CLASSES, &c. AND GENERA ARRANGED, xciii 



Fraxinus, (Ash,) without petals. See above, 

 Schoenus 4. See Eng. Fl. Carex. 

 Lepidium ruderale, has two stamens only. 



Order IL DIGYNIA. 2 Pistils. 



Anthoxanthum, (Vernal-grass.) Calyx, a glume of two valves, 

 single-flowered. Corolla glume two-valved, the outward awned. 

 Seed one. N. O. Gramineae. — Page 9. 



Class III. TRIANDRIA. 3 Stamens. 



Order I. MONOGYNIA. 1 Pistil. 

 ■* Flowers superior. 



Valeria'na, (Valerian.) Corolla five-cleft, one-petalled, gibbous, 

 or spurred at the base. Fruit with one seed, crowned with the 

 feathery seed-down. N. O. Valerianeee. — Page 10, 



Fe'dia, (Corn-salad.) Formerly part of the genus Valeriana^ Co- 

 rolla one-petalled, five-cleft, gibbous at the base. Capsule 

 crowned with the toothed calyx, without valves, from one to 

 three fertile cells. Seeds solitary. N. O. Valerianese. — Page 

 11. 



Crocus, (Crocus.) Corolla segments six, deep, equal ; tube very 

 long. Stigmas plaited. N. O. Iridese. — Page 11. 



Iris, (Iris, or Flower-de-luce.) Corolla in six, segments deep, 

 unequal, each alternate segment longer, and bent back. Stigmas 

 two-lipped, like-petals, covering the stamens. N. O. Iridei3e. — 

 Page 11. 



* * Flowers inferior, chaffy. Seed one. 



ScHffiNUS,' (Bog-rush.) Corolla none. Spikelets two ranked, of 

 one to three flowers. Outer glumes smaller, empty. Style 

 simple at the base, falling off, (deciduous.) N. O. Cyperaceee. 

 J.— Page 12. 



Rhyncho'spora,^ (Beak-rush.) Corolla none. Spike few- 

 flowered. Glumes, (husks,) tiled all round, w^ith many smaller, 

 empty, outer ones. Seed beaked with the dilated, hardened, 

 permanent base of the style. N, O. The same. — Page 12. 



SciRPUS, (Club-rush, and Bull-rush.) Corolla none. Glumes, 

 (husks,) tiled all round, uniform, concave, expanded. Style 



' Pronounce skenus. * Ch pronounce like k. 



