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GENERA IN CLASS XXIII. POLYGAMIC 



(juniper, cedar, savin)... Ephedra (shrubby horse- tail)... Ciss am pe- 

 los... Nap^ea...Adelia...Araucaria... Exccecaria ... Horsfiel- 

 di a... Myrist i ca (nutmeg-tree) . . .Dryandra . . . B atsi a . . . Lat ani a 



...LoUREIRA...ZaNTHE. ALCHORNEA...and Nepentes. 



Order 14. Syngenesia, comprehends such plants as have their 

 male flowers furnished with stamina, of which the anthem are 

 united. Of this order there is but one genus, viz. Ruscus (but- 

 cher* s-broom)*. 



Order 15. Gynandria, comprehends such plants as have their 

 male flowers furnished with stamina that grow out of a kind of 

 style, or imperfect pist ilium, the perfect one being in the female 

 flower. Of this order there is but one genus, viz. Cluytia* 



CHAP. XXVI. 



OF THE TWENTY-THIRD CLASS, POLYGAMIA. 



THIS class consists of such plants as bear bisexual flow- 

 ers ; and also either male or female flowers, or both. The orders 

 of this class are three, containing fifty-four genera, viz. 



Order 1. Monozcia, comprehends such plants as have the po- 

 lygamy on the same plant. This order contains forty -five genera, 

 viz. Musa (plantain tree, and banana tree)... Holcus (soft grass, In- 

 dian millet) . . .Tetrapogon . . . Antheropogon. . ..ZEgopogon . . .Elyo- 

 nurus....Ischjemum...^1gilops...Chloris...Andropogon...Colla- 



* This, by Wildenow, is inserted in -the class Mouadelplua. EtfiTOife. 



