SECTION III. 

 GENERA OF PLANTS. 



CLASS I. MONANDRIA. 



ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 



Salicor"nia. Calyx inflated, entire, 3 or 4-sided, obconic; corolla 0; style 2- 

 cleft; seed 1, enclosed in the calyx, (samphire.) 



Hippu'ris. Calyx superior, obsolete, with a 2-lobed margin ; corolla 0; seed 

 1 ; stigma simple; style in the groove of the anther, (marestail.) 



Can"na. Anthers adhering to the petal-like filaments; styles thick, club-shap- 

 ed. Stigma obtuse, linear. (Indian-reed.) 



Tha'lia. Anther attached to the filaments. Style depressed. Stigma gaping, 



ORDER II. DIGYNIA. 



Bli'tum. Calyx 3-cleft, or 3-parted, berry-like ; corolla ; seed 1, immersed 

 in the calyx, (blite.) 

 Calitri'che. Calyx 0; petals 2, resembling a calyx. Seeds 4, naked. 

 Corisper"mum. Calyx 2-leaved ; corolla 0; seed 1. 



CLASS II. DIANDRIA. 



ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 

 A. Corolla 1-petalled, inferior, regular ; seeds in a drupe or nut. 



Ornus. Calyx 4-parted ; corolla 4-parted ; petals long and ligulale. Two 

 barren filaments ; nut winged; fruit a capsule, (flowering-ash.) 



Elytua'ria. Calyx 4 or 5-parted ; corolla 5-cleft ; capsule 5-valved ; 2-seeded. 

 Seeds adhering to a dissepiment, contrary to the valves. 



L:gus"trum. Calyx 4-toothed ; corolla with 4 ovate divisions ; berry 1 or 2- 

 celled, 2 or 4-seeded. (prim.) 



Chionan"thus. Calyx 4-parted; corolla 9-parted, with very long divisions ^ 

 nucleus of the drupe, striate-fibrous. (fringe-tree.) 



Ole'a. Corolla 4-cleft, with obovate divisions; drupel-seeded. 



Jas"minum. Corolla salver-form, 5 to 8-cleft ; berry 2-seeded, each seed .soli- 

 tary, arilled. (jasmine.) Ex. 



SyRiN"GA. Corolla salver-form; capsule 2-celled. (lilac.) Ex. 



B. Corolla l-petalled, inferior, irregular ; seeds in capsules. 



Veron^ica. Calyx 4-parted; corolla cleft into 4 lobes, lower division smaller; 

 capsule obcordate, few-seeded, 2-celled. (speedwell.) 



Leptan"dria. Calyx 5-parted; segments acuminate; corol a tubular cam- 

 panulate, border 4-lobed, a little ringent, lower segment narrow; stamens and 

 at length the pistils much exserted ; capsule ovate, acuminate, opening at the 

 top. (culver's phy.sic.) 



Gra'tiola. Calyx 5-parted, often with 2 bracts at the base ; corol an irregular 

 resupinate, 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, lower one equally 3-cleft; stigma 2-lip- 

 ped ; capsule 2-celled, 2-valved. (hedge-hyssop.) 



Linder"nia. Calyx 4-parted; corol resupinate, a tubular, 2-lipped; upper 

 lip short, reflexed, emarginate; lower one trifid, unequal; filaments 4, the 2 

 longer ones forked and barren; cap.sule 2-celled, 2-valved, the dissepiment par- 

 allel to the valves. 



Catal"pa. Corolla 4 or 5-cleft, somewhat inflated, bell-form; calyx 2-parted, 

 or 2-leaved; stigma 2-lipped ; capsule cylindric, 2-celled. (catalpa tree.) 



Hemian"thus. Calyx tubular, cleft on the under side ; border 4-toothed ; up^ 

 per lip of the corolla obsolete; lower, 3-parted; intermediate segments ligulate, 

 longer, incurved. Stamens with 2 cleft filaments; the side branches bearing 

 anther.. Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. 



