Cl. 13.] CARYOPHYLLE&. 159 



lias a Calyx in 10 divisions, 10 Petals, and an in- 

 definite number of penszynous Stamens ! Another, Di- 

 ploltena, found originally by Dampier. and figured in 

 his Voyage, v. 3. 110. t. 3. f. 3, bears a double Iri- 

 volucrum, containing many decandrous flowers, with 

 Stamens and Pistils proper to the Order, but only a 

 few irregularly-placed scales in the place of Perianth 

 and Petals ! 



Jussieu's first Section undoubtedly constitutes a di- 

 stinct Order, which Mr. Brown names Zygophylka. 

 Melianthus, to whatever it may belong, (surely not, 

 as Jussieu hints, to Trop&olum?) has little affinity to 

 Diosmete, or Zyg.ophylle&. 



Whether Oxalis may be admitted into the former, 

 as being, in the occasionally lobed Filaments, elastic 

 Arillus, acid flavour, and number of parts, allied to 

 Boronia and Eriostemou, I merely beg leave to sug- 

 gest, till it can be more decisively placed elsewhere. 

 What has commonly been taken for an clastic Aril- 

 lus in the D'wsmcfe or true Rutaccee may, as in Eu- 

 phorbice, be only the inner coat of the Capsule, ac- 

 cording to the opinion of Jussieu and Richard, 



Orel 82. CARYOPHYLLE^E. " Calyx of 1 leaf, 

 mostly permanent, either tubular, or deeply divided. 

 Petals definite, seldom wanting, alternate with the 

 segments of the Calyx, and equal to them in number, 

 generally with Claws. Stamens definite, sometimes 

 fewer than the Petals, but more frequently the same 

 in number, and alternate therewith, or twice as many, 



