POLYGAMIA. MONCECIA. 1824-1827. 1641 



ORDER I. MONCECIA. 



1824. MUSA. Herm. Spafhe partial, many-flow- 

 ered :corol 2- -petalled; one of them ereft, 5 -toothed; 

 the other nectariferous, concave, and fhorter: 

 ft amino, 6: style t. 



Male above; 5 filaments perfect: germ inferior, abortive. 



Fern. 1 filament perfect: berry inferior, oblong, 3-fided, 



many feeded. 



*ta~adi$iaca Spadix nodding: ma'es permanent. Plaint ain tree* 



Indies. Linn. Mus. i. t. i. Trttifc Ebret. t, 18 — 2C \ 



Sapientiutn. Spadix nodding: males deciduous. Banana tree. 



Indies. Treiv. Eh^c.t 4 t. 2 i , 22,23. 

 Vroglcdyta Spadix erect: fpathes deciduous. 

 rum. Molucca .ifland's. Rumpb, Amb. 5. 137, /, 6i. 



1825. VER ATRUM. Calyx o: petals 6: ftamina 7. 

 Herm. Piftils 3.- capfulcs 3, many- feeded- 



Male. Rudiment of a piftil. 

 album* Raceme more than decompound; the divifions fpikedrcorols 



erect. White Hellehore* 



Europe. Wcodv. t. 106. BIark~w. t 74. Mill, illuft. 

 tlride. Raceme more than decompound : corols bell-fhaped; the 

 claws thickened at the fide within. 

 North America. Alton, Hort. Kevo. %,p. 422. 

 Raceme compound; corols much fpread. 

 ^ Auftria, Siberia. Jacq, Aujir. J^.t 336. 

 Raceme quite fimple: leaves feflile. 



North America. Floiverj fpiked, yellovvifli. 



1826. ANTHI5TERIA. Herm. florets kttile, 

 male- florets pedicelied. 



Calyx, glume 4-valved, 3 or 4-f lowered, coriaceous: 

 corol, glume 2-valved, awnlefs : filaments 3: styles 

 2: stigmata clavate: feed i. 

 iata. Anthifteria. 



Culm, branched j jointed, glabrous: leaves alternate, ciliate to- 

 wards the (heath: raceme terminal, leafy. 

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1827. HOLCUS. Herm. Calyx, glume 2-valved, 

 1 or 2 -flowered: corol glume 2-valved, awned : 

 stamina 3: styles 2 zfeed 1. 



Male. Calyx, glume 2-vaived: corol c: stamina 3. 



Soft-grass. 

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