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1742. Fourth order, D. forales. Shrubs and trees, 

 with tolerably regular flowers and separated stamina ; 

 legumens with frequently transverse septa, embryo 

 straight Geoffroyae, Swartziea, Detarium, Mimosa, and 

 Cassia. 



1743. Fifth order, D.fructuaria. Regular flowers with 

 separate stamina and multilocular plums Stackhousete, 

 Empetrete, Celastrinea, Rhamnete, and Terebinthea. 

 (For their sixteen families vid. Tab. B.) 



CLASS xr. 



Berry -plants Urn 6 el lifer a, 8fc. 



1744. Ovarial and calycine corolla with a single per- 

 fectly soft fruit or berry, on which are five corolla-petals, 

 with a moderate number of stamina. This fruit is wholly 

 edible, and has only one or two styles ; stalk and leaves 

 pass through all the stages of formation. 



1745. They divide first of all into two groups, having 

 few or many stamina ; of these the fruit of one is dry, of 

 the other fleshy. The dry fruits are also perfectly edible, 

 as the Caraway-seeds. 



1746. First order, Baccarice parenchymatosa. Epigy- 

 nous; nodose herbs with two seeds in the calyx; only 

 five stamina Umbellate. 



1747. Second order, IB. vaginata. Mostly shrubs 

 with quinary corollas and bi- or quinquelocular berries 

 Mistletoes, Elders, Araliacete, Fines. 



1748. Third order, B. axonales. Bushes and shrubs 

 with quaternary corollse, only one style and one multi- 

 locular many-seeded capsule Epilobea, Salicarice. 



1749. Fourth order, B. for ales. Mostly shrubs with 

 quinary corollse and manifold stamina ; capsule or berry 

 multilocular Mclastomacete. 



1750. Fifth order, B . fmchiarice . Trees with many, 

 frequently fasciculated, stamina; fruit multilocular and 

 many-seeded Myrtacece. These plants likewise divide 

 into sixteen families. (Vid. Tab. B.) 



