CLASSES, &c. AND GENERA ARRANGED, xcvii 



AspE'RULA, {JVood-ruff^ Corolla tubular. " Fruit without any 



distinct margin to the calyx. — Page 36. 

 Shera'rdia, [Field-madder.) Corolla tubular. Fruit crowned 



with the calyx, each seed three-toothed. — Page 36. 



*** Flowers one-petalled, inferior, [belong to the germen.) 

 Plant A'GO, {Plantain.) Corolla bent back. Stamens very long. 



Capsule bursting all round, across, two, or four-celled. N. O. 



Plantaginese. J. — Page 40. 

 Cextu'nculus, {Chaf-weed.) Corolla tubular, spreading, four- 

 partite. Stamens short within the tube. Caps, one-celled, 



bursting all round, across. N. O. Primulacese. Ventenat. — 



Page 41. 



Some of the Gentians helong here. 



* * * * Cor. four-petalled. 



CoRXUS, {Cornel.) Pet. without any nectary. Nut of the drupe 



(stone-fruit,) two-celled, two seeded. — Page 41. 



For Carddmine. See Tetradynamia. 



***** No Petals. 

 Parieta'ria, [JVall-PelUtory.) Cal. four-cleft, inferior. Stamen- 

 filaments, first curved inwards, afterwards expanding with an 



elastic force. Seed clothed with the lengthened out cal. (Some 



of the flowers are stamenless, their calyx remaining unaltered.) 



N. O. Urticeoe. J. — Page 42. 

 Sanguisorba, {Burnet.) Cal. four-cleft, superior, coloured, with 



four scales on bracteas at the base. Stamens dilated upward. 



Caps, square, one-celled, " surrounded by the persistent base 



only of the calyx." N. O. Rosaceae. J. — Page 41. 

 Alchemilla,^ {Lady's mantle.) Cal. eight-cleft, inferior. Fruit 



one, or two-seeded, " surrounded by the persistent calyx." N. O. 



Rosacese. J. — Page 42. 



Order II. DIGYNIA. 2 Pistils. 



Alchemilla {"^Yon. ke,) see above. The Gentians and Cuscutas ; 

 see in Pentandria. 



Order III. TETRAGYNIA. 4 Pistils, or Stigmas. 



Ilex, {Holly.) Cor. wheel-shaped, one, or four-petalled. Berry 

 four-seeded. Styles none. Some flowers without any pistil 

 (barren.) N. O. Aquifoliaceee. DC. Ilicineae. Brong- 

 niart. — Page 43. 



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