TO BOTANY". .87 



viz. Nissolia, Pterocarpus, Amorpha, Erythrina, 

 Abrus, Spartium, Genista, Lupinus, Anthyllis, Pis- 

 cidia, Borbonia, Ulex, Arachis, Ebenus, Aspalathus, 

 Ononis, and Crotolaria. 2. Those with the stigma 

 downy, without the characters of the former section ; 

 of which there are seven, viz. Colutea, Phaseolus, 

 Dolichos, Orobus, Pisum, Lathy rus, and Vicia. 



3. Those with the legumen sub-bilocular, and with- 

 out the marks of the former section ; of which there 

 are are three, viz. Astragalus, Biserrula, and Phaca. 



4. Those with the legumen, containing in general 

 but one seed, and without the characters of the for- 

 mer sections ; of which there are three, viz. Psora- 

 lea, Trifolium arid Glycyrrhiza. Those with the le- 

 gumen articulated as it were ; of which there are 

 eight, viz. Aeschynomene, Smithia, Hedysarurn, 

 Coronilla, Ornithopus, Scorpiurus, Hippocrepis, ajnd 

 Medicago. 6. Those with the legumen unilocular 

 and polyspermous, without the characters of the 

 former sections ; of which there are fourteen, viz. 

 Trigonella, Glycine, Cylista, Clitoria, Robinia, In- 

 digofera, Cicer, Ervum, Liparia, Cytisus, Mulle/a, 

 Galega, Lotus, and Geoffroya. 



CHAP. XXI. 



OF THE EIGHTEENTH CLASS PoLY ADELPHIA, 



THIS Class consists of such plants as bear herma- 

 phrodite flowers furnished with many sets of stami- 

 na ; v the flowers have no particular character far- 

 ther than is expressed in the title. The orders are 

 four, viz 



F4 



