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BOTANY. 



Class VII. 

 Heptan- 



clri.i. 



. *7. Filtosa. West Indies. (Poiret.) 



See Brown, Prodromus, p. 422. 

 715. PETIVERIA. Cal. 4-phyll. Cor. 0. Styl. la- 



teralis. S/ig. penicilliforme. Sem. 1, aristis 4 rc- 



flexis apice instructum. 



1. Alliacca. Dry woody parts of Jamaica. Shr. 



720. DRACONTIUM. Spatha cymbiformis. Spadix 

 floribus dense tectus. Cal. 0. Cor. 5- pet. Bacca 

 polysperma. (See Brown's Prodromus, p. 337.) 



1. Polyphyllum. Surinam, and between the tro- 

 pics, Asia. Peren. 



2. Spinosum. Ceylon. Peren. 



3. Fcetidum. Watery parts of Virginia and Ca- 

 rolina. Peren. 



4. Camtohatcense. Siberia. Peren. 



5. Lanccicfolium. At the Caraccas. Peren. 



6. Pcrtusum. South America. Shrub. 



721. CALLA. Spatha plana. Spadix tectus flosculis. 

 Cal. 0. Cor. 0. Bacca polysperma. 



1. Mthiopica. Cape of Good Hope. Peren. 



2. Pnlustris. Marshy parts N. of Europe. Per. 



3. Orientalis. In the East. Peren. 



722. HOUTTUYNIA. Spatha 4-phylla. Spadix flos- 

 culis tectus. Cal. 0. Cor. 0. Capstila ? 



1. Cordata. Wet parts of Japan. Peren. 



This genus is given under POIYANDRIA Polygynia 

 by Persoon. 



ORDER II. DIGYNIA. 



723. LIMEUM. Cal. 5-phyll. Pet. 5, sequalia. Caps. 

 globosa 2-loc. 



1. Africanum. Per. 3. JSthiopicum. 



2. Capense. 



All from the Cape of Good Hope. 



ORDER III. TETRAGYNIA. 



724. ASTRANTHUS. Cal. 0. Cor. hypocraterif. lim- 

 bo 14-Gdo. Sem. 1, parvum superum. 



1. Cvchinchinensis. Cochinchina. Shrub. 



725. SAURURUS. Cal. amentum squamis 1-floris. 

 Cor. 0. Genn. 4. Bacca 4, l-spermx. 



1. Cernuus. Virginia. Peren. 



HEPTAGYKIA. 



726. SEPTAS. Cal. 7-part. Pet. 7. Germ. 7. Caff. 

 7-polyspermje. 



1 . Capensis. Cape of Good Hope. Peren. 



NEW GENERA. 



New Ge- 

 nera. 



MoNOGYNIA. 



I. TOVARIA. Cal. 7-phyll. Cor. 7-pet. Discus planus, 

 7-gonus. stellseformis, cui Slam, inserta. Slig. 

 peltatum. Bacca 1-loc. pulposa. Sem. compres- 

 sa, (Numerus partium passim octonarius). (Flor. 

 Peruv. iii. p. 73.) 



1. Pendala. Banks of rivers in Peru. Bien. 



DlGVMA. 



II. MARATIIRUM. Cal. 0. Cor. 0. Slam, quinque 

 ad octo, szpius septem : filaments summitati pe- 

 dunculi incrassatse coronatim adfixa, perigyna, su- 

 bulata, erectopatula ; antherse lineares. Appen- 

 dices ligulse membranaceae breviores, filamentis pari 

 numero interjects. Ovarium ovatum, longitudi- 

 naliter striat\im. Stylus nullus. Stigmata duo di- 

 vergentia. Ca/jsula, filamentis persistentibus cinc- 

 ta, ovata, octo striata, bilocularis, apice dehiscens, 

 bivalvis, polysperma ; dissepimentum membrana- 

 ceum, valvis parallelum. Sem. numerosa, in utra- 



que facie dissepiment!, sub seriatim imbricata, ovoi- 

 dea. (Humboldt et Bonpland, Plant. JEquinoct.') 

 1. Fa-niculaceum. Kingdom of New Granada, 

 about 1200 lines above the sea. 



HEPTAGYKIA. 



III. ACTINOPHYLLUM. Cal. margo integer. Cor. 

 calyptraeformis, desiliens. Bacca 7-angularis 7-loc. 

 Sem. solitaria subossea. ( Flor. conglomerati. Styli 

 5-7. Slam. etiam5, 6, 8, 9.) ( Flor. Peruv. iii. 

 p. 73.) 



1. Angulatum. Hills of Peru. 



2. Pcdice/latitm. At Munna. Shrub. 



3. Conicntn. Groves of Peru. 



4. Acuminntum. Groves of Peru. 



5. Pcntandrum. Groves of Peru. 



IV. GILBERTIA. Cal. 7-dent. Cor. 7-pet. Stig. 

 patentia, ovata. Caps, loculamenta, 1-sperma, in 

 stellae formam disposita. Sem. oblonga. (numerus 

 partium interdum 8-9-arius.) (/7. Peruv. iii. p. 75.) 



1. Umlettata. Near Munna in Peru. 



REMARKS ON THE CLASS HEPTANDRIA. 



DlGYNIA. 



The following plants might be expected in this 

 class ; but they belong to natural genera, the species 

 of which ought not to be separated, and which fall 

 under other classes. 



MONOGYNIA. 

 Cassia. Pelargonia. 



Polygonum orientate, &c. Aponogeton. 



HEPTAGYNIA. 

 Phytolacca stricta. 



