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rinft ab6ve, tlie extei'ior ones ilaorter : Anthene 

 incumbent. Pistilla, Receptaculnm of the 

 fi-uflification, pi'ominent in the centre of the 

 flower ; Germina, ereft, rotato-articulatCf fur- 

 rounding the apex of the receptacuhmi \ Styl'i, all 

 united below in one body with the Receptaadum, 

 and at the top diftinguiflied into as mzny Jila- 

 metita as there are germina ; Stigmata, fpreading, 

 and flender. Pericarpium, Capfida divided 

 into as many dlftindl lociila, as there are pi/lUla. 

 Semina, reniform. The plants of this clals 

 are emollient, and mucilaginous. The orders 

 are three, w'z. Pentandria, containing 4 ^^77^-- 

 ra, viz. IValtherla, Hermannia, Meloch'ia^ Bombax j 

 Decandria, containing 3 genera, viz. Conna- 

 rus, Hugonia, Geranium ; Polyanbria, con- 

 taining 14 ^^K^raj viz. Adanfonia, Sida, Napaa, 

 A'lthaa, Akea, Malva, Lavatera, Makpc, Ure- 

 va^ Gojjypium, l-Iibifcus, Pentapetes, Steivartia, 

 Camellia. 



MONANDRIA [^o'vo?, mlcus, one, & «vj)g, 

 maritus, a huflaandj The firft of Linnaeus's twen- 

 ty-four clafles : it comprehends thofe plants 

 Vv-hich produce hermaphrodite flowers, ba- 

 ring but one ftamcn ; its orders are two, vi%. 

 MoNOGYNiA, which comprehends 11 genera. 

 Viz. Canna, Amomum, Cojlm^ Alpinia, A'laranta, 

 Curcuma, K-.rnpfcria, Thalia, Boerhavia, Salicor- 

 P ilia. 



