SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



Class 1. Monandrta.- — 1 Stamen. 



Order 1. Monogynia. — 1 Pistil. 



1. Salicor'nia, [Pagel.] Pman^/i single, swelling, fleshy, nearly 



equal. Stijle, short. Stigmas, two or three-cleft. Seed 

 one, inclosed in n thin iratisparcnt skin, enveloped in the 

 inflated perianth. 



2. Hippd'rus, [Page 3.] P^^-mw/Zt single, crowning the germen 



with a slight herder. Seed one, inclosed in a small oval, 

 hard, and shining pericarp. 



(See Valeriana rubra, in Class III.; Alchemilla arvensis in Class 

 IV. ; Zoslera and Callilriche, in Class XXI. ; Chara, in 

 Class XXIV.) 



Class 2. Diandria. — 2 Stamens. 



Order 1. Monogynia. — 1 Pistil. 



* Perianth double, inferior, monopetalous, regular. 



1 LiGtTs'TRDM, [Page 4.] Calyx of one leaf , with four blinj/;ish 

 projecting teeth. Corolla of one petal, regular, in four 

 segments. Berry of two cells, with two seeds in each. 



** Perianth double, inferior, tnonopetalous, irregular. Seeds 

 inclosed in a pericarp. 



2. VeRON'Ica, [Page 5.] Calyx of one piece, inferior, persistent, 



divided into four deep segments. Corolla wheel-shaped 

 deeply four-cleft, the lower segments smallest. Capsule 

 two-celled. 



3. PiNGUio'uLA, [Page 17.] Ca/yx permanent, two-lipped, upper 



three-cleft, (Jie lower bifid. Corolla ringent, spurred, and 



