SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 
single, tubular, cloven at the summit. Style short, 
Stigma subulate. Fruita one seeded nut, surrounded by 
the coloured succulent calyx. 
6. My'rica, [Page 1281. ] Catkins with concave scales. 
Perianth wanting. Barren flowers with from four to six 
stamens, the anthers four valved. Fertile flower with two 
styles and single ovary. Fruita one celled single seeded 
drupe, the seed without albumen. 
OrvER IV. Pentanpri1a.—d Sfamens. 
7. Hu'mutus, [Page 1282.] Barren flowers in loose racemes, 
perianth single, five partite. Stamens five, the anthers 
opening with two pores at the extremity. Fertile flowers 
oblong catkins or cones, its scales membranous, large, 
concave, persistent, having a single flower at the axis of 
each. Styles two. Fruit single seeded. Embryo spival. 
(See Ribes in Ciass 5. Bryonia in Crass 21. Salix in 
ORDER 1). 
OrpER V. HExanpDRIA.—6 Stamens. 
8. Ta'mus, [Page 1284.] Perianth six partite, single. Barren 
flowers, perianth spreading. Stamens six. Fertile 
flowers, perianth superior, contracted at the neck. Style 
one. Sfigmas three. Berry ovate, three celled, each 
cell two seeded. 
(See Rumex in Crass 6.) 
OrpeR VI. Octranpria.—8 Stamens. 
9. Popu'tus, [Page 1285.] Flowers in cylindrical catkins, the 
scales jagged at the end. Barren flowers eight to twenty. 
Stamens arising from an obliquely truncated cup at the 
base of the scales. Fertile flowers, perianth turbinate- 
Sizgmas four to eight. Capsules superior, imperfectly two 
celled by the rolling in of the edges of the valves. Seeds 
numerous, comose. Radicle superior. 
10. Ruopio'ta, [Page 1290.]  Perianth double. Calyx four 
partite, small. Pedals four, oblong, narrow. Glands four, 
emarginate. Barren flowers with eight spreading sta- 
