XXIV 



LINN^AN METHOD, 



22. Hedera. Cal. 5-toothed. Pet. and stam. inserted 



23. 



at the top 

 -5-seeded. p. igrf 

 Pet. and stam. inserted at the ton nf 

 the germen. Germen 2-celled, Ovules solitary in each cell 



X «7 !• 



of the gennen. Germen 5-celled. Berry 3 

 CoRNus, Cal. 5-toothed. 



P 



****it:* 



Perianth single. 



24. 



25. 



26. 



27. 



Glaux. Perianth inferior, campanulate, coloured, of 1 piecp 

 5-cleft. Stamens alternate with its lobes, p 341 ' 



PARONYCHIACE^. Perianth inferior, of 5-leaves Stam 

 opposite to the leaves of the perianth, with 5 alternating suh' 

 ulate scales or filaments, p. 152. 



CHENOPODIACE^. Perianth inferior, deeply S-cleft Stam 

 opposite to the segment of the perianth, without alternating' 

 filaments.^ Style 2— 3-partite. p. 352. ^ 



Thesium. 



Perianth superior, 

 the perianth, p. 372. 



Stam. opposite to the lobes of 



Ord. IL DiGYNiA. 2 styles. 

 Perianth double, inferior. Cor. monopetalous, 



28. GENTIANACE^ 



29. 



2-valved. 



CUSCUTA. 



Germen 1 -celled, many-seeded. 

 Leaves opposite, p. 274, 

 Germen 2-celled, 4-seeded. 



Caps. 



- Caps, bursting all round 

 transversely at the base, 2-celled, with the cells 2-seede(l 

 — Parasitical leafless plants with filiform twining stems! 



p. 281. 



** Perianth double superior. Pet 5. Seeds 2. * 



30. UMBELLIPE^. p. 165. 



ivM* Perianth info 



Pet. 5 or wanting. 



31 . Staphtlea. Cal. coloured, 5-cleft, with an urceolate disk at the 



base. Pet. 5. as long as the calyx. Caps, membranaceous, 

 with several bony seeds.— Shrubs, with compound leaves and 

 deciduous stipules, p. 88. 



32. PAEONYCHIACE-^. Cal. of 5 leaves. Pet. resembling 



sterile filaments or scales. Fruit 1 -seeded, not winged.— 

 Herbaceous plants. Leaves opposite, with membranaceous 

 stipules, p. 152.. 



33. ScLERANTHUS. Perianth single, urceolate, contracted at the 



mouth. Stam. upon the throat of the perianth. Fruit 

 1 -seeded, covered by the hardened perianth, not winged.— 

 leaves opposite, without stipules, p. 362. 



34. CHENOPODIACE^. Perianth single, herbaceous, 5-cleft 



or 5-parted. Stam. inserted into the base of the perianth. 



} In this division so much of the calyx is ^incorporated with the germen, and so 

 minute are the segments or free portion of thelinib, that at first sight, as in Bu- 

 d/^ac^^, belonging to the second division of CI. IV. Ord. L it would appear as if 

 there were no calyx. » ^ rr 



