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other, the Mirabilis Jalapa Common Four 

 O'clock, flowers heaped, ped uncled, leaves glab- 

 rous. I must look in the GLOSSARY for the 

 meaning of some of these terms. Yes ; this is 

 the flower. I need proceed no further. 



E. The generic marks led you to the house, 

 and the specific to the number, so that your 

 journey has ended, the letter has at last reached 

 its destination. Here is another plant, in what 

 class and order is it? 



L. I must cut it open to see. It is in the 

 fourth class and first order, it has four stamens 

 and one style. 



E. Will you turn to that class and order in 

 the manuscript and tell the genus. You will 

 have easy work, for they are comparatively few 

 in the class. 



L. I am unsuccessful. I have compared it 

 with all species and it does not agree with a 

 single description. There is a mistake some- 

 where ; perhaps it has been omitted by accident 

 in the list. 



E. Can plants having only four stamens be 

 possibly in any other class but the fourth ? 



L. They cannot. O yes ! I recollect, two of 

 the stamens are longer than the others ; it must 



