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stamina. Of this order there are three genera, viz, 

 Euclea, Menispermuni, and Datisca. 



ORDER X. POLYANDRIA, comprehending such 

 plants as have their male flowers furnished with many 

 stamina. Of this order there are "three genera, viz. 

 Cliffortia, Flacourtia, and Hedycaria. 



ORDER XI. MONADELPHIA, comprehending such 

 plants as have their male flowers furnished with one 

 set of united stamina. This order contains seven 

 genera, viz. Juniperus, Taxus, Ephedra, Cissam- 

 pelos, NapaeaJ Adelia, and Myristica. 



ORDER XII. SYNGENESIA, comprehending such 

 plants as have their male flowers furnished with sta- 

 mina of which the antherae are united. Of this or- 

 der there is but one genus, viz. Ruscus. 



ORDER XIII. GYNANDRIA, comprehending such 

 plants as have their male flowers furnished with 

 stamina that grow out of a kind of style, or imper- 

 fect pistillum, the perfect one being in the female 

 flower. Of this order there is but one genus, viz. 

 Cluytia. 



CHAP. XXVI. 



THE TWENTY-THIRD ClASS PoLYCAMIA. 



THIS Class consists of such plants as bear herma- 

 phrodite flowers, and also either male or female 

 flowers, or both. The Orders of this class are 

 three, viz. 



ORDER I. MONOECIA, comprehending such plants 

 as have the Polygamv on the same plant. This or- 

 der contains twenty-five genera, viz. Musa, Holcus, 

 Cenchrus, Ischaeum, Manisuris, Aegilops, Spinifex, 



