SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 
mens. Ferlile flowers with four carpels, single celled, 
mauy seeded.—A low fleshy herbaceous plant, with pale 
yellow cymose flowers. 
OrpER VII. ENNEANDRIA—9 Stamens. 
11. Mexcuria’Lis, [Page 1291.] Perianth single, three par- 
tite. Barren flowers with nine to twelve stamens, the 
anthers of two globose lobes. Fertile flowers with two 
styles, and two barren styles from a furrow on each side of 
the ovary. Capsules two celled, each cell single seeded. 
12. Hypro'cuaris, [Page 1292]. Barren flowers. Spatha 
two partite, three flowered. Perianth double. Calyx in 
three deep segments. Corolla three spreading petals. 
Stamens nine, in three rows on the abortive ovary. 
Fertile flowers. Spatha sessile, single flowered. Perianth 
like that of the barren flowers, and with six filiform 
abortive stamens. Styles six. Stigmas wedge-shaped, 
bifid. Capsule coriaceous, roundish, six celled, many 
seeded. 
(ORDER Drcanpria. See Silene and Lychnis in Cuass 10.— 
OrpDER IcosanpRIA. See Rubus and Fragaria in Cuass 
12.—OrpER Potyanpria. See Stratiotes in Crass 21.— 
See Populus in ORDER 6). 
OrpeR VIII. Monape.tpu1a.—Stamens combined. 
13. Jonie'erus, [Page 1293.] Barren flowers, scales of the 
catkin ovate, sub-peltate. Stamens four to eight, single 
celled. Fertile flowers, catkins globose, its scales few, at 
length united, becoming fleshy, and surrounding the 
berry. Stigma gaping. Berry compose of three bony 
single seeded nuts. 
14, Ta'xus, [Page 1294.] Calkins scaly at the base. Barren 
flowers with from 8 to 10 stamens, the filaments united. 
Anthers peltate, six to eight celled, the cells opening 
beneath. Fertile flowers with a concave sessile stigma. 
Fruit a succulent drupe, gaping at the apex. Nut single 
seeded. 
