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CLASS II. DIANDRIA. 



Plants bearing Flowers with Two Stamens. 

 Order I. MONOGYNIA. One Pistil 



* Flowers inferior, of one petal, regular. 



1. LIGU'STRUM. Corolla four-cleft. Berry two-celled ; cells 



two-seeded. 



2. FRA'XINUS. Corotta none, or deeply four-cleft. Capsule 



compressed, two-celled ; cells one-seeded. 



'* Flowers inferior, of one petal, irregular ; seeds inclosed in a seed- 

 vessel. 



3. VERONFCA. Corolla wheel -shaped, deeply four-cleft, lower 



segment smaller. Capsule two-celled. 



4. PINGUI'CULA. Corolla gaping, spurred. Capsule one-celled. 



Calyx five- cleft. 



5. UTRICULA'RIA. Corona masked, spurred. Capsule one- celled. 



Calyx of two leaves. 



* * * Floicers inferior, of one petal, irregular ; seeds naked. 



6. LY'COPUS. Corolla tubular, four-cleft ; upper segment 



notched. Stamens distant, simple. Calyx tubular, five-cleft. 



7. SA'LVIA. Corolla gaping. Filaments transversely attached 



to a footstalk. Calyx two-lipped. 



**** Flowers superior. 



8. CIRriJE'A. Corolla of two petals. Calyx of two leaves. Cap- 



sule two- celled ; cells one-seeded. 



***** Flowers destitute of petals. 



9. LE'MNA. Calyx of one piece, membranaceous. Capsule one- 



seeded. 



10. CLA'DIUM. Glumes of one valve, one-flowered, imbricated ; 

 the outer ones empty. Drupe destitute of bristles at the base. 



(Salicornia. Fraxinus excelsior. Rhynchospora alba. Carex.) 



Order II. DIGYNIA. Two Pistils. 



1 1 . ANTHOXA'NTHUM. Calyx of two chaff-scales, containing 



one flower. Corolla of two husks, awned. 



D I A N D K I A. M O N O G Y N I A. 



1. LIGU'STRUM. PRIVET. 



Calyx inferior, tubular, with four upright blunt teeth. Co- 

 rolla of one petal, funnel-shaped ; limb expanded, divided into 

 four deep, egg-shaped segments. Stamens opposite, in the 

 mouth of the tube. Germen oval. Style very short ; stigma 

 thick, cleft. Berry globular, two-celled, with two seeds in each 

 cell. Seeds convex on one side, angular on the other. Name 

 from ligOj to bind. 6. 



1. L. vulgdre. Common Privet, Prim, or Print. Leaves between 

 elliptical and lance- shaped, obtuse, with a small point ; flowers in 



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