CLASS XX. ORDER IX. 
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flowers: spatha 2-cleft, 1-flowered ; calyx 
3-parted, superior; corolla 3-petalled ; .stig- 
mas ligulate, 2-cleft ; capsules witlioat 
valves, 1-celled ; seeds numerous, attached 
to the sides, (tape-grass.) 
Ceratio'la. Calyx bud-like, imbi'icated 
with 6 to 8 scales ; corolla 0 ; stamens 2, ex- 
sert ; stigmas 4 to 6, 2 of them longer ; ber- 
ry with 2 long seeds. 
ORDER III. TRIANDRIA. 
Empe'trum. Calyx 3-parted, persistent. 
Staminate flowers : petals 3, marescent ; 
stamens 3 ; filaments long ; anthers 2-part- 
ed. Pistillate flowers: germ superior, de- 
pres.sed ; style 0, or veiy short ; stigmas 9, 
rellexcd, spreading ; beiry round, 1-celled. 
2 to 6-seeded ; seeds bony. 
Fi'cus. Common receptacle fleshy (be- 
coming the fi-uit), enclosing the apetalous 
florets ; both staminate and pistillate, either 
in the same, or in distinct individuals. Stam- 
inate flowers : calyx 3-parted. Pistillate 
flowers : calyx 5-parted ; pistil 1, lateral ; 
seed 1, covered with the closed, permanent, 
somewhat fleshy calyx, (fig-tree.) 
ORDER IV, TETRANDRIA. 
Vis^cuM. Staminate flowers : calyx 4- 
parted ; corolla 0 ; anthers sessile, adhering 
to the calyx. Pistillate flowers : calyx 4- 
leaved, superior ; corolla 0 ; style 0 beiry 
I seeded, globose ; seed cordate ; parasitic, 
adhering to trees, (mistletoe.) 
Myri'ca. Ament ovate, oblong; scales 
lunulate. Staminate flowers : stamens 4 to 
6 ; anthers 4-valved. Pistillate flowers : 
germ 1 ; stigmas 2 ; drupe 1-ceIled, 1-seed- 
ed. (bay-beny.) 
Broussone'tia. Staminate flowers: 
ament cylindrical , calyx 4-parted. Pistil- 
late flowers : ament globose ; calyx tubu- 
lar, 3 or 4 toothed ; genn club-shaped ; seed 
1, covered with the calyx, (paper mulber- 
ry.) S. 
ORDER V. PENTANDRIA. 
Xanthox^ylum. Staminate flowers: ca- 
lyx 5-parted ; corolla 0 ; stamens 3 to 6. Pis- 
tillate flowers : pistils 3 to 5 ; capsules equal 
to the number of pLstils, 1-seeded. (prickly- 
ash, or toothache-tree.) 
Hu'MULUS. Staminate flowers : calyx 5- 
leaved ; corolla 0 ; anthers with 2 pores at 
the extremity. Pistillate flowers : calyx 1- 
leafed, entire, oblique, spreading ; styles 6 ; 
seed 1, wdthin the leaflike calyx; inflores- 
cence strobile-form, (hop.) 
Nys"SA. Perfect flower : calyx 5-pai-ted ; 
corolla 0 ; pistil 1 ; drupe inferior ; nut 1- 
seeded. Staminate flowers 5, 8, 10, or 12, 
inserted ai'ound a peltate gland, (pepper- 
idge-tree.) 
Hamilto'nia, Perfect flowers: calyx 
Bub-campanulate, superior, 5-cleft ; corolla 
0 ; nectary with a 5-toothed disk ; stamens 
5 ; pistil 1 ; fruit a drupe. Staminate flow- 
ers vary only in having no pistil. (American 
oil-nut.) 
Acni'da. Staminate flowers: calyx 5- 
parted ; corolla 0. Pistillate flowers : calyx 
3- parted ; corolla 0 ; styles 0 ; stigmas 8. ses- 
sile ; capsule 1- seeded, (water hemp.) 
Can"nabis. Staminate flowers : calyx 5- 
parted. Pistillate flowers: calyx 5-leaved, 
entire, gaping laterally ; styles 2 ; nut 2- 
valved, within the closed calyx, (hemp.) 
Ex. 
Spina'cia. Staminate flowers : calyx 5- 
parted ; corolla 0. Pistillate flowers : styles 
4 ; seed 1, within the indurated calyx, 
(spinach.) Ex. 
Negln"do. Calyx minute, unequally 4-5- 
i toothed ; petals none ; anthers 4-5, linear, 
' sessile ; pedicels of the staminate flowers 
' capillary, fascicled from lateral aggregate 
buds ; fertile flowers in racemes ; samaras 
in pairs, diverging. 1-seeded; leaves com- 
pound, pinnately 3-5 foliate. 
ORDER VI. HEXANDRIA. 
Smi'lax. Staminate flowers: calyx 6- 
leaved ; corolla 0 ; anthers adnate to the fil- 
i aments. Pistillate flowers : style minute ; 
stigmas 3 ; berry 3-celled, superior, 1-3-seed- 
ed. (green brier.) 
Dioscore'a. Staminate flowers: calyx 
6 parted ; corolla 0 ; styles 3 ; capsule 3- 
celled, triangular, compressed ; cells 2-6eed- 
ed ; seeds with membranaceous margins, 
(yam- root.) S. 
I Gleditsch'''ia. Perfect flowers : calyx 
6 or 8 parted, deciduous, 3 or 4 of the exte- 
j rior segments smaller ; corolla 0 ; stamens 5 
I or 6, seldom 8 ; legume flatly compressed, 1 
or many-seeded. Staminate flowers : calyx 
sub-turbinate, 5-8-parted ; 3 to 5 of the seg- 
ments interior ; stamens 6 to 8. (honey- 
locust.) S. 
ORDER VIII. OCTANDRIA. 
Pop^'ULUS. Staminate flowers: ament 
cylindric ; calyx a torn scale ; corolla turbi- 
nate, oblique, entire, supporting 8 to 30 sta- 
mens. Pistillate flowers : ament, calyx, and 
corolla, like the staminate ; stigma 4 or 6 
lobed ; capsule 2 celled, 2-valved, many- 
seeded ; seed with egret-like hairs ; leaves 
having a tremulous motion, (poplar, balm 
of Gilead.) 
Diospy'ros. Calyx 4 to 6-cleft, dilated , 
corolla urceolate, 4-6 -cleft. Staminate flow- 
ers : stamens 8 to 16 ; filaments often with 
2 anthers. Pistillate flowers : stigmas 4-5 ; 
beny 8-12-seeded. (date plum.) S. 
HiPPo'PH^. Staminate flowers : perianth 
4- cleft ; stamens 8, alternating with 8 glands. 
Pistillate flowers : perianth superior, cani- 
panulate ; style 1 ; stigma oblique ; beny 1- 
seeded. (sea-buckthorn.) 
ORDER IX. ENNEANDRIA. 
Udo'ra. Serpic'ula, Elo'dea. Spa- 
tha 2-parted ; perianth 6 parted, 3 inner seg" 
ments petaloid. Staminate flowers : stamens 
9, 3 of them interior. Pistillate flowers : tube 
of the perianth very long ; baiTen filaments 
3 ; utricle about 3-seeded ; seeds cylindric. 
(ditch-moss.) 
Hy'drocha'ris. Staminate flowers : spa- 
tha 2-leaved ; calyx 3-leaved ; corolla 3-pet- 
! ailed ; stamens 8-12, united at the base. Pis- 
