pistils 5. 



LINUM. Pet- 5. Capsule of 10 cells. Linea, p. 51. 

 STATICE, Pet. 5. Seed 1, clothed with the base of the funnel-shaped 

 calyx. Plumbagineae, p. 176. 



(See Cerastium and Spergula in Cl. x.) 



Order VI. HEXAGYNIA. Pistils 6. 



DROSERA. Pet. 5. Caps, of 3 valves, with many seeds. Droseracece, 

 p. 34. 



Class VI. HEXANDRIA. Stamens 6, each 3 equal. 

 Order I. MONOGYNIA. Pistil I. 

 * Fl. with both calyx and corolla. 



BERBERIS. Cor. of fi petals. Cal, of 6 leaves, inferior, Berry with 2 

 seeds. Herberidea, p. 11. 



