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mushrooms. As the explanation of the character of these orders 

 will come more properly into the chapters that treat particularly 

 of each class, we shall content ourselves herewith having inter- 

 preted the titles as above. 



CHAP. IV. 



OF THE -FIRST CLASS, MONANDRIA. 



THIS class consists of such plants as bear bisexual flowers, 

 furnished with but one stamen. The orders are two, viz. 



Order 1. Monogynia, comprehending such plants as have but 

 one style. This order contains twenty genera, distinguished into 

 1. Scitaminice, with an inferior fruit, one-celled or three-celled, viz. 

 Canna {Indian reed)... Amomvm... Costus ...Alpinia...Maranta 

 ...Curcuma (turmerick) ... Kjemptferia... Thalia ... Myrosma... 



Renealmia Hellenia H edychium... Horns tedtia. . .and 



Phrymum. 2. Fruit inferior, four-celled ; Lopezia. 3. Fruit su- 

 perior, Phylidrum...Cucullaria...Qualea...Usteria. 4. One- 

 seeded. . . Boerh a avi a . . . Sali co rh i a (saltwort) . . . H ippuris ( mare's 

 ta2*/)...PoLLicHiA...MiTHRiDATEA. 5. Naked seeds, Chara...Zos~ 

 tera (sea-wrack). 



Order 2. Digynia, comprehending such plants as have two 

 styles. This order contains five genera, viz. Corispermum...Ca,l- 

 litriche...Butum (strawberry blite) ...Cinna,.. MiNiARUM.,.and 

 Lacistema. 



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