CLASS V. 
Clayto'nia. Calyx 2-leaved, or 2 parted, 
the leaves valve-like ; corolla 3-petalled, 
emarg^inate; stigma 3 cleft; capsule 1-cel- 
led, 3-valve(l,3 to 5-seeded. (spring beauty.) 
Ceano'thus. Petals scale-like, vaulted ; 
claws long, standing in the 5-clel't, cilp- 
forni calyx; stigmas 3; berry or capsule 
dry, 3-graiued, 3-celled, 3-seeded, 3-parted, 
opening on the inner side. (New-Jersey 
tea.) 
Euon"ymus. Calyx 4 to 6-lobed, flat, 
covered at the base by a peltate disk ; pe- 
tals 4 or 6, spreading, inserted into the 
disk ; capsule 3 to .5 celled. 
Celas"trus. Calyx 5 lobed, flat ; corol- 
la spreading; capsule obtu.sely 3-angled, 
3-celled, berry like ; valves bearing their 
partitions on their centres; cells 1 or 2- 
seeded ; stamens standing around a glan- 
dular 5-tootlied disk; style thick; stigma 
3-cleft; seeds calyptred or arilled. (staff- 
tree, false bitter-sweet.) 
Pickerin"ga. Calyx small, 5-parted, in- 
ferior ; petals 5 ; anthers sagittate ; style 
simple ; capsule 1-celled, sub-globose,'many- 
eeeded. S. 
Zi'ziPHUS. Calyx .5-cleft; petals 5, re- 
eembling scales, inserted into the glandular 
disk of the calyx; styles 2; drupe 2-celled, 
one cell often empty. S. 
Gomphre'na, Calyx 5-leaved, colored, 
exterior one 3-leaved ; 2 leafets converging, 
keeled ; petals 5, villose (or rather no co- 
rolla) ; nectary cylindric, 5-toothed ; capsule 
opening transversely, 1 -seeded ; style semi- 
bifid, (bachelor's button.) Ex. 
Cyril"la. Calyx minute, sub-terminate, 
5-parted ; petals 5, stellate ; stigmas 2 or 3 ; 
capsule 2-celled, 2-seeded, not opening; 
seed ovate, attached to the summit of a col- 
umella by a tilanient. 
Ga'lax. Calyx 5-parted, permanent ; co- 
rolla twice as long as the calyx, 5-petalled, 
affixed to the ba.se of the slaraons ; anther- 
bearing tube, 10 cleft, the 5 shorter .seg- 
ments bearing the anthers; stigma 3-lobed; 
capsule 3 celled, 3-valved ; seeds many, 
affixed to the columella. 
[Seed in a berry.] 
Vi'tis. Calyx 5-toothed, minute ; petals 
cohering at the tip, hood-like, withering ; 
style 0 ; stigma obtuse, capitate ; berry 5- 
seeded, globular, often dioecious ; seeds 
sub-cordate, (grape-vine.) 
AMPELOp"sts. (Ci.ssus.) Calyx minute, 
4 or 5 toothed ; petals 4 or 5, unconnected 
above, caducous; germ surrounded with a 
glandular di.sk ; berry 4 or 5-.seeded. 
Rham"nus. Calyx urceolate, 4 or 5-cleft ; 
petals alternating with the lobes of the cal- 
yx, or wanting; stigma 2or4-cleft; berry 
2 or 4-celled. 
E. Flowers 5-petalled, supertoi: 
Ri'bes. Calyx bell-form, 5-cleft (some- 
times flat) ; corolla and stamens in.serted on 
the calyx ; style 2-cleft ; berry many-seed- 
ed, (currant, gooseberry.) 
Hede'ra. Petals oblong : berry 5-seed- 
ed, surrounded by the calyx ; style simple. 
^European ivy.) Ex. 
ORDEK [I. 41 
I F. Flowers inccrinplete. 
Hamii.to'nia. Polygamous ; perianth tur- 
binate, campanulate, 5-cleft ; corolla 0 ; nec- 
taiy with the disk 5-toothed , style 1 ; stig- 
mas 2 or 3, germ immer.sed in the nectary ; 
drupel-seeded, enclo.sed in the adhering base 
of the calyx, (oil nut.) 
Siphon'y'chia. Sepals 5, linear; necta- 
ries 5 ; style filiform ; utricle 1 -seeded, en- 
closed in the calyx. 
Th k'sium. Perianth 4 or 5-clefl ; stamens 
4 or 5, villous externally ; nut 1 -seeded, cov ■ 
ered by the persistent perianth, (false-toad 
flax.) 
Any'chia. Sepals 5, united at the base, 
.slightly concave, sub-saccate at 'he apex ; 
sub-mucronate on the back ; petals none ; 
stamens 2 to 5 ; inserted on the base of the 
sepals ; styles veiy short, distinct, or united 
at the base ; utricle enclosed in the calyx ; 
1 -seeded. 
GrLAUX. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, col- 
ored ; capsule globo.se, 5-valved, 5-seeded. 
surrounded by the calyx. 
Celo'sia. Sepals 3, Hke a 5-petalled co- 
rolla ; stamens united at the base by a plait- 
ed nectary ; capsules opening hoiizontally ; 
style 2 or 3-cleft. Ex. 
order II. digynia. 
A. Corolla \-petalled, inferior. 
Gentia'na. Calyx 4 or 5-cleft; corolla 
with a tubular base, bell-fonn,without pores, 
4 or 5-cleft ; .stigmas 2, sub-sessile ; capsule 
1-celled, oblong ; columellas 2, longitudinal ; 
stamens but 4, when the divisions of corolla 
ai-e 4. (gentian.) 
Cuscu'ta. Calyx 4 or 5-cleft; corolla 4 
or 5-cleft, sub-campanulate, withering ; cap- 
sule 2-celled, dividing transversely at the 
ba.se ; seeds binate. (dodder.) 
GelseMi'num. Calyx small, 5-leaved; 
corolla funnel-foiTn ; border spreading, 5- 
lobed, nearly equal ; capsule 2-celled ; seeds 
flat. 
Hydro'lea. Calyx 5-petalled; corolla 
wheel-form, or bell-fonxi ; anthers cordate ; 
style long, diverging ; stigma peltate ; cap- 
sule 2-celled. S. 
Dichon"dra. Calyx 5-parted, with spat- 
ulate segments ; corolla sliort, bell-form, 5- 
parted ; stigma peltate, capitate ; capsule 
compressed, 2-celled, 4 -seeded. S. 
Evol"vulus. Calyx 5-parted; corolla 
bell-form ; styles 2, 2-(;left ; stigma simple. 
Swer"tia. Corolla rotate, with 2 pores 
at the base; of each segment. 
B. Corolla dpetalled. 
Pa'nax. Polygamou.s, umbelled ; involu- 
crum, many-leaved ; calyx 5-toothed. in the 
perfect flower, superior ; bemy cordate, 2 or 
3-seeded ; calyx in the staminate flower ea 
tire, (ginseng.) 
Heuche'ra. Calyx inferior, 5-cleft; co- 
rolla on the calyx ; petals small ; cap.sule 2- 
beaked, 2-celled, many-seeded, (alum-root.) 
C. Corolla wanting; 
Salso'la. Perianth inferior, 5-clefl, per. 
sistent, enveloping the fruit with its base. 
