Cl. 10.] DICOT. COR. HON. EPIG. ANTII. COMB. 119 



so many objections have just been started, were re- 

 moved, it would unquestionably leave a great and ab- 

 solute separation between the 8th and the 10th, as to 

 natural affinity ; while much is gained in that respect 

 by its preservation, however faulty the characters. 



CLASS 10. DICOTYLEDONES. COROLLA MONOPE- 

 TALOUS, EPTGYNOUS. ANTHERS COMBINED. 



" Flowers tubular, aggregate in a Common Calyx, 

 'whence they are termed compound (68), upon a 

 Common Receptacle (63), which is either naked, 

 scaly, or hairy. Proper Calyx none, except the cu- 

 ticle of the Seed, and the Seed down which is^ften 

 a continuation thereof. Corolla of 1 tubular Petal, 

 standing on the Pistil (Germeti); in some instances 

 Jlosculous, having a regular limb, almost invariably 

 5-cleft ; in others ligulate, the limb being extended 

 into a lateral flat expansion, entire or toothed at 

 it's extremity. Stamens definite, almost always 5, 

 with distinct Filaments, inserted into the Corolla. 

 Anthers united into a tube, very rarely approximated 

 only. Germen inferior (with respect to the Corolla 

 and Proper Calyx) simple, standing on the Common 

 Receptacle. Style 1 , passing through the tube formed 

 by the Anthers. Stigma generally deeply ^divided, 

 rarely single. Seed I, either naked, or crowned 

 with a border, wing or down. Albumen none. Ra- 

 dicle inferior. Flowers sometimes all Jlosculous, 

 or all ligulate, in the -same Calyx ; or those of 



