CLASS XII. ZXX1X 



* retals 5 to 9. (Stamens sometimes 6 to 20.) 



Podophyllum. — Sepals oval, caducous, Petals 6 to 9. riboVate. concave. Berry 



targe, ovoid. 1-celled.— Leaves 2, 1-sided, pxlmnicly lebe I. 16 



Hcdsdxia — Calvx 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stigma simple.— B.ahy heaih-likc small 



shrub . m Hi, bright % 41 



'Lechi.v.— Calyx 3-sepalled, with 2 outer bracts or sepal?. Petals 3. stamens 3 

 to 12." Stigmas 3. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved.— Flowers very small, 

 greenish or purplish. 41 



PoETri.\o-\.— Calyx 2-parted. Petals 4 to 6, equal. Stamens 8 to 20. Style 



mostly 5 cleft — Fleshy herbs. 56 



T.vuxor.— Sepals 2. ovr.t \ Petals 5. Starum? 10 to CO inserted with the petals 



into the torus. Style filiform, 3-cleft — Fleshy herbs. 57 



• Ccphha.— Calyx tabular. Petals very unequal, 6 or 7. Stamens in 2 sets. 



Stigma 2-lobed.— Herbs, mostly dummy. 1 1 3 



* * Corolla monodelphous. 



Sabbatia. — Calyx 7 to 11-parted. Corolla 7 to 11-parted, wheel-shaped. Style 



2-parted. Capsule 1-celied. — Flowers shoivy . 285 



Asakum. — rerianth bell-shaped, with a 3-parted limb. Style united, bearing 



G radiating crested stigmas at the apex. — Leaves kidney-shaped. 297 



Order II---YI. Bi-Hexagyxia.-^2 to 6 Styles or Stigmas. 



'Hypericum.— Petals 5. Styles 3 to 5. Capsule 1-celled, many-seeded. — Flowers 



yellow. 44 



ELorEA— Sepals 5. retals 5, oblong. Stamens 9 (rarely 12 to 15) in 3 parcels. 



Styles 3, distinct. — Flowers purplish. 46 



Reseda. — Sepals many. Petals 4 to 7, unequal, often cleft. Stamens 10 to 40, 



turned to one side. — Flowers very smj.ll. 00 



'CLASS XXI. TCOSANDKIA.— More ilxrn 10 Stamens 

 placed on the calyx. 



NATURAL ORDER ROSACEA. 9€ 



f AMYGDALE.E.— Calyx entirely free from the solitary ovary, deciduous. 

 Style terminal . Fruit a drupe (stcne-ffuit). — Trees or shrubs, with simple 

 leaves, the bark exuding gum. 96 



1. Pruxts. — Drupe oval or oblong, covered with a glaucous bloom, the stone 



flattish, smooth, 2-edged. — Small trees. 96 



-2. Cerasu3.— Drupe globular, without a bloom ; ctone round,-smooth.— Trees 



or shrubs. 97 



'3. Pbrsica.— Drupe very fleshy, tomentose or smooth: stone somewhat com- 

 pressed, acute, rUgosely furrowed and perforated on the surface. — Small 

 trees. 98 



A. Amygdaixs.— Stone perforate and furrowed, ovate, compressed, one edge 



acute, the other broad, obtuse. — Shrubs, with reddish flowers. 99 



■\ f ROSACEJE proper. — Calyx free from the ovaries, but sometimes enclosing 



them in the tube. Pistils few to many. Fruit achenia or follicular. 99 



* Fistils mostly 5, forming few seeded follicles in fruit. Style terminal. 



5. Spip.^a. — Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, roundish, equal. Carpels 3 to 12, dis- 



tinct —Shrubs or herbs, with white or rose-colored flowers. 98 



6. Gillexia.— Calyx tubular, bell-shaped, 5-cleft. Petals 5 linear-lanceolate. 



Stamens 10 to 20. Carpels 5, distinct.— Serbs, with Z-foliaie incised leaves 

 and wkitish flowers. -VX- 



