106 GENTIAN*. [Cl. 8. 



of the Aster chinensls in 1743. But Sherard culti- 

 vated that plant before 1732. 



Sect. Q. Capsule of 2 valves. Stem arboreous or 

 shrubby. Millingtonia, Jacaranda Juss., Catalpa, 

 Tecoma Juss. and Bignonia, fig. 181, with Spathodea 

 of Palisot and Brown, and Cobaa of Cavanilles, Curt. 

 Mag. t. 851, whose capsule has from 3 to 5 valves 

 and cells, make up this Section, to which Mr. Brown 

 confines his idea of Bignoniace<v, Prodr. Nov. Holl. 

 v. 1. 470 ; perhaps admitting also the above-men- 

 tioned Incarcillea. 



Sect. 3. Fruit between coriaceous and woody, 

 bursting at the top. Stem herbaceous. Tourretia 

 (Dombeya L'Herit.), Martynia, Craniolaria, and Pe- 

 dallum. We know not whether Mr. Brown admits 

 all these, as well as Ventenat's Josephinia, Jard. de 

 la Malmais. t. 67, into his Pedal'mae, Prodr. N. Holl. 

 v. 1. 519. 



Ord. 46. GENTIANS. " Calyx of 1 leaf, divided, 

 permanent. Corolla regular, often withering, it's limb 

 in as many equal, sometimes oblique, lobes, as there 

 are segments in the Calyx, usually 5. Stamens as 

 many, inserted into the middle or top of the tube. 

 Anthers incumbent (sometimes cpmbin.ed). Style 1, 

 rarely splitting into 2. Stigma simple or lobed. Cap : 

 sule simple or twin, many-seeded, of 2 valves, and 

 1 or 2 cells, the edges of the valves inflexcd, forming 

 the partition when there are 2 cells, rolled inward when 

 there is only 1. Seeds minute, their Receptacle mar- 



