BOTANY. 



UE MARKS ON THE CLASS TETRANDUIA. 



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Claw IV. 

 Telramlria. 



Under this class Pcrsoon ranks the genera LIN 

 and SriRi.MANMA, which, after Willdcnow, we have 

 given in the cl.ris DlDVNAMIA. 



The genus PAIUKTAHIA, given by Dr Smith under 

 this class, and by Persoon under the class MONCECIA, 

 will he found in the present article in the class Po- 

 L\<- \.MIA. 



The following plants, being tetrandrous, might be 

 expected in this class ; but they belong to natural 

 genera, the species of which ought not to be separa- 

 ted, and which fall under other classes. 



MO.NOGYNIA. 



Valerians sni>ina, villosa, Sibirica. Boerhavia tc- 

 trandia. Justic:a pulclicrrima. Lycium tetrundrum. 

 Cordia teirandra. Solanum Jtexuomtm. Some spe- 



cies of Citharexylum. Convallaria l>i/clia. Several 

 species of Coffea. Rondeletia jtitoxn, rir^ttla. Hil- 

 lia tclramlra. Gucttardu e//i]/li<-u, mt'inbranacea. 

 Portlandia telrundra. Evonymus Europaus, Japo- 

 nicua, &c. Portulaca meridiunu. Several species of 

 Cinchona. Laugcria coriacca. Melastoma teirandra. 

 Carilamine hirsutn. Lythrum thymifotiwm. Prices 

 glabcr, nitidnt. Peplis In-dica. Stroemia tetrandra. 

 Thesium alpinum. Corchorus Coreta. 



DlGYNIA. 



Gentianx quadrifidae. Swertia corniculita, dicho- 

 toma, &c. Ulmus suberosa. Heruiaria fruticosih 

 glaura ? 



TETRAGYNIA. 



Cerastium tetrandrum. 



CLASS V. FENTANDRIA. 



ORDER I. MONOOYNIA. 



SECT. I. Flowers Monopetalous, Inferior, and 

 with one Seed. 



373. MIHABILIS. Cor. infundibulif. supera. Cal. 

 inferus. Nectarium globosum, germen includens. 



1 . Dichotoma. Mexico. Perm. 



2. Jalapa. East and West Indies. Percn. 



3. Longiflora, Cold mts. of Mexico. Peren. 

 295. TRICRATUS. Cor. infundibuliformis, limbo 5- 



partito : laciniis bilobis. Nectar, cyathiforrne ger- 

 men cingens. Stam. nectario inserta tubo adglu- 

 tinata. Cal. 0. Nux 5-angul. 1-sperma. 



1. Adinirabilis. California. 



318. PLUMBAGO. Cor. infundibulif. Stamina squa- 

 mis basin corollas claudentibus inserta. Stigma 5- 

 fidum. Sem. 1. oblongum tunicatum. 

 \.Europcea. South of Europe. Peren. 



2. Lapathifolia. Spain. Percn. 



3. Cnjicnns. Cape of Good Hope, fthrub. 



4. Zeylanica. India and New Holland. Shrub. 



5. Kosea. India. Shrub. 



6. Scandens. Warm parts of America. Shrub. 

 1. Auriculata. India. 8hrub. 



* 8. Tristit. Cape of Good Hope. Shrub. 

 See Brown's Prodromus, p. 425. 

 317. WEIGELIA. Cal. 5.phyllii3. Cor. infundibu- 

 lif. Stylus e basi germinis ! Stigma peltatum. 

 Sem. 1. 



1 . Japonica. Japan . Shrub. 



2. Coraensis. Japan. Shrub. 



470. QUINCHAMALA, Or QuiNCH AMALIUM. (PerS.) 



Cal. inferus 5-dentatus. Cor, tubulosa supera. 

 Anth. sessiles. Sem. 1. 

 1. Cliilensis. Chili. 



408. CORYMBIUM. Cal. 2-phyllus inferus. Cor. in- 

 fundibuhtormis, supera. Anth, connats. Semen 

 laua iavolutum. 



1 . Scabrum. Peren. 3. Ghibrum. Peren. Class V. 



2. Filiforme. 4r. ViUosum. Pentandria. 

 All from the Cape of Good Hope. This genus 



is ranked by Persoon under SYNGENESIA. See 

 Synopsis, ii. p. 501. 



SECT. II. Flowers Monopetalous, Inferior, and 

 with two Seeds. Leaves rough. 



281. CERINTHE. Corolhc limbus tubulato-ventrico- 

 SU3 : fauce pervia. Sem. 2, bilocularia. 



1. Major. Siberia and Switzerland. Ann. 



2. Aspera. South of Europe. Ann. 



3. Minor. Fields of Austria, Stiria and Jena. Bien. 

 287. MESSERSCHMIDIA. Cor. infundibulif. fauce 



nuda. Bacca suberosa, bipartibilis : singulo dis- 

 permo. 



1. Fruticosa. Tenerifle,and theCanary Isles. Shr. 



2. Arguzia. Dauria. Peren. 



3. Cancellala. Spain. 

 See TOURNEFOHTIA. 



SECT. III. Flowers Monopetalous, Inferior, with 

 four Seeds. Leaves rough. 



J 286. ECHIUM. Cor. irregularis, fauce nuda. 



1. Frut'u-osum. Ethiopia. Shrub. 



2. Candicans. High rocks of Madeira. Shrub. 



3. Giganteum. Rocks of Tenerifi'e. Shrub. 



4. Si.-i. turn. Rocks of Tenerifte. Bien. 



5. Argentettm. Black mountains, Cape of Good 

 Hope. Shrub. 



6. Sericeum. Egypt. 



7. Scto.iinn Egypt. 



8. Trie-: toinitin. Shr. 



9. , isjiidiiiir Shrub. 

 10. Panicitlalum. Shr. 



Shrub. 

 Shrub. 



11. Trigonum. Shrub. 



12. Capitatum. Shrub. 



13. Lcevigatum, S/m<&. 



