GENERA OF CLASS XVI. MONADELPHIA. 03 



Pericarpium — A capsule divided into as many iocuiaments at 

 Ihere are pistilla. Its figure various in the d liferent genera. 



Seeds — Kidney-shaped. 



The'corolla in this class has been called nionopetalous ; but a? 

 the petals are all distinct at the base, it is to be styled more pro- 

 perly pentapctalous, notwithstanding the petals cohere by the 

 union of the stamina. The orders are nine, containing sixty ge- 

 nera, vizi 



Order 1. Triandria, comprehending such plants as have three 

 stamina. This order contains five genera, viz. Aphyteia..,Ga- 

 laxia...Sisyrinchium...Ferraria...Tamarindus. 



Order 2. Pentandria, comprehending such plants as have 

 five stamina. This order contains nine genera, viz.^ \V alt heri a 

 ...Lerchea...Hermannia... Melochia... Symfhonia... Erodium 



{stork* S-MH) . . . OZOPHYLLUM . . . OcHROM A . . . PASS I FLORA . . . HeRMA M- 



NiA...and Melochia*. 



Order 3. Heptandria, comprehends such plants as have seven 

 stamina, and includes one genus, Pelargonium. 



Order 4. Octandria, comprehends such plants as Have eight 

 stamina. Of this order there are two genera, viz. Aitonia... 

 Pisttia. 



Order 5. Enneandria, comprehends such plants as have nine 

 stamina. Of this order there is but one genus, viz. Dryandra. 



Order 4 6". Decandria, comprehending such plants as have ten 

 stamina. This order contains three genera, viz. Conakus,..Ge-. 



RANIUMt...H(JGONIA...3ENRiEA...and CllINODENDRLM. 



* The reader will observe, that several of these genera were, by Linnaeus, con- 

 sidered to be of the class Gynandiia. 



•f The species of this genus varies singularly in the number of stamina and other 

 circumstances, viz. from 1 to 22 they have seven fertile stamina, (he leas es alternate, 

 and many flowers on- a peduncle; (these now consitute a aew genus, called Pejargo- 



