210 



Order II. TRIGYNU. Pistils 3. 



^20. POLYGONUM. Cal. coloured, in several deep seg- 

 ments, inferior, Co7\ 0. Seed 1, naked. 



Order III. TETRAGYNIA. Pistils 4. 



222. ADOXA. Cal. half-inferior. Cor. in 4 or 5 segments. 



Berry invested with the calyx. Seeds 4, bordered. 



221. PARIS. Cal. of 4 leaves. Pet. 4. Berry superior. 

 Seeds numerous, globose. 



223. ELATINE. Cal. of 4 leaves. Pet. 4. Ca'ps. supe- 

 rior, of 4 cells ; partitions from the column. Seeds 



oblong. 



Sagina 2. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 211. CENOTHERA. Evemng-primrose. 



Linn. Gen. 187. Juss.3\9. Comp. 59. Lam. t. 279. 

 Onagra. Tourn. t. \56. Gcertn. t.:i2. 



Nat. Ord. Calycantkemce. Linn. 17. 0?iagrce. Juss. 88. 

 JV. 212 the same. 



Cal. superior, of 1 leaf, deciduous ; tube cylindrical, erect, 

 bearing the pet. and sfam.; limb in 4 deep, oblong, acute, 

 reflexed, partly combined, segments. Pet. 4, inversely 

 heart-shaped, equal, flat, attached to the summit of the 

 tube of the calyx, and as long as the limb. Filam. from 

 the throat of the tube, awl-shaped, incurved, shorter than 



