Order II. 
MONANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
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120 Leaves entire somewhat 3-nerved, Stems nearly rovmd 
121 Spikes compound, Stem decumbent 
122 Spike simple solitary. Stem upright 
123 Spikes 2-4 simple, Stem upVight, Leaves thick 
DIGYNIA. 
124 Spikes terminal. Flowers distant, Leaves nerveless and bractes unarmed 
125 Spikes axillary. Flowers close imbricat. Leaves nerveless and bractes mucronate pungent 
126 Spikes terminal. Flowers becoming remote, Leaves nerveless and bractes pungent. Fruit incurved 
127 Spikes terminal and axillary, Flowers imbricate. Leaves and bractes mucronate. Stem villous 
128 A small floating plant resembling Lemna 
129 Heads in terminal spikes 
130 Heads lateral scattered 
131 Heads axillary small not juicy. Stem very branching 
132 A stinging twinmg perennial plant 
and Miscellaneous Particulars, 
same, Ger. The species abound in the south of Russia in marshy steppes with Salsola and Atriplex. Round the 
Caspian sea they grow six feet high, are red in winter, and eaten by camels. 
27. Callitriche. From xocXXa; or y^tx-Xo?, and hair. Le Callitrice, Fr. Der Wasserstirn, Ger., and Calli- 
trica, Ital. A little aquatic plant, liable to variation in its appearance; on which account some botanists have 
divided it into several species. 
28. Blitum. From (SXirov, insipid, or, according to Dr. Theis, from the Celtic blitk, which has the same in- 
port. Le Blete, Fr. Die Beermelde, Ger., and Blito, Ital. After the flowers are pa^t, the heads swell to the 
size of wood-strawberries, and when ripe have the same color and appearance. They are succulent, stain the 
hands, and were formerly used by cooks for coloring puddings. Some consider the B. virgatum as only a 
variety of the other. 
29. Aspicarpa. From ka-^ii, a round shield, and xoc^rroi, fruit, in reference to the form of the ripe fruit. 
32. Olea. Cor. 4-cleft. Segments subovate. Drupe one-seeded. 
33. Phillyrea. Cor. 4-cleft. Berry one-seeded. 
34. Chionanthus. Cor. 4-cleft. Segments very long. Drupe one-seeded, with a furrowed nut. 
35. Notelcea. Cal. 4-toothed. Cor. 4 short oval petals united by the base of the stamens. Filaments 
4-horned. Style O. Stigma bifid. Drupe with a papery putamen. 
36. Ligustrum. Cor. 4-cleft. Berry 4-seeded. 
37. Syringa. Cor. 4-cleft. Capsule' of two cells. 
38. Nyctanthes. Cor. 4-cleft. Segments truncated. Caps, with two cells edged. Seeds solitary. 
39. Jasminum. Cor. 5 or 8-cleft. Berry with two divisions. Seeds solitary with an arillus. 
§ 2. Flowers complete, inferior, monopetalous, irregular. 
40. Veronica. Cor. 4-cleft : limb flattish ; the lowest segment the narrowest. Capsule 2-celled. 
41. Galipea. Cor 4 or 5-cleft, hypocrateriform. Stam. 4 : 2-sterile. 
42. Schwenkia. Cor. nearly equal : the orifice plaited, stellate, and glandular. Stam. 5 : 3-sterile. Capsule 
2-celled. 
43. Gratiola. Cor. 4-cleft, 2-lipped, resupinate. Stamens 4 : 2-sterile. Caps. 2-celled. 
44. Schixanthus. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. 2-Upped resupinate : the upper lip 5-parted, the lower 3-parted. 
Stam. 4, 2-sterile. Caps. 2-valved, 2-celled. 
45. Elytraria. Cal. 4-5-parted. Cor. 5-cleft, nearly equal Caps. 2-valved, 2-celled. Seeds attached below 
to a dissepiment contrary to the valves. 
46. Hypoestes. Cal. 5-cleft equal, with a 4-cleft 3-flowered involucrum. Cor. 2-lipped. Stamens 2. Anthers 
1-celled. Seeds fixed by little hooks. 
47. Justicia. Cal. 5-parted equal. Cor. 2-lipped or ringent : the lower lip divided. Anthers 2-celled. Seeds 
attached by little hooks. 
48. Dicliptera. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. bilabiate. Caps, with two elastic valves, | 2-celled, the dissepiment re- 
taining the seeds by its inflexed toothed edge. 
49. Eranthemum. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. 5-cleft, with the tube curved in the middle. Caps, many seeded. 
50. Wulfenia. Cor. 4-cleft : smooth bearded. Cal. 5-parted. Caps. 2-celled. 
51. Calceolaria. Cor. ringent, inflated. Cal. 4-cleft. Caps. 2-celled, 4^valved. 
52. Pinguictda. Cor. ringent, spurred. Cal. 5-cleft. Caps. 1-celled. 
53. Vtrtcularia. Cor. ringent, spurred. Cal. 2-leaved. Caps. 1-celled. 
