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CLASS XXI. 

 MONGECIA. 



' He looks abroad into the varied field 

 Of Nature, and, though poor, perhaps, compared 

 With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, 

 Calls the delightful scenery all his own. 

 His are the mountains, and the valleys his, 

 And the resplendent rivers." 



COWPER. 



I. MONANDRIA. 



263. EUPHORBIA. Involucrum with numerous barren flowery 



and 1 fertile. BAHREN FLOWER calyx none ; corolla 

 none. FERTILE FLOWER calyx none; corolla none ; cop. 

 sule 3-lobed ; styles 3, cloven. 



264. ZANNICHELLIA. Involucrum none. BARREN FLOWER 



calyx none ; corolla none. FERTILE FLOWER co/## of 1 

 leaf; corolla none ; germens 4, or more ; seeds 4, stalked ; 

 stigmas peltate. (Aquatic.) 



II, TRIANDRIA. 



266, SPARGANIUM. BARREN FLOWER calyx 3-leaved; corolla 

 none. FERTILE FLOWER calyx 3-leaved ; corolla none ; 

 drupe dry. (Flowers in round balls.) 



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