50 CLASS XII 
Dalibar"da. Calyx 5 or 8-cIeft, inferior; 
corolla 5-petaIled ; styles long, caducous. 5 
to 8 ; ben-y composed of dry grains, (dry 
strawbeny.) 
Ge'um. Calyx inferior, lO cleft, 5 alter- 
nate divisions smaller ; corolla 5-petalled ; 
seeds v^^ith a bent awn ; receptacle colum- 
nar, villous, (avens, or herb bennet.) 
Styl"ipus. Calyx inferior, 5-cleft, divis- 
ions equal ; petals 5, oval, distant ; stamens 
permanent, on a glandular ring ; seeds com- 
Eressed, ovate, glabrous, with scattering pu- 
escence, sub-margined ; i-eceptacle colum- 
nar, viliose, becoming elongated ; awns ge- 
niculate. 
PoTENTiL^LA. Calyx flat, inferior, lO- 
cleft, 5 alternate divisions smaller ; corolla 
5-petalled ; petals roundish or obovate ; 
seeds awnless, roundish, rugose, fixed to a 
dry, small receptacle, (five-finger, cinque- 
foil.) 
Siever"sia. Calyx with a concave tube, 
and 5-cleft limb, and 5 bracts outside ; pe- 
tals 5 ; carpels numerous, caudate ; style 
persistent ; seeds ascending. 
Fraga'kia. Calyx inferior, lO-cleft, 5 al- 
ternate divisions smaller; corolla 5 petalled; 
receptacle ovate, berry-like ; acines na- 
ked, immersed in the receptacle, caducous, 
(strawberry.) 
Dry'as. Calyx 8 to 9-parted, tube con- 
cave ; petals 8 to 9 ; carpels many, crowned 
by a terminal style. 
Calycan 'thus. Lobes of the calyx in 
many rows, imbricate, lanceolate, colored ; 
coi'olla 0 ; stamens unequal ; acines many. S. 
CLASS XIL POLYANDRIA. 
, ORDER I. MUNOGYNIA. 
Til'^ia. Calyx 5 or 6 parted, inferior, ca- 
ducous ; corolla 5 or 6-petalied ; capsule 5 
or 6-celled, globular, coriaceous, dehiscent 
at the base, 1-seeded ; 4 of the cells some- 
times empty, (bass-wood.) 
Corcho'rus. Sepals 4 or 5 ; petals 4 or 
5, rather shorter than the sepals, inferior ; 
style very short, deciduous; stigmas 2 to 5; 
capsule pod like or roundish; seeds com- 
monly numerous in each cell. 
Portulac"ca. Calyx 2-cleft, inferior; 
corolla 5 petalled ; cap.sule 1-ceIled, open- 
ing transversely ; columella 5, filiform, 
(purslane.) 
Chelioo'nium. Calj'x 2-leaved, cadu- 
cous; corolla 4-petalled ; silique-lnite, cap- 
sule 1-celled, 2-valved, linear ; seeds crest- 
ed, many, (celandine.) 
PoLANis"iA.8ee Cleo'me. 
Cis^'tus. [Heliantheraum.] Sepals 5, 2 
smaller ; petals 5 ; capsule 1-celled, 3-valv- 
ed ; valves septiferous in the middle, (rock- 
rose, Irost-weed.) 
Hudso'nia. Calyx tubular, 5-parted, un- 
equal, inferior, petals 5 ; capsule 1-celled, 
3-valved, 1 to 2-seeded. 
Tali'num. Calyx of 2 ovate sepals ; pe- 
tals 5; capsule 1-celled, 3-valved, many- 
seeded. 
Calandrin"ia. Sepals 2, inferior, persist- 
ent, united at the base ; petals 3 to 5 with- 
nvt claws ; stamens 4 to 15 ; style slwrt. 
ORDER L 
stigmas 3, thickish, short; capsule 3 -valvcd, 
many-seeded; seeds turgid, smooth and 
shining. 
Meconop''sis. Petals 4 ; etigma 4 to 6- 
rayed; capsule prickly, 4 to 6-valved. 
Argemo'ne. Petals 4 to 6 ; stigma 4 to 
7 lobed ; capsule obovate, 1-celled, opening 
at the summit by valves, (prickly poppy.) 
Sanguina'ria. Calyx caducous, 2-leaved ; 
corolla about 8-petalled; stigma sessile, 
twinned, 2-grooved ; capsule pod-like, ovate 
1-celled, 2-valved, acute at each end ; valves 
caducous; columella 2, permanent, (blood- 
Xoot.) 
Gt.au'cium. Calyx 2-sepalled, caducous ; 
corolla 4-petalled; capsule 1-celled, linear; 
seeds many, punctate. 
Podophyl"lum. Calyx 3-leaved, minute; 
corolla about 9 petalled ; stigma large, cre- 
nate, sessile ; berry 1-celled, crowned with 
the stigma, large, many-seeded ; columella 
1-sided, (wild mandralie.) 
Act^'a. [Cimcifuga.] Calyx 4-leaved, 
deciduous ; petals 4, often wanting ; stigma 
sessile, capitate ; beny superior, 1-celled, 
many-seeded ; seeds hemispherical, (neck- 
lace-weed, baneberry.) 
Macro'tis. Calyx about 4-leaved, be- 
coming colored before expanding, cadu- 
cous ; corolla many minute petals, very ca- 
ducous, or wanting; etigma simple, sessile, 
curving towards the gibbous side of the 
germ; capsule 2-valved, dehiscent at its 
straight suture, (cohosh, blacksnake-root, 
bug-bane.) 
Sarrace'nia. Calyx double, permanent, 
3 or 5 leaved ; corolla 5-petalled, caducous; 
stigma peltate, permanent, very large, cov- 
ering the stamens; capsule 5-ceiled, 5- 
valved, many-seeded, (side-saddle flower.) 
Nu'PHAR. Calyx 5 or 6-leaved ; petals 
many, minute, inserted on the receptacle 
with the stamens, nectariferous; stigma 
with a broad disk, and radiate furrows, ses- 
sile ; pericarp berry-like, many-celled, ma- 
ny .seeded, (water-lily, yellow pond-lily.) 
Nymph^'a. Calyx 4 to 7-leaved ; corolla 
many-petalled, petals about equalling the 
length of the calyx leaves attached to the 
germs beneath the stamens ; stigma with a 
broad disk, marked with radiated lines ; pe- 
ricarp berry-like, many-celled, many-seed- 
ed, (pond-lily.) 
Papa'ver. Calyx 2-leaved, caducous; 
corolla 4-petalled ; stigma a broad disk, 
with radiating lines; capsule 1-celled, de- 
hiscent by pores under the permanent stig- 
ma, (poppy.) Ex. 
The'a. Calyx 4 or 6-leaved ; corolla 6 or 
9 petalled; capsule 3-8eeded. (tea.) Ex. 
Cit"rus. Calyx 5-cleft; petals 5, oblong; 
filaments dilated at the base, in several par- 
cels ; berry 9 or 18-celled ; polyadelphous 
(orange, lemon.) Ex. 
Chry'seis. Receptacle dilated, salver- 
formed; limb expanding, entire; calyx 
mitre-form, deciduous; corolla 4-petalled, 
inserted by the claws in the throat of the 
receptacle, and bearing the stamens ; cap 
sules eilique-form, 2-valved ; seeds affixed 
to the margins of the valves. 
