CLASS VI. ORDER 1. 
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obtuse, convevging, with intervening tuber- 
culate-trrooves and prominences ; joining- 
sides tiat ; germ sub-globose, compressed 
laterally; calyx obsolete, 5-toothed ; petals 
cordate. inHexed ; partial involucrnms 5 or 
ti leaved, or wanting, (water hemlock,) 
Si'uM. Fruit somewhat prismatic, with 5 
obtuse ribs ; pei'ianth minute : petals cordate, 
infiexed ; involucres many-leaved, entire, 
(water-parsnip.) 
CryptoTj*:'nia. Calyx with the margin 
obsolete ; petals obovate, sub-entire, nar- 
rowing into an inflexed point ; fruit con- 
tracted at the .side, linear-oblong, with a 
short slender foot-stem, and crowned with 
a straight style ; and having many edging 
fillets, concealed, or nearly .so ; fruit-cover- 
ing bifid at the apex ; plant glabrous ; leaves 
3 cleft, segments curve toothed. 
Zi'ziA. Margin of the calyx ob.solete or 
very short, 5-toothed ; petals oval, tapering 
into a long point : fi'uit conti'acted fi'om the 
side, roundi.sh, or oval ; carpels terete-con- 
vex, a little fiatti.sh before ; flowers yellow, 
rarely white or dark-purple. 
Bupleu'rum. Calyx none ; flowers reg- 
ular ; petals .'5 ; .styles very short, spreading ; 
stigmas minute, simple ; fruit egg-.shaped, 
obtuse. 
Si'soN. Fruit ovate, striate ; involucrums 
generally 4 leaved. 
A'piUM. Seeds convex externally ; ribs 5, 
email, a little prominent; germ sub globose; 
perianth entire ; petals equal, roundish, 
inflexed at the apex ; involucrum 1 to 3- 
leaved or wanting, (celery, parsley.) Ex. 
Corian"duum. Seeds sub-spherical; 
germ spherical ; perianth 5-toothed ; petals 
cordate, inflexed, outer ones largest ; invo- 
lucrum l leaved or wanting, (coriander.) 
Ex. 
LiGUs"TicuM.Germ oblong, with 5 acute 
ribs ; intervals sulcate ; universal and par- 
tial involucres, (lovage.) 
^THu'sA, Fruit ovate, sub-sohd, having 
bark ; ribs acute and turgid ; intervals 
acute-angled ; joining-sides flat, striate ; in- 
volucrum 1-side, or none, (fools' parsley.) 
ORDER III. TRIGYNIA. 
A. Flowers superior. 
Vtbur'"num. Calyx 5-parted or 5-toothed, 
small; corolla bell form, S cleft, with spread- 
ing or reflexed lobes; stigmas almost ses- 
sile ; berry or drupe 1-seeded. (snow bah, 
fiheep-berry, high cranberry.) 
Sambu'cus. Calyx 5-parted or 5-cleft, 
small ; corolla snb-urceolated, 5-cleft ; stig- 
ma minute, sessile ; berry globose, 1-celled, 
3-seeded. 
B. Flowers inferior. 
Rhus. Calyx 5-parted ; petals 5 ; berry 
1-seeded, small, sub-globular, (sumach, poi- 
son-ivy.) 
Staphyle'a. Calyx 5-parted, colored; 
petals 5 on the margin of a glandular 5-an- 
gled di.sk; capsules infiated, connate; nuts 
' globular and cicatrized, 1 or 2 remaining in 
each capsule, though several appear as ru- 
diments while in bloom, (bladder-nut.) 
Lepu'Roph'talon. Calyx 5-parted ; pet- 
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als 5, resembling scales, inserted into the 
calyx; capsule free near the summit. 1- 
celled, 1-valved. S. 
ORDER IV. TETRAGYNTA. 
Parnas^sia Calyx inferior, permanent, 
5-parted ; corofla 5-petalled ; nectaries 5- 
fringed, with stamen-like divisions ; stig- 
mas sessile ; capsule 4-valved, 1 or 2-celled ; 
seed membranaceous-margined. (parnas- 
sus grass, flowering plantain.) 
ORDER V. PENTAGYNIA. 
Ara'lia. Umbellets involucred ; peri- 
anth 5-toothed, superior; petals 5; sti<,nna3 
sessile, sub-globose ; berry crowned, 5- 
celled ; cells 1-seeded. (spikenard, wild- 
sarsaparilla.) 
Li'num. Calyx 5-leaved or 5-parte J, per- 
manent ; corolla 5-petalled, inferior, with 
claws ; capsule 5 or 10-valved, 10-celled ; 
seeds .solitary, ovate, compre.ssed ; filaments 
spreading or united at the base, (flax.) 
Si1{Bal"dia. Calyx 10-cleft, with the al- 
ternating segments narrower; petals 5, in- 
.serted in the calyx ; styles attached to the 
germ laterally ; nuts ^ \n the bottom of the 
calyx. 
Stat^ice. Calyx funnel-form, plaited, 
scarious ; petals 5 ; stamens inserted on the 
petals ; .styles 5 ; flowers in spikes or heads; 
capsule 1-seeded, without valves. 
order VI. HEXAGYNIA. 
Dros'^kra. Calyx inferior, deeply 5 cleft, 
permanent ; petals 5. marescent ; anthers 
adnate; styles 6, or 1 deeply divided; cap- 
sule round, 1 or 3-cened, many-seeded, 
valves equalling the number of stigmas, 
(sundew.) The leaves of all the species 
are beset with glandular hairs resembling 
dew. 
order XII. POLYGYNIA. 
Xanthorhi'za. Calyx 0; petals 5; nec- 
taries 5, pedicelled ; capsule half 2-valved, 
l-seeded, about 5 in number, (yellow-root.) 
Myosu'rus. Calyx inferior, of few, lan- 
ceolate, colored sepals ; petals 5, with tu- 
bular, honey-bearing claws; filaments as 
long as the calyx ; calyx spurred at the 
base. 
CLASS VL KEXANDRIA. 
ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 
A. Flowers complete, having a calyx and 
corolla. 
Tradescan^tia. Calyx inferior, 3 leav- 
ed ; corolla 3 petalled ; filaments with joint- 
ed beards ; cap.sules 3-celled, many-seeded, 
(spider-wort.) 
Leon^tice. Caulophyllum. Calyx of 
3-6 sepals, naked externally r petals 6, un- 
guiculate, with a scale on eacn claw; ova- 
ry superior, ventrico.se obovoid. obliquely 
beaked ; .seeds 2-4, globose, inserted in the 
bottom of the capsule, which is ruptured at 
an early period. ^ 
Ber'''beris. Calyx inferior, 6-leaved 
petals 6, with 2 glands at the claw of each; 
style 0 ; berry 1-celled, 2 or 4-seeded ; stig- 
