32 NATURAL ORDERS AND 
ORDER XXXIV. PARONYCHIEZ.—Sz. Hit. 
Perianth double, rarely single. Calyx of five, rarely three or four, 
sepals, more or less united, imbricated in estivation. Petals small, 
seale-like, often resembling abortive stamens, generally as numerous 
as the sepals, and inserted into the tube between. Stamens inserted 
into the tube of the calyx opposite to the lobes, and equalling them in 
number, or rarely by abortion fewer. Silaments distinct. Anthers 
two celled. Ovary free. Styles two or three, distinct, or more or less 
united. Jruit small, dry, generally membranous, three valved, or 
indehiscent Placenta central. Seeds numerous, or solitary, sus- 
pended by a long cord, which arises from the bottom of the cell. 
Albumen farinaceous. &mbryo cylindrical, lateral, curved or sur- 
rounding the albumen. fadicle turned towards the hilum.— 
Branching herbs or shrubs, leaves generally opposite, with or without 
stipules. Flowers sessile, small. 
GENERA. 
Stamens five. 
DE SMAS tTHLE..... sen cseeeeseeceese cooeencee, CORRIGDOLA, Vi Le paeeaae 
Stigmas two, Sens Seay Ecclesiae sicieseie oe Herniaria, v. 1 p. 480. 
Stigmas two, sepals horned at the back InLEcrBRouM, v. 1. p. 333. 
Stamens three to five. 
PetalsieMarginate..iesaraesaseeseys cepa oe, LOLYCAREON, sVacte paca 
Stamens ten, rarely five. ¢ 
PACA S SWAIN Os. nica csin asie'onicloonicobiac ein erians ScLERANTHUS, V. 2. p. 595. 
ORDER XXXV. CRASSULACEA.—Der Cann. 
Perianth double. Calyx from three to twenty sepals, more or less 
united at the base. Petals the same number as the sepals, and 
alternating with them, regular, free, or united into a monopetalous 
corolla, inserted finto the calyx. Stamens inserted with the petals, 
either equal in number to, and alternate with them, or double their 
number, those opposite the petals are shortest, and are longer coming 
to perfection than the others. Silaments distinct, subulate. Anthers 
oval, two celled, bursting lengthwise. Ovaries of the same number 
as the petals, opposite to which they are placed around an imaginary 
axis, distinct, one celled, opening by a longitudinal chink along the 
inner angle, each mostly having at its base a glandular scale. Seeds 
fixed in a double row to the inner angle of the carpels. Albumen 
thin, fleshy. Hmbryo straight. adicle directed towards the hilum. 
—Succulent herbs or shrubs, with fleshy generally alternate leaves. 
Flowers usually in cymes. 
GENERA. 
Stamens three Ge four Vi.v.s.c.ccdddinredsk.s Linkma, vy. Lo qeles 
Stamens eight to twelve. 
