cvi CLASSES, &c. AND GENERA ARRANGED. 



Sambu'cus, Elder. Cal. five-cleft. Cor. one-petalled, wheel- 

 shaped, five-cleft. Berry inferior, three (or four) seeded. N. O. 

 Caprifoliaceae. J. — Page 86. 



* * Flowers inferior (below the germen.) 



Chenopudium ; see Pentand. Digynia : and Stellaria, in Decandria. 



Order IV. TETRAGYNIA. 4 Pistils. 



Parxa'ssia, Grcuss of Parnassus. Cal. deeply five-cleft. Cor.- 

 pet. five. Nect. fi-inged with bristles, bearing globes. Caps. 

 one-celled, fonr-valved. N. O. Saxifragese. Lindley. — Page 



87. 



Order V. PENTAGYNIA. 5 Pistils. 



LiNUM, Flax. Cal. five-leaved,' persistent. Cor. -pet. five. Caps. 



round, sharp-pointed, ten-celled, ten-valved. Seeds egg-shaped, 



compressed. N. O. Linese. DC. — Page 88. 

 Cerastium semidecandrum ; see in Decandria ; Spergula also. 



Order VI. HEXAGYNIA. 6 Pistils. 



Dro'sera, Sundew. Cal. five-cleft. Cor. -pet. five. Caps, one- 

 celled, three-valved. Seeds many. (^Leaves of this genus clothed 

 with glandular hairs.) N. O. Droseracese. DC. — Page 89. 



Order VII. POLYGYNIA. Many Pistils. 



Myosu'rus, Mouse-tail. Cal. five-leaved, spurred at the base. 



Cor. -pet. five, with tubular, honey-bearing claws. " Caps. 



(called seeds by some) not opening (indehiscent,) one-seeded, 



collected upon a very long, columnar receptacle." N. O. Ra- 



nunculaceae. J. — Page 90. 

 Ranunculus ; see in Polyandria. 



Class VI. HEXANDRIA. 6 Stamens of equal height. 



Order I. MONOGYNIA. 1 Pistil. 



* Flowers with calyx and corolla. 



Be'rberis, Barberry. Cal. six-leaved, inferior, (coloured,) falling 

 off, (deciduous.) Pet. six, (each with two glands at the base.) 



