CLASS VI. ORDER I, 
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!ar 5-angled disK; capsules inflated, connate; nuts globular, and cicatrized, I 
or 2 reniaining in each capsule, though several appear as rudiments while in. 
bloom, (bladder-nut.) 
ORDER IV. TETRAGYNIA. 
Parnas'^su. Calyx inferior, permanent, 5-parted ; corolla 5-petalled ; necta- 
ries 5-fringed, with stamen-like divisions ; stigmas sessile ; capsule 4-valved, 
I or 2-celled; seed membranaeeous-margined. (parnassus grass, flowering 
plantain.' 
ORDER V, PENTAGYNIA, 
Ara'ua. Umbellets involucred ; perianth 5-toothed, superior; petals 5; stig- 
mas sessile, sub-globose; berry crowned, 5-celled; cells 1-seeded. (spikenard, 
wild-sarsaparilla.) 
Li'num. Calyx 5-leaved or 5-parted, permanent; corolla 5-petalled, inferior, 
^vith claws; capsule 5 or 10-valves, 10-celled; seeds solitary, ovate, compressed; 
filaments spreading or united at the base, (flax.) 
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. 
Dros'^bra. Calyx inferior, deeply 5-cleft, permanent; petals 5, marescent; 
anthers adnate ; styles 6, or 1 deeply divided ; capsule round, 1 or 3-celled, 
many-seeded; valves equalling the number of stigmas, (sundew.) The leaves 
of ail the species are beset with glandular hairs resembling dew. 
ORDER XIII. POLYGYNIA. 
Zanthorhi'za. Calyx 0 ; petals 5 ; nectaries 5, pedicelled ; capsule half 3- 
valved, l-seeded, about 5 in number, (yellow-root.) 
Mvosu'rus. Calyx inferior, of few, lanceolate, coloured sepals; petals 5, with, 
tubular, honey-bearing claws; filaments as long as the calyx; calyx spurred at 
ihe base. 
CLASS VL HEXANDRIA. 
ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 
A. Flowers complete, having a calyx and corolla. 
TaADEscAN'^TiA. Calyx inferior, 3-leaved ; corolla 3-petalled ; filaments with 
jointed beards ; capsules 3-celled, many-seeded, (spider-wort.) 
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 ; stigma umbilicate ; stamens spring 
up on being irritated, (barberry.) 
Cleo'me, Calyx 4-leaved, inferior ; petals 4, ascending to one side ; glands 3, 
one at each sinuate division of the calyx, except the lowest ; stamens from 6 to 
20, or more ; capsule stipid or sessile, silique-like, often 1-celled, 2-valved, 
Does not belong to the class Tetradynamia by its natural or artificial charac- 
ters. It has no silique, though the capsule appears, like a silique, until it is 
opened, (false mustard.) 
Leon^tice. Calyx of 6 sepals, caducous ; petals 6, having a scale at the base ; 
nectaries 5, inserted upon the claws of petals ; anthers adnata to the filaments, 
2-celled. (pappoos root.) 
Pri'nos. Calyx minute, 6-cleft; corolla sub-rotate, monopetaious, 6-parted; 
berry 6-seeded. (winter-berry.) 
Fl^r^'kia. Calyx 3-leaved ; petals 3, shorter than the sepals; seeds 2 or 3, 
superior. 
TiLLAND^siA. Calyx 3-cleft, sub-convolute, permanent ; corolla 3-cleft, bel)- 
form, somewhat tubular; capsule 1 to 3-celled; seed comose, 
Diphyl'lia. Sepals 3, caducous; petals 6, opposite the divisions of the calyx ; 
anthers adhering to the filaments; berry 1-celled ; seeds 2 or 3, roundish. 
B. Flowers issuing from a spatha. 
Amaryl^'lis. Corolla superior, 6-petalled, unequal; filaments unequal, de- 
clined, inserted in thelhroat of the tube, (atamask lily.) 5". 
Al'^lium. Spatha many-flowered ; corolla inferior, 6-parted, very deeply divi- 
ded; divisions ovate, spreading; capsule 3-ceIled, 3-valved, many-seeded ; flow- 
ers in close umbels or heads, (leek, garlic, onion, cives.) 
Hypox"is, Glume-like spatha 2-valved; corolla superior, 6-parted, perms^- 
