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CLASS XIII. POLYANDRIA. 



Many Stamens, inserted upon the receptacle. 



ORD. I. MONOGYNIA. I Style. 



* Petals 4. 



1. Papavkr. Cat. of 2 caducous leaves. Pet. 4. Stigma 

 sessile, i-adiated. Caps, superior ; the seeds on parietal recep- 

 tacles projecting towards the centre of the single cell, and escap- 

 ing by pores beneath the permanent stigma. — Nat. Oid. Papa- 

 VEUACE.E,-,/a5s. — Named because it is administered with j^ap 

 {papa, in Celtic) to induce sleep. 



2. Meconopsis. Cat. of 2 caducous leaves. Pet. A. Style 

 evident. Stigma of few rays. Capsjde opening at the top by 

 4 — 6 valves. Receptacles of the seeds filiform. — Nat. Ord. Pa- 

 pa verace^e, Juss. — Named from p^rr/.Mv, a Poppy, and o-^iz, re- 

 semblance. 



8. GlAucilm. Cal. of 2 leaA'es, caducous. Pet. 4. Stigma 

 2-lobed. Pod superior, linear, 2- (3- or 4-) celled, with as 

 many valves. ^S'eet/s numerous, dotted. {Glaucinm and Roe- 

 meria, De CaJid.) — Nat. Ord. Papaverace.e, Jhss. — Named 

 from the glaucous or sea-green hue of the stems and leaves. 



4. CuELiDoNiuM. Cal. of 2 leaves, caducous. Pet. 4. Stigyna 

 2-lobed. Poo? superior, linear, 1 -celled, 2-valved. *S'tef/5 nume- 

 rous, crested. — Nat. Ord. Papaverace^e, Juss. — Named from 

 yi7.ih'M, a swalloto ; probably from the plant flowering about tlie 

 time of the arrival of those birds. 



5. AoT.EA. Cal. of 4 leaves, caducous. Pet. 4. Perry I-celled. 

 Seeds numerous. — Nat. Ord. RANUNCULACEiE, Juss. — Named 

 from U-/.T71, \\m Elder ; the leaves somewhat resembling those of 

 Elder. 



** Petals five. 



6. HelianthEiMUM. Cal. of 3 equal leaves, or 5, of which 

 2 outer ones are smaller. Pet. 5. Stigma capitate. Caps. 3- 

 valved. — ISat. Ord. Cistine.e, Juss. — Named from ri'^-io:, the 

 sun, and avPor, &.fiower : the same as Helianthus. 



7. TiiAA. Cal. 5-partite, deciduous. Pet. 5, with or without 

 a nectary at the base. Fruit coriaceous, 5-ceIled, without valves; 

 colls 1 — 5, 2-seeded. — Nat, Ord. Tiliace.e, Juss, — Name of 

 obscure origin. 



*** Petals numerous. 



8. Nymph.ea. Co/, of 4— 5 leaves. Pe/. numerous, inserted, 

 as well as the stamens, upon a fleshy disk or covering to the rrev 

 men, (so as apparently to arise from it.) Berry niany-ceiled 

 many-seeded, deliquescent; seeds in an arillus, — Nat, Ord. Nvjm- 



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