ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA. 3L 
with axillary spiked flowers, sometimes moncecious, orby abortion 
diacious. 
GENERA. . 
INGA tenes cate crac cesiassresnsanas Wewcveten MyropHyLipuM, V. 3. p. 3. - 
Petals wanting. 
Leaves whorled............4. Gafir anayaeidinaters¢ Hiproris, v. L. p. 3. 
Leaves not whorled) ...........ccssccccseoes -CALLITRICHE, V. 3. p. L144, 
ORDER XXXII. CUCURBITACE.—Juss. 
Perianth double. Flowers complete, or incomplete. Calyx five 
toothed. Corolla five parted, often scarcely distinguished from the 
calyx, very cellular, and marked with distinct netted veins. Stamens 
five, either distinct or more or less united. Anthers two celled, very 
long, flexuous. Ovary inferior, one celled, with three parietal 
placentas. WStyle‘short. Stigmas three to five, thick, velvety, bi- 
lobed. uit fleshy, more or less succulent, crowned by the scar of 
the calyx, one celled. Seeds flat, ovate, attached to the parietes of 
the fruit, enveloped in juicy or dry membranous arillus ; testa 
coriaceous, often thick at the margin. Embryo flat. Albumen 
wanting. Cotyledons foliaceous, veined. adicle next the hilum.— 
Rioots annual or perennial, fibrous or tuberous. Stem climbing, 
herbaceous or shrubby. Leaves palmated, often covered with short 
rough hairs, tendrils formed by abortive leaves. Flowers solitary, 
panicled or fasciculated. 
GENERA. 
Flowers dicecous, fruit a small berry ... Bryonia, v. 3. p. 1198. 
ORDER XXXII. PORTULACEA.—Jtss. 
Perianth double. Calgx of two, seldom three or five, sepals, 
cohering at the base. Petals usually five, either distinct or cohering 
at the base into a short tube. Stamens variable in number, inserted 
with the petals into the base of the calyx, and if equal to them in 
number opposite to them. Filaments distinct. Anthers versatile, 
two celled, opening lengthwise. Ovary superior, one celled. Style 
single, or none. Stigma several, much divided. Fruit a one celled 
capsule, bursting transversely or by three valves from the apex to the 
base. Seeds numerous, attached to a central placenta. Albumen 
farinaceous. Embryo curving the albumen. fadicle long, cylin- 
drical— Succulent herbs or shrubs, with entire exstipulate leaves and 
axillary or terminal flowers. 
GENERA. 
Stamens three. Corolla unequal ......... Monta, v. Ll. p. 71, 
