cxiv CLASSES, &c. AND GEXERA ARRANGED. 



Order II. PENTAGYNIA. 2 to o Pistils. 



Me'sptlus, Hawthorn, and Medlar. Cal. superior, five-cleft. Cor.' 

 pet. five. Apple, (pome,) with two, to five, bony, single-valved 

 capsules. Seeds two. — -Page 135. 



Pyrus, Pear ; Apple ; Service-tree. Cal. superior, five-cleft. 

 Cor.'pet. five. Apple, (pome,) with two, to five membranous, 

 two-valved capsules. Cells two-seeded. — Page 136. 



SpiRjEA, Drop-wort, Meadow-sweet. Cal. inferior, five-cleft, persis- 

 tent. Cor.-pet. five. Caps, three to twelve, one-celled, two- 

 valved ; valves membranous. Seeds few, H. numerous, Sm. — 

 Page 137. 



Order III. POLYGYNIA. Many Pistils. 



Rosa, Rose. Cal. urn-shaped, fleshy, contracted at the mouth, 

 five-cleft. Cor.-pet. five, pericarps, seeds, (carpels) many, 

 bristly, fixed to the inside of the calyx, whose tube is, at length, 

 pulpy, and lined with hairs. — Page 138. 



RUBUS, Bramble, and Raspherry. Cal. five-cleft. Cor.-pet. five. 

 Fruit superior (placed above the calyx,) of many single seeded 

 juicy stone-fruits, (drupes,) upon a protuberant, permanent, 

 spongy receptacle. — Page 142. 



ToRMEXTiLLA, Tormentil. Cal. eight-cleft, with segments alter- 

 nately smaller. Cor.-pet. four. Fi-uit numerous, small nuts 

 upon a dry, small receptacle. — Page 145. 



Geum, Avens. Cal. ten-cleft, alternate segments very small. Cor.- 

 pet. five. Pericarps (by some called seeds] each with a long, 

 jointed, bent, hooked awn, or tail. Receptacle lengthened out. — 

 Page 146. 



Frac4a'ria, Strawberry. Cal. ten-cleft, with segments alternately 

 smaller. Cor.-pet. five. Fruit of many very small nuts, (by 

 some called seeds), upon a large, pulpy, deciduous, (falling) 

 receptacle. — Page 144. 



Co'MARUM, Marsh-cinque-foil. Cal. ten-cleft, or more, segments 

 alternately smaller. Cor.-pet. five, (or more,) shorter than the 

 calyx. Pericarps, (seeds,) inserted on a large, .spongy, perma- 

 nent, hairy receptacle. — Page 147. 



PoTENTiLLA, Cinque-foU. Cal. ten-cleft, segments alternately 

 smaller. Cor.-pet. five. Fruit of numerous very small nuts 

 (seeds,) placed upon a diy, small receptacle. Seeds naked, 

 rugged, beardless. Sm. — Page 144. 



iSpircea Filipendula, and Sp. Ulmaria ; see in Icosand. PenUtyynia. 



