CLASSIFICATION. - 15% 
by their unjointed stem, such as Typha, Sparga- 
nium, Carex, Schoenus, &c. 
4, Gramina.. All the proper Grasses, § 122, 5 
5. Tripetaloidee. These have either three petals, or 
the calyx has three foliola, as in Juncus, Alisma, &c. 
6. Ensate. Lilies, whose leaves are ensiform or 
sword-shaped, and their corolla monopetalous, are 
of this order, as Iris, Gladiolus, &c. ‘ 
7. Orchideea, whose roots are fleshy, but the 
flowers are either furnished with a spur or with a 
corolla of a singular construction. ‘The filaments 
and style are obscure, and the germen is below the 
flower. | 
8. Scitaminee have a herbaceous stem, very broad 
leaves, a three-cornered, or at least a blunt-cornered 
germen, under a liliaceous corolla ; as in Amomum, 
Canna, Musa, &c. 
Oo Spathacee, are Lilies, which have their lowers 
contained ina large spatha j ; as in Allium, Nar 
_cissus, &c. 
10. Coronarie, Lilies that have no spatha, but 
have a corolla with six petals; as in Tulipa, Or- 
nithogalum, Bromelia, &c. 
11. Sarmentacee, that have very weak stems and 
liliaceous flowers, as Gloriosa, Smilax, Asparagus, &c. 
12. Oleracea, that have plain flowers, 1. €. OL NO 
beauty, as in Blitum, Spinacia, Petiveria, Herniaria, 
Rumex, &c. 
13. Succulenta, that have very thick, fleshy leaves, 
as in Cactus, Mesembryanthemum, &c. 
14. Gruinales have a pentapetalous corolla, seve- 
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