1338 AN INTRODUCTION 
CHAP. XXIII. 
Of the twentieth Clafi, GyNaNDRIA*. 
HIS Clafs confifts of fuch Plants as 
have the Stamina growing either 
upon the Sry/e itfelf, or upon a Receptacle 
that ftretches out into the Form of a Style, 
and fupports both the Stamina and the Fiftil- 
lum. The Orders are nine, viz. 
Orver I. DIANDRL4 +, comprehend- 
ing fuch Plants as have tw Stamina. The 
Flowers of this Order have a moft iingular 
Structure, anfwering to the following De- 
{cription. 
Characters of the Order DranprtA, of the 
Clafs GyNANDRIA. 
The Germen is always contort {; the Pe- 
tals are five; of which the two inner ones 
* All the Flowers of this Clafs have a monftrous Ap- 
pearance, owing to the uncommon Situation of the Parts 
of Fructification. 
+ This Order is a natural one, the Genera differing 
only in refpeét of the Nectarium. This Part Linnaeus 
confiders as a mark of Diftin&tion for thefe Genera, far 
preferable to the Root, though not received as fuch by 
former Botanitts. 
{ Twifted like a Screw. 
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