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a hollow capsule; the latter herbs, shrubs, and trees, 

 with siliquse or berries. 



1712. Their strength or virtue resides in the flower, 

 which, is therefore of large size, beautifully coloured, 

 sweet-scented, is frequently appreciated and adopted as 

 an ornament. On the contrary, the ovarium and seed 

 are stunted. The former is a siliqua or hollow capsule, 

 which therefore supports the numerous smaller seeds on 

 the septum. 



1718. First order, Corollarice parencliymatosa. 

 Nodose herbs with spathose leaves, quinary corollee, and 

 ten stamina ; many seeds upon a columellar or median 

 placenta situated within a hollow capsule Portulacece, 

 Carnations. 



1714. Second order, C.vayinafa. Herbs, shrubs, and 

 trees, with similar but mostly multi-staminal corollse, and 

 seeds on the capsular septa Droseracece, Hypericine<, 

 ViolacecB, Cistacece, and Bisoea. 



1715. Third order, C. cwonales. Herbs with quater- 

 nary corollse and a siliqua Siliquosa. 



1716. Fourth order, C.florales. Bushes and shrubs 

 with quaternary corollse and numerous stamina ; ovarium 

 a siliqua or multi-valvular hollow capsule Capparida, 

 Berberidea, Papaveracea. 



1717. Fifth order, C.fructuaria. Trees with quater- 

 nary and quinary corollse, numerous stamina, and a fruit 

 Guttiferce. They divide into the usual sixteen families. 

 (Vid. Tab. B.) 



THIRD CIRCLE. 

 Fruit-plants Apetalce, Periyynes. 



1718. Stunted calycine corollse, with nuts, plums, 

 berries, or apples. 



1719. They are perigynous Polypetalse, and include 

 the Apetalae and Diclines. 



1720. The nut consists of a large seed, connate with 

 the woody ovarium, and frequently with the calyx. 



1721. The plum is a legumen, between the coats of 



