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Class VIII. 

 Ocfandria. 



New Ge- 

 uera. 



BOTANY. 



NEW GENERA. 



MOXOGYNIA. 



I. BonoNiA. Cal. 4-part. Pet. 4. Anlh. infra api- 

 cem filamcntorum pedicellatse. Styl. ex apice ger- 

 minis, brevissimus. Stig. capitatum. Caps. 4, 

 coalitje. Sem. arillata. (Smith.) 



1. Pinnala. New South Wales. Shrub. 



II. BLIGHIA. Cal. 5-part. Pet. 5, duplicata. Styl. 

 O. Caps, carnosa, 3-valv. 3-loc. Sem. solitaria, 

 arillo maximo insidentia. (Koenig.) 



1. Sapida. Tropical Africa. Shrub. (An- 

 na Ix of Bot. ii. p. 571.) 



III. MAGALLANA. Cal. 3-part. calcaratus. Pet. 5, 

 inaequalia. Fnict. 3-alatus, 1-spermus (per abor- 

 tum.) Sem. oblongum. (Fil. basi breviter coali- 

 tae.) (Pcrsoon.) 



1. Parvi/blia. South America. (Cavanilles.) 



IV. EUPHORIA. -Cal. 5-phyll. Pet. 5, reflexa, me- 

 dio intus subvillosa. Baccce 2 (altera plerumque 

 abortiva) corticosa tuberculata, 1-loc. 1-sperma. 

 (Stam. 6 saspius 8. Jtiss. S/am. 7. Lamarck.) 



1. Punicea. (Dimocarpus litxchi. 1 See Persoon, 



2. Longana. China. Slirub. j Syn. i. p. 413. 



V. THOUINIA. Cal. 4-part. Pet. 4, medio villosa. 

 Stig. 3-fid. Caps. 8, 1-spermx alatae. 



1. SimpKcifoha. Dominique.") Poiteau, Annul. 



2. Trifoliata. Dominique. J duMus. Fasc. 13. 

 This genus is different from the THOUINIA of 



Willdenow. 



VI. BURSEUA. Cal. 3-4-fid. Pet. 4, ovata. Caps. 

 subcarnosa, 3-loc. 3-valv. Sem. solitaria. 



1. Gummifera. West of America. 



2. Balsamifera. (Hedivigia balsamifera of 

 Willdenow.) 



VII. NIOTA. Cat. 4-fid. Pet. 4-5. Anih. sagitta- 

 tx. Stig. acutum. Caps, lignosa, 1-sperma. 



East Indies. T Poiret, Encyc. 

 Malabar, j Bot. iv. p. 490. 

 Cal. 5-phyll. coloratus, dcci- 

 incurvo-patentia. Stam. ova- 

 num ambientia. Caps, obovata, substipitata, 1- 

 loc. infra apicem detiiscens. Sem. plura, oblonga, 

 ad basin arillata. (B. Smith Barton.) 



1. Diphylla. Western mountains of Tenassee. 



(Barton, Act. Phil.) 



IX. NE.EA. Involucr. 2 3-phyll. squatrueforme. Cor. 

 tubulosa. Stam. cor. breviora, alternantia longio- 



1. Tetrapetala. 

 2 ? Pcntapctala. 

 VIII. JEFFEUSONIA. 

 duus. Cor. 8-pet. 



ra. Drupa 1 -sperm*, coronata. Nucleus tunica- 

 tus. (Flor. Pernv. p. 90.) 



1. Verticillata. Groves of Peru. 



2. OpposilifrAia. Woods of Peru. Shrub. 



X. OXYCOCCUS. Cal. superus, 4-fid. Cor. 4-part. 

 laciniis sublinearibus revolutis. Fil. conniventia.' 

 Aiith. tubulosz, 2-part. Bacca polysperma. 



1. Erythrocarpns. Mountains of North Caro- 

 lina. -Shrub. (Michaux.) 



This genus contains also Vaccinium oxycoccus and 

 liispidnlus. It differs from vacciniitm in habit, 

 aod particularly in the form of the corolla. 



XI. LAGETTA. Cor. supera, caduca, tubulosa 4- 

 dent. glandulis 4 petaliformibus. Cor. fueertis. 

 Drupa pilosa, pisiformis, 1-sperma infera. Lam, 

 tecta. 



1. Lintearia. (Daphne lagctto of Willd.) 



TRIGYNIA. 



XII. CORNIDIA. Cal. obtuse 3-gonus, integerrimus, 

 semisuperus, germine accretus. Cor. 4-pet. Styli 

 divergentes. Caps. 3-corniculata, 3-loc. 3-valv. 

 Sem. numerosa. (Flor. Perm. p. 91.) 

 1. Umbellata. Groves of Peru. 



TETRAGYNIA. 



XIII. POHLIERA. Cal. 4-phyll. asqualis. Pet. ob- 

 ovata, conniventia. Squamte nectarifera: seu sta- 

 mina aequalia, dorso nectarii inserta. Drupa 4, 

 connate. (Flor. Peritv.) 



1. Hygrometra. Peru. (Flor. Perttv. p. 55.) 

 This genus has a great affinity to Guajaann. 



XIV. FRANCOA. Cal. 4-part. persistens. Cor. 4- 

 pet. Stylus 0. Stig. plana. Caps. 4, basi con- 

 natse, carinatas. Sem. numerosa, suturis carinarum 

 afHxa. 



1. Appendiculata, Island of San Carlos. (Ca- 

 vcniilles. ) 



XV. GALVESIA. Cal. 4-phyll. Pet. sessilia. Stam. 

 4, alternantia breviora. Corpus glandulosum sub 

 germine. Drupa; 4. ( Flor. Peniv. i. p. 29. ) 



1. Punctata. Groves of Chili. 



REMARKS ON THE CLASS OCTANDRIA. 



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. 



Dais oclandra. Richardia scabra. Andromeda 

 octandra, ericoides, lycopodioidcs. Elaeocarpus ser- 

 ratus. Some species of Diospyrus. Rivina oclan- 



dra. Several species of Jussieua. The lateral flowers 

 of Ruta. Fagara octnndra, claplirium. Rhizopho- 

 ra mangle. Ammannia sangitinolenta, oclandra. Se- 

 veral species of Melastoma. Trichilia pallida. Por- 

 tulaca quadrifida, meridiana. Zygophyllum morgsa- 

 na. Cleamejuncca. CappariiJ'erruginea. The la- 

 teral flowers of Monotropa /iypopithi/s. Several spe- 

 cies of Casearia. Petiveria alliacca. Limonia mono- 

 phylla. ^Esculus/iaw'a. Quivisia ovata, heterophyl- 

 la. Some species of Samyda. 



