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in Eoerhaave's fyftem ; it contains the Malva, 

 Njmphisa, Nigt'Ha, Ci/ius, &c. 



POLYCOTYLEDONES [n.A,.^, & atyl.] 

 having many cotyledons ; a mode of placen- 

 tation, exempliticd in the Phnis, CupreJ/i/s, & 

 Lmum. 



POLYGAMIA [-^oxvi, multm, many, h To,. 

 jtjo5, niiptia, nuptials] The twenty- third clafs 

 in the I innaian fyftem, comprehending thofe 

 plants which bear hermaphrodite flowers, to* 

 gether with male or female flowers, or both ; 

 mar ill cum uxorihm i^ inmiptis cohabitant in dijiin- 

 £}is thalamii. The orders in this clafs are 

 three, viz. MoNotciA, containing i8 genera, 

 viz. Mil fa, Hokus^ Cenchrus, Ifc/j^mum, ^gi- 

 lopSy .Andropogon-, Apluda, Valantia^ Ophioxylon, 

 Celtis, Vcrafi tan, Acer, Begonia, Mimofa, De- 

 hchanipia, Clufia, Parietaria, Airiphx ; Dio- 

 EGiA, containing 8 genera, viz. Panax, Diof- 

 hyniSy NyJJa, Flaxinus, Anthrofpermum, ArSlo- 

 pus, Glcditfia, Pifania ; Trioecia, containing 

 but one ^OT7;f, viz, Ficus, 



Polygamia, applied to a fingle flower, regards 

 the intercommunication of the flofculi which 

 form that flower, as in the flrft, fecond, 

 third, and foiuth orders of the clafs Syngene- 



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