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CLASSES, ORDERS, AND GENERA. XXXIH 



**** Flowers regular. Petals numerous^ 



Id m, 6. NYMPHL^ACEjE. p. 15. 



*» Witt 



Ord. IL Pentagtnia, Styles variable, 2 — 9. 



J^^^^ 7, Stratiotes.^ Germen inferior, 6-celled. p. 423. 



^% 8,*Keseda. Flowers irregular. Germen superior, solitary, 1 -celled, 



soon open at the top between the short styles. Seeds attached 



to 3 — 4 parietal receptacles, p. 44. 



9. Hypericum. Flowers regular. Germen superior, solitary, closed 

 ^&' at the top. — Leaves opposite, p. 79. 



alter. 10. RANUNCULACE^. Germens superior, several (3—6), 



id tit sometimes united below, each 1-celled. — Leaves alternate 



net- p. 3. 



ii i\^ Ord. III. PoLTGTNiA. Many styles. ' 



stincl n. RANUNCULACE^. p. 3. 



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Class XIV, DIDYNAMIA.'^ 4 stamens; 2 longer than the other 



two, 



Ord. I. Gtmnospermia.^ Germen or fruit deeply A-lobed, or appa- 

 rently of 4: naked seeds. Style from between the lobes. 



1. LABIATE, p. 315. 



+ 



mei Ord, II. Angiospermia,^ Germen entire^ or slightly 2-lobed, contain- 

 ied.- ing several seeds, with a terminal style. 



2. Verbena, Germen superior, 4-celled, with 1 seed at the base of 



each cell. Fruit splitting into 4 achenes.^ p. 335. 



3. Lum-^A. Germen inferior, 3 -celled; 2 of the cells with many 



abortive seeds, one with a perfect seed. Berry dry, l-seedecl. 



p. 194. 



4. OROBANCHACE-ffi. Germen and caps, superior, 1-celled, 



Seeds attached to parietal receptacles.— Leafless plants, p. 



294. 



luufi I We retain Stratiotes in the Class Polyandriaj solely because it has been placed 



there by Linnseus, Smith, and some others ; but the inferior germen shows its 

 place to be Icosandria: there are, however, seldom more than 12 stamens with an- 

 thers, so that it ought rather to be looked for in Dodecandria, and from its 

 being almost always dioecious, Richard long ago removed it to Dicecia Bode- 



' '^ 2 From dtsy iwoy and Syy«jM-;?, a power, or superiority of two stamens over the 



other two. 



jj, 8 From yy^voff. naked, and o-^i^/Mic, the seed, 



* From ocyyiiov, a vessel or capsule, and o-^i^fMsc, the seed.' 



& This genus is placed by Smith and ethers in the order Gymnospermia . It is 



sometimes described as having the seeds inclosed in one.thin membranous evanes- 



2 2fi cent pellicle or capsule ; but although we have not seen such, the terminal style 



appears to indicate the order Angiospermia» 



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