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GLASS XXIII. POLYGAMIA. 



Hermaphrodite flowers, end male or female, or both, on the fame, 

 or diftinct plants. 



ORDER I. MONJECIA. 



1824 Musa. Spa the partial, many- flowered : corol 2-pe- 



fa' led ; one of them erect, 5-tocthed : 

 the other nectariferous, concave, {hotter; 

 ftamina 6 : ftyle 1 : fowers all herma- 

 phrodite. 

 Male above : 5 filaments perfect : germ infe- 

 rior, abortive. 

 Fern, i Filament perfect : berry inferior, 

 oblong, 3 fideii, many-feeded. 



1826. Anthisteria. Calyx, glu me 4- vaWed, 3 or 4 flowered : corol 



glume 2-valved : ftyles 2, c\ava\e: feed 1 . 



1827. Holcus. Herm. Calyx, glume 1 or 2 -Howe red: corol, 



glume axvned: ftamina 3 ftyles 2: feed 1. 

 Male. Calyx, glume 2-valved : corol o: fta- 

 mina 3. 



1828. CyMBANCHE. lnflorefcence half fpiked. 



Herm. Calyx 2- gl timed, 1 -flowered, paral- 

 lel to the rachis ; outer-valve linear, 

 the oppofite one boat-fhaped, 



Fem. Calyx i-giumed, ovate, oppofite the 

 rachis. 



1831. Chloris. Herm, Calyx, glume 2-flowered : corol, 



glume aw ned at the bafe : ftamiha 3 

 fljles 2 : feed I. 

 Male. Corol awnlefs : /lamina 3. 



1832. Andropogon. Herm. Calyx, glume 1 -flowered: corol, 



glume awrted at the bafe : ftamina 3 i 

 ftyles 3- : feed, 1. 

 Male. Calyx awniefs : ftamina 3. 



1833. I sc h^:mum. Herm. Caly*, glume 2-flowered: corol 2- 



valved : /lamina 3 : ftyles 3 : feed 1. 

 Male. Stamina 3. 



1834. Manisuris. Henri. Calyx, glume 2-valved, i-flowered ; 



the outer valve emarginate at the top 



and fides : corol. lefs than the calyx : 



ftamina 3 : ftyle cloven. 



Male. 'Florets in the lower fide of the fame 



fpike, Handing more out. 



