Order I. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
80 Spikes lateral, Bulbs small with long palm. tub. yell, inside. Leaves broad sessile silky beneath all green 
81 Spikes lat.Tub. palm, pale straw-col. Leaves gr. stalk, brd. with a pur. cloud down the mid. Fl. short, than brae 
82 Spikes lateral. Roots aeruginous within. Leaves stalked with a faint rusty cloud beyond their middle above 
83 Spikes lat. Roots pearl col. inside. Leaves broad on winged red stalks above the sheaths : rib and scape red 
84 Spikes lateral, Roots green inside palmate. Leaves narr. with a rusty cloud in middle 
85 Spikes lateral clavate comose, Roots ovate pale yell, inside. Leaves all green 
86 Spikes lateral. Tubers large incurved pale yellow. Leaves sessile villous beneath aU green 
87 Spikes lat. Roots palm, scented pale yell, inside palmd. Leaves and sheath rusty with a pale red spot in mid 
88 Spikes lat. few-flowered comose. Tubers long spreading pale inside. Leaves smooth pure green 
89 Spikes lat. Tubers all yellow. Leaves sessile green broad with a purple cloud down the middle 
90 Spikes lat. Leaves stalked oblong with red sheaths 
91 Spikes lat. Root with pale pendulous tubers. Leaves stalked narrow. Flowers longer than bractes 
92 Spikes central. Tubers palmate deep yellow. Leaves long stalked broad-lanceolate. Plant all green 
93 Spikes central. Leaves on long stalks cordate, Coma lilac 
94 Spikes central few-flowered. Tubers palmate pale yellow inside. Leaves broad smooth on long stalks 
95 Spikes central. Roots deep orange inside, Leaves long stalked broad green 
96 Leaves lanceolate. Spike terminal sub-sessile cone-shaped bulbiferous. Anther 4-horned 
97 Spike whorled. Lateral segments of cor. longest. Appendage cordate, Bractes lane, withering, Bulbiferous 
98 Leaves ovate lane, villous beneath. Racemes compound term, bulbif. Anther naked roundish 
99 The only species 
100 Flowers bright yellow, Leaves hairy 
101 Leaves ovate villous. Stem round 
102 Leaves ovate attenuate at base, with the 4-cornered stem smooth 
103 Leaves shining, Stems angular, from the decurrent stalks. Corymbs leafy at the base 
104 Leaves roundish cordate ciliated smooth. Branches angular 
105 Stem 4-cornered .smooth, Joints clammy. Flowers panicled. Leaves angular dotted with black beneath 
106 Stem round pubescent. Flowers in capitate corymbs 
107 Stem roundish hairy. Leaves ovate acute sub-repand. Flowers in heads diandrous 
108 Stem climbing. Leaves all cordate. Flowers in umbels diandrous 
109 Villous viscid. Leaves ovate acute sub-repand. Stem procumbent. Flowers in heads triandrous 
110 Leaves entire lanceolate. Stem |-shrubby at base. Flowers corymbose, Stamens nearly twice as long as cor. 
111 Leaves linear. Stem herbaceous. Flowers corymbose. Stamens nearly thrice as long as corolla 
112 Had- leaves ovate cauline pinnatifid. Stem upright smooth. Flowers panicled 
113 Stems branching declining, Flowers minute sessile in axillary heads 
114 Leaves alternate sheathing obtuse gaping on one side 
115 Stem erect shrubby. Joints of the young branches 2-sided, Scales of flowers truncate membranous 
116 Stem shrubby procumb. rooting. Joints compressed emarg. cylindr. Spikes obi. Style deeply divided, Stam. 2 
117 Herbaceous spreading, Joints emarginate compressed at end, Spikes axillary opp. stalked. Scales blunt 
118 Herbaceous procumbent. Joints obconic, Branches simp. Spikes fastigiate. Stamens 2 
119 Leaves whorled 10-12 linear acute 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
in 1758. La Tassole, Fr, He was the first friend and protector of Linna?us. All the plants of this genus are 
possessed of little beauty. 
20. Centranthus. From xivr^ov, a spur, and etvS-og, a flower, in allusion to the calcarate corolla. 
21. Pollichia. In honor of Jean Ad. PoUich, a German botanist, who published in 1776, a history of the plants 
of the Palatinate. The only species is an obscure herbaceous plant. 
22. Salicornia. From sal, salt, and cornu, a horn ; saltwort, marsh samphire. Le Christemarine, Fr. Glass 
schmaltz, Ger., and Erba-cali, Ital. S. herbacea is gathered when in flower, and pickled in salt and vinegar 
like samphire, for culinary purposes. The whole plant has a saltish taste, and is greedily devoured by cattle. 
All the species, excepting the S. arabica, abound on the shores of the Mediterranean, and are there burnt for 
soda, which is much used in the manufactures of soap and glass, especially at Marseilles. 
23. Hippuris. From /V^oj, a horse, and a tail. La Pesse d'eau, or pin aquatic, Fr. Schaftholm, Ger., 
and Hippuride, Ital. The flower of this plant is one of the simplest among perfect plants ; it has only one stamen 
and one pistil, unprotected by either calyx or corolla, and it produces only one seed. The situation of the leaves 
in whorls is not usual in European plants, excepting in the stellatse of Linnaeus. The flowers in the beginning 
of summer are mostly hermaphrodite, but in autumn many of them are female. By absorbing a great quantity of 
inflammable air, this plant is reputed to assist in purifying the putrid air of marshes. It is eaten by wild ducks. 
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