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Order III. Trtgynia. — 3 Styles or sessile Stigma*. 



* Corolla 5 Retailed. 



Hiius.— CaJyx small, 5-partod. Petals -5; ovate, spreading; Drupe, dry, hairy, 



lcolkd^ 1 seeded.— .$/./ nhj, sometimes climbing by rooting, tendrils. 07" 



Sta.piiyi.ea. — Sepals 5, oblong: Petals ">. with short claw?. Capsule inflated. 



3-cellel. few-seeled. — Shrubs, ivitk opposite pinnate leaves. 72 



Sperqularia. — Capsule 1 celled, many-seeded. — Low herbs, with fleshy opposii-e 



bavs and small reddidit jlowcrs. 5' 



Hi perioum. — Capsule l-celled, membranaceous. — Ilirbs, wiUi entire dulled leaves 



and yellow Jbncers. 44 , 



* * Corolla l-peSailecTj 5- parted. 



"^jiscrntm. — Calyx 5-toothed, persistent. Corolla rotate, spreading. Fruit a 

 1-ccllcd, 1-seeded drape. — Shrubs, or small trees., with simple leaves and 

 white Jiowers in flat cyrms. 149 



Sambucus. — Corolla urn-shaped. Fruit a berry-like juicy drupe, containing S . 



st sds. — Shrubby plants, with pinnate leaves, and numerous white flowers in 

 cymes. 148 



Order IV. Tetragyxia, — 4 Styles or sessile Stigmas. 



P-arnass: v.— Calyx deeply o-cletr. Petals 5. Sterile stamens clustered at Iho 

 of the fertile! Stigmas A, setyilc-rFlowsrs solitary, terminating the 

 long naked scapes. 4" 



JJrosera.— Calyx deeply y-eleft. Petals 5. Styles ?> to 5, each 2-paricd.— Low 



aquatic herbs, with theleaves clothed with reddish gla.nddjea.nug bristles. 42 . 



Order V*. Penta<3?snri;.-- 5' Pistils. 



arauv — Calyx with the margin very short, 5-todthed. Petals 5. sprra'tinar. 

 Berry Celled. — Low trees, shrubs -or herbs, with 2 or o-ternaldy or pin- 

 nate! y compound lea 112 



EW0M.— Capsule sub-«1obose, 10- valved, IG-celled. — Bfrbs, with simple and 



sessile leaves, and blue or yellowish flowers. CI ! 



3-tatice. — Calyx funnel-form. 5 toothed. Petals 5, united at base, — Sait-morsh 



plants, withthick radical leaves, and small flowers, in a compound c*rymb. 22,; 



Armeria. — Calyx tubular bell-shaped. 5-angled. Petals 5, nearly distinct. — 



Leaves mostly linear, radical. Flowers rose-colored, on a simple scape. 22S '. 



Zanthoriza. — Sepals and petals hypc^ynous.distinct. Follicles membranaceous, 



compressed, 1-seeded. — Leaves pinnately s dividcd. Flowers dull purple. 11 . 



CLASS VI. HEXANDMA.— 6 equal Stamens. 



Order I. Monogynia. — 1 Pistil. 



* Flowers with both calyx and corolla. Leaves reticulate- 



veined. 



Bsrberip. — Sepals 6, mostly with 2 braeteoles at the base. Petals 6, with 2 



glands upon their claws. Berry 2 or 3-seeded. — Shrubs, with yellow wood. 16 



Leontice. — Sapals 6, naked without. Petals 6, with a scale at br.se wichin. 

 Style short* Seeds naked on their thick seed-stalk, resembling drupes. 

 Herbs. II 



