CLASS XI. ORDER XII. 
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Bomewhat 2-cleft ; capsule 1 or 5-celled, 
with a 5-toothed opening, (campion.) Ex. 
ORDER X, DECAGYNIA. 
Phytoi.ac"ca Calyx 0 ; corolla 5-petal- 
led or 5-cleft, calyx-like, inferior; berry 10- 
celled. 10-seeded. (poke-weed.) 
CLASS XI ICOSANDRIA. 
ORDER I MONOGYNIA. 
Cac"tus. Calyx supenor, many cleft, im- 
bricate ; petals numerous, in many series 
the inner ones larger ; stigma many-dell 
beny 1-celled, many-seeded, umbilicatt 
(prickly-pear.) 
Barto'nia. Calyx superior, 5-cleft ; co- 
rolla lO petalled, inserted on the calyx ; cap- 
sule cylindrical, oblong, 1 -celled, summit 
flat, valvular, the valves 3 to 7 ; receptacle 
thick ; seeds numerous, compressed, ai'- 
ranged horizontally in a double series. 
Cuphe'a. Calyx inflated, tubulai", 6 to 12- 
toothed, unequal, (wax bush.) 
Deco'don. Calyx hemispheric, campan- 
ulate, 10-toothed, 5 teeth longer and spread- 
ing ; petals 5, undulate ; capsule covered 
with the calyx, 3-celled, 3 valved. 
Lyth"rum. Calyx cylindric, striate ; 8 to 
12 toothed ; petals 4 to 6, equal, inserted on 
the calyx ; stamens as many, or twice as 
many, as the petals, sometimes fewer ; cap- 
sule 2-celled, many-seeded, (milk-willow 
herb.) 
Pru'nus. Calyx inferior, .5-toothed ; co- 
rolla 5-petalled ; drupe ovate or oblong, 
fleshy, very smooth, covered with grayish 
dust ; putamen compressed, acute at both 
ends, subsulcate at the margin, elsewhere 
smooth, (plum.) 
Cer"asus. Drupe globose or umbilicate 
at base, fleshy, veiy smooth, destitute of 
gray powder ; nucleus sub-globose, smooth, 
(cherry.) 
Mentze'lia. Calyx 5-cleft, superior, ca 
ducous; petals 5; capsule 1-cellcd, S-valved, 
cyhndric, 3 to 6 seeded ; leaves oblong, ar- 
ranged longitudinally. S. 
Decuma'ria. Calyx superior, 8 to 10 
cleft ; petals 8 to 10 ; capsule 7 to 9-celled, 
many-seeded, seeds subulate, minute. S. 
Chrysobala'nus. Calyx inferior, 5-cleft; 
petals 5 ; style lateral ; drupe prune foi-m 
uut 5-grooved, 5-valved, 1 -seeded. (S. 
Tiga'rea. Calyx inferior, Ti-cleft ; petals 
5; capsule oblong, acuminate, pubescent, 1- 
Beeded. S. 
Myr"tus. Calyx superior, .'j-clefl;; petals 
5; beny 2 or 3 celled, many seeded, (myr 
Ue.) Ex. 
AMYG"DAl-rs. Calyx 5-cleft, inferior ; pe 
tals 5; drupe has a perforated putamen 
flowers sessile (peach.) Ex. 
Pursh"ia. Calyx tubular, cleft into 5 
ovate, obtu.se lobes ; petals 5-obovate, un 
guiculate, ireeited in the mouth of the ca- 
lyx, with 25 stamens ; genu oblon?, full 
fitiped, glandular-pubescent, tapering into a 
subulate style ; stigma pubescent, lateral, 
almost as long as the style. S. 
Armema'ca. Flowers sessile ; calyx 5- 
deft, inferior; petals 5; drupe fleshy, pu- 
bescent ; putamen with one margin acute 
and the other obtuse, furrowed both sides, 
(apricot.) Ex. 
Pu'nica. Calyx 5-cleft, superior ; petab 
5 ; pome or beny many-celled, many-seed 
ed ; receptacle pai-ietal ; seed berried, (pome- 
granate.) Ex. 
Philadei/'phus. Calyx 4-5 parted, su- 
perior, top-form ; corolla 4 or 5-petalled ; 
style 4-cleft ; capsule 4-5-celled, many-seed- 
ed ; seeds ariUed. (false syringa. or mock- 
orange.) Ex. 
ORDER II. DIGYNIA, TO ORDER V. PENTA- 
GYNIA, OR DI-PENTAGYNIA. 
Agrimo'nia. Calyx inferior, 5-cleft or 5- 
toothed, invested with an outer lobed one ; 
petals 5 ; stamens 12 ; seeds 2, in the bottom 
of the calyx, (agrimony.) 
Crat^'gus. Calyx superior, 5-cleft ; pe- 
tals 5 ; styles 1 to 5 ; beny mealy ; seeds 2 
to 5, bony, (thorn-bush.) 
Aro'nia. Calyx superioi*, 5-toothed; pe- 
tals 5 ; fruit pomaceous ; berry 5 or 10-cell 
fci' cells 1 or 2 seeded ; seeds cartilaginous, 
(shad-flower, choke beny.) 
Py'rus. Calyx 5-cleft, .superior ; corolla 
5-petalled ; pome 5-celled, many-seeded ; 
seed compressed, ovate, (pear, apple, 
quince.) 
Spir^'a. Calyx 5-cIeft, inferior, spread- 
ing ; corolla 5-petalled ; petals equal, round- 
ish ; stamens numerous, exsert ; capsules 3 
to 12, 2-valved within, each 1 to 3-seeded. 
(steeple-bush, hard back.) 
Sesu'vium. Calyx 5-parted, colored ; pe- 
tals 0 ; stigmas 3 to 5 ; capsule superior, 3 
to 5-celled, opening circulai'ly, many-seed- 
ed. 
Gille'nia. Calyx tubular, bell-form, con- 
tracted at the mouth, 5-cleft ; petals 5, lin 
ear-lanceolate, somewhat unequal, coarctate 
at the claws; stamens 10 to 15 included; 
styles 5, contiguous ; stigmas capitate ; 
capsule 5-celled ; cells 2-seeded. (Indian 
physic.) 
Sor"bus. CaljTC 5-cleft ; petals 5 ; styles 
2 or 3 ; beiTy inferior, farinaceous, with 3 
cartilaginous seeds, (mountain ash.) 
FoTH ergil"la. Calyx inferior, truncate, 
obsoletely crenate ; coroflaO; genu 2-cleft; 
styles 2 ; capsule 2-lobed, 2-celled ; seeds 
brown, solitary. 
Mes"pilus. Calyx superior, 5-cleft, di- 
visions serrate ; corolla 5-petalled ; styles S 
to 5 ; drupe 2 to 5-seeded ; seeds bony. Ex. 
Mesembryan"themum. Calyx superior, 
5-cleft ; petals numerous, linear, cohering at 
the base ; capsule fleshy, many-seeded, tur 
binate. (ice plant.) Ex. 
order XII. polygynia. 
Ro'sA. Calyx urn-form, inferior, 5-cleft, 
fleshy, contracted toward the top ; petals 5 ; 
seeds numerous, bristly, fixed to the sides 
of the calyx within. A genus remarkablcs 
for the multiplication of its petals by rich 
culture, (ro.se.) 
Ru'bus. Calyx 5-cleft, inferior; corolla 
5-petalled ; pLstils numerous ; beny com- 
jio.sed of many juicy 1 seeded aciues on a 
dry receptacle, (rat^pbeny, blackbeny.) 
