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ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA. 19 
Stamens alternating with fringed glan- 
dular tipped scales ...........00. PARNASSIA, V. 1. p. 446. 
ORDER XI. POLYGALEZ. 
Perianth double. Sepals five, the two inner usually petal-like, 
much larger than the others. Petals unequal, three to five, united to 
the tube of the stamens. Stamens monadelphous, separating above 
into two opposite bundles. Anthers one celled, opening by pores at 
the apex. Ovary single, free, mostly two celled, rarely one or three 
celled. Style single, incurved. Stigma funnel-shaped, or two lobed. 
Fruit capsular, or drupaceous, one or two celled. Seeds pendulous, 
solitary, usually with an arillus at the base. Hmbryo straight. 
Albumen usually copious and fleshy, occasionally it is wanting, in 
which case the inner coat of the testa is tumid.—Herbaceous plants 
or shrubs. Leaves entire, generally alternate, jointed with the stem. 
Flowers racemose. 
GENERA. 
Capsule compressed, elliptic, seeds pu- 
IBESCERL teddeeeicedens cociee Ss OHBCOCEOeLS Potyeata, v. 3. p. 954. 
ORDER XII. TAMARISCINEZ.— Desy. 
Perianth double. Calyx four or five partite, imbricated in estiva- 
tion, persistent. Petals four or five, inserted into the base of the 
calyx, regular, withering, imbricating in estivation. Stamens equal 
to or double the number of the petals, the filaments being either free 
or united into a monadelphous tube. Ovary free. Style short. 
Stigmas three. Fruit a three valved one celled many seeded cap- 
sule, placentas three either at the base of the cavity or along the 
middle of the valves. Seeds erect, or ascending, covered with down 
at the apex. Albumen none. Embryo straight. Radical small, 
inferior.—Shrubs or herbs, with rod-like branches. Leaves alternate, 
small, scale-like, entire, persistent. Flowers in spikes or racemes. 
GENERA. 
Styles three, patent ......sscseserneee seosee LAMARIX, V. 1. p. 444. 
ORDER XIII. FRANKENIACE#.—De Cann. 
Perianth double. Calyx of four or five persistent sepals, united 
below into a furrowed tube, Petals alternating with the sepals, 
clawed, and with scales at the base of the limb. Stamens hypogy- 
