CLASS VI. ORDER I. 43 



lar banfrled disK ; capsules inflated, connate; nuts globular, and cicatrized, 1 

 or 2 remaining in eacii capsule, though several appear as rudiments while in 

 bloom, (bladder-nut.) 



ORDER IV. TETRAGYNIA. 



Parnas"sia. Calyx inferior, permanent, 5-parted ; corolla 5-petalled ; necta- 

 ries 5-fringed, with stamen-like divisions; stigmas sessile; capsule 4-valved, 

 1 or 3-celled; seed raembranaceous-margined. (parnassus grass, flowering 

 plantain.' 



ORDER V. PENTAGYNIA. 



Ara'lia. Umbellets involucred ; perianth 5-toothed, superior; petals 5; stig- 

 mas sessile, sub-globose; berry crowned, 5-celled; cells 1-seeded. (spikenard, 

 wild-sarsaparilla.) 



Li'num. ( alyx 5-leaved or 5-pnrted, permanent; corolla 5-petalled, inferior, 

 with claws; capsule 5 or 10-valves, 10-celled; seeds solitary, ovate, compressed; 

 filaments spreading or united at the base, (flax.) 



Stat"ice. Calyx funnel-form, plaited, scarious; petals 5; stamens inserted 

 on the petals ; styles 5 ; flowers in spikes or heads ; capsule 1-seeded, without 

 valves. 



Dros"era. Calyx inferior, deeply 5-cleft, permanent; petals 5, marescent; 

 anthers adnate; styles 6, or 1 deeply divided; capsule round, 1 or 3-celled, 

 many-seeded ; valves equalling the number of stigmas, (sundew.) The leaves 

 of ail the species are beset with glandular hairs resembling dew. 



ORDER XIII. POLYGYNIA. 



Zanthorhi'za. Calyx 0; petals 5; nectaries 5, pedicelled; capsule half 2- 

 valved, l-seeded, about 5 in number, (yellow-root.) 



Myosu'rlts. Calyx inferior, of few, lanceolate, coloured sepals; petals 5, with 

 tubular, honey-bearing claws; filaments as long as the calyx ; calyx spurred at 

 the base. 



CLASS VL HEXANDRIA. 



ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 



A. Flowers complete, having a calyx and corolla. 



Tradescan"tia. Calyx inferior, 3-leaved ; corolla 3-petalled; filaments with 

 jointed beards; capsules 3-celled, many-seeded, (spider-wort.) 



Beriberis. Calyx inferior, 6-leaved ; petals 6, with 2 glands at the claw of 

 each; style 0; berry l-cel!ed, 2 or 4-seeded; stigma umbilicate; stamens spring 

 up on being irritated, (barberry.) 



Cleo'me. Calyx 4-leaved, inferior ; petals 4, ascending to one side ; glands 3, 

 one at each sinuate division of the calyx, except the lowest ; stamens from 6 to 

 20, or more ; capsule stipid or sessile, silique-like, often 1-celled, 2-valved. 

 Does not belong to the class Tetradynamia by its natural or artificial charac- 

 ters. It has no siliqiie, though the capsule appears, like a silique, until it is 

 opened, (false miistard.) 



Leon"tice. Calyx of 6 sepals, caducous ; petals 6, having a scale at the base ; 

 neciaries 5, inserted upon the claws of petals ; anthers adnate to the filaments, 

 2-celled. (pappoos root.) 



Pri'nos. Calyx minute, 6-cleft; corolla sub-rotate, monopetalous, 6-parted; 

 berry 6-seeded. (winter-berry.) 



Fl«r"kia. Calyx 3-leaved ; petals 3, shorter than the sepals; .seeds 2 or 3, 

 superior. 



Tili,and"sia. Calyx 3-cleft, sub-convolute, permanent ; corolla 3-cleft, bell- 

 forra, somewhat tubular; capsule 1 to 3-celled; seed comose. 



Diphyl'lia. Sepals 3, caducous; petals 6, opposite the divisions of the calyx; 

 anthers adhering to the filaments; berry 1-celled; seeds 2 or 3, roundish, 

 B. Flovjers issuing from a spatha. 



Amaryl"lis. Corolla superior, 6-petalled, unequal; filaments unequal, de* 

 clined, inserted in the throat of the tube, (atamask lily.) S. 



Al"lium. Spatha many-flowered ; corolla inferior, 6-parted, very deeply div> 

 ded; divisions ovate, spreading; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded; floii^ 

 ers in close umbels or heads, (leek, garlic, onion, cives.) 



Hypox"is. Glume-like spatha 2-va,lved; corolla superior, 6-parted, perma^ 



