BOTANY. 



341 



valvis medio septiferis. Son. peltata. (R. Brown, 



Prod. p. 259.) 



I. Fltxiftxia, J). Gracilis. 17. Areiiaria. 



'_'. Mucronata. 10. Drntiadata. 18. Diistmix. 



3. Colb'na. 1 1 . L/WYI. 



4. Gluuca. 12. Rigida. 



5. Leucocephala. 13. Montana. 

 (\ Pcmciflfira. 11. Flui-inlilix. 



1. Filiformis. 

 8. Tcnuifiilia. 



19. 



'JO. Decomposite. 



21. Muhiflora. 



22. JS 



15. Lang/folia. 23. 



16. Hystrix. 24. 



' V. 

 //Yw. 



All perennial, and from New Holland and Van 

 Diemen's Island. 



ICOSANDRIA. 



XV. CITROSMA. MAS. Cal. campan. 4-8-dent. Cor. 

 0. Stam. 7-60, petaliformia. FEM. Flor. maris. 

 Germ. 3-10. Styli subulati. Bite. 1-loc. ; e tubo 

 cal. formata. Sem. ossea arillo cucullato semiinvo- 

 luta. (Fl. P.:i: S,/sl. p. 26 1.) 



1. Pi/ricnrpa. 4. Muricata. 6. Oralis. 



2. Dfiitata. 5. Siibiitotlora. 1. Oblongifolia. 



3. Tomcntnsa. 



All from Peru. Sp. 1 3 shrubby. 



XVI. PEUMUS. MAS. Cal. campan. 5 fid. Pet. 5, 



cal. inserta, reflcxa. Ned. 0. Slam, fere 46, glan- CUs^XXH. 

 dulosa. FEM. Flor. maris. Nect. squamis 5, sub- Dicrcia. 

 agittatus. Germ. 2-9. Nh/l. 0. Drupte ovalei "" "V"* 

 acuminate. 



1. fragrant. Chili. ( F/, P*r. fyrt. p. 266.) 



MoNADELPHM. 



XVII. TAVALLA. Ms. Ament. snbcylindricum, an- 

 thoris numerosis 4-^onis. FM. Strobilus ovatus, 

 carnosus, 3-5-fid. Perianth, supenim, 3-dentatum. 

 iSV-m. solitaria. ( Arb. aut fritttces fragrantes, resi- 

 nih-ri.) (Ft, Per. Syst. p. 270.) 



1. Seabra. 3. Raccmosa. 5. Laciniala. 



2. Glauca. 4. Anguttifolia. 



All from Peru. 



XVIII. LYOINIA. Perianth, sexglume. MA^. fiV. 

 lotigitudiaaliter connata ! Aiith, 3, didymz ! utrin- 

 que 2-fid FEM. Slyl, 3-part. Caps. 3-loc. 3-loba, 

 angulis salientibus dehiscens. Sem. solitana. (R. 

 Brown, Prodr. r>. 2+8.) 



1. Imlierliis. New Holland. (Schamodum te- 

 nax, MAS. of Labill.) 



2. Barbata. New Holland. 



See SCHOENODUM in Persoon's Synopsis, ii. p. 163. 



REMARKS ON THE CLASS DKECIA. 



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. 



MONANDHIA. 



Several species of Casuarina. 

 TRIANDRIA. 







Valeriana dioica. Carex dioica, davaUiana, steri- 

 lis. Serpicula verticillata. 



TETRANDRIA. 



ome species of Rhamnus, Urtica, and Boehmeria. 

 Morus nigra, tinctoria. 



PENTANDRIA. 



Rhamnus alaternus. Phylica dioica. Lonicera dioi- 

 ca. Rhus vernix, radicans. Myrsine Africans. Ur- 

 tica baccifera. 



HEXANDRIA. 



Prinos. Loranthus Europceux. Laurus benzoin. 

 Several species of Rumex. 



OCTANDHIA. 



Daphne dioica. Dodonaea angustifolia. Melasto- 

 ma rubent. Acer rubrum. Vallisneria octandra. 



DECANDRIA. 



Lychnis dioica. Cucubalus elites, parviflorus, Si- 

 biricits. Cerastium dioicum. 



ICOSANDRIA. 



Spirsa arttncus. Rubus chanuemorus. Pyrus dioi- 

 ca. Myrtus dioiea. Fragaria chiloensis. 



PoLYANDRIA. 



Clematis dioica, Virginiana. Thalyctrum cornuti, 

 dioicum. Arum tripkyUum. Laurus nobilis. Phy- 

 tolocca dioica. Tetracera aspera, 



MoNADELPHIA. 



Napza. Some species of Croton, Acalypha, and 

 Ricinus. Bryonia dioica. 



CLASS XXIII. POLYGAMIA. 



MOMF.CIA. 



1858. MusA. HERUAPHROBITOS Cal. spatha. Cor. 2- 

 pet. : altero erecto, 5-dent. : altero nectarifero, con- 



cavo, breviore. Fil. G, horum 5 perfecta. Styl. 1. 3. Rosacea. Do. 



/ 7^1.. .1 i-i f l.ninn n ft /"'^.f / '* .. TV? 



Pitt, hcrmaphroditi fil. perfecto. hoc. oblonga, 

 3-quetra, intera. XXlu. 



1. Parudisiaca. E. Ind. 4. Sapientum. W. Indies. Pclygamia. 



2. Maciilata. Mauritius. 5. Troglodylantm. Molucc. 



Germ, inf., abortions. 



C/. CA>r. Fz7. 



6. Coccinea. Cliina. 



All perennial. 



