&I AN INTRODUCTION 



Azalea, Epacris, Ceropegia, Nerium, Echites, Per- 

 gularia, Plumieria, Cameraria, Tabernaemontana, 

 t^irica, Ignatia, Carissa, Jacquinia, Laugeria, Prcde- 

 ria, Varronia, Cordia, Ehretia, r \ ournefortia, Kau 

 wolfia, Cerbera, Arduina, Myrsine, Bladhia, Cestrum, 

 Brunfelsia, Randia, Fagrrea, Strychnos, Capsicum, 

 Solanum, Physalis, Atropa, Ellisia, Lycium, Menais, 

 Solandra, Sideroxylon, Chrysophyllurn, and Ardisia. 

 6. Plants with monopetalous flowers placed above ; 

 of which there are twenty-five, viz. Samolus, Bellonia, 

 Virecta, Macrocnemum, Rondeletia, Cinchona, Port- 

 landia, Roella, Phyteuma, Campanula, Scievola, 

 Trachelium, Matthiola, Morinda, Psycothria, Coftea, 

 Chiococca, Gardenia, Genipa, Lonicera, Triosteum, 

 Plocama, Musscenda, Hamellia, Erithalis. 7. Those 

 with pentapetalous flowers placed below ; of which 

 there are twenty four, viz. Hirtella, Rhamnus, Cea- 

 notims, Celastrns, Euonymus, Leea, Vitis, Elaso- 

 dendron, Buttnera, Diosma J<( Pittosporum, Havenia, 

 Claytonia, Roridula, Iter, Sauvagesia, Caroxylon, 

 Brunia, Ivuhnia, and Nauclea. 8. Those with penta- 

 petalous flowers placed above ; of which there are 

 eleven, viz. Ribes, Escallonia, Hedera, Plectronia, 

 Phylica, Gronovia, Heliconia, Lightfootia, Argo- 

 phyllum, Lagoecia, and Canocarpus. 9. Those 

 with incomplete flowers placed below; of which there 

 are six, viz. Strelitzia, Achyranthes, Celosia, Che- 

 noiea, Illecebrmn, and Glaux. 10. Those with in- 

 complete flowers placed above ; of which there is 

 but one, viz. Thesium. 



ORDER II. DIGYNIA, comprehending such plants 

 as have two Styles. This order contains seventy-five 

 genera; distinguished into, 1. Those with monope- 

 talous flowers, placed below ; of which there are 

 fourteen, viz. Stapelia, Cynanchum, Periploca, Apo- 

 cynum, Asclepias, Melodiiius, Swertia, (jentiana, Cres- 

 sa, Hydrolea, Porana, Schrebera, Steris, and Falckia. 

 2. Those with pentapetalous flowjers, placed below ; 



