SECTION III. 
GENERA OF PLANTS. 
CLASS 1. MONANDRIA. 
ORBER I. MONOGYNIA, 
Sai.icor"nia. Calyx inflated entire, 3 
or 4-i5ided, obconic ; corolla 0 ; style 2-cleft ; 
Beed 1, enclosed in the calyx, (samphire.) 
Hiipu uis. Calyx superior, obsolete, 
with a 2-lobed margin ; corolla 0 ; seed 1 ; 
«tigma simple ; style in the groove of the 
anther, (mare's-tail.) 
Can'^na. Anthers adhering to the petal- 
like filaments ; styles thick, club-shaped ; 
utigma obtuse, linear. (Indian-reed.) 
Tha'lia. Anther attached to the tila- 
aients ; style depressed ; stignja gaping. 
order II. DIOYNIA. 
Bli'tum. Calyx 3-cleft, or 3-parted, ber- 
ry-like ; corolla 0 ; seed 1, immersed in the 
*elyx. (blite.) 
Cal'^itri'che. Calyx 0 ; petals 2, resem- 
bling a calyx ; seeds 4, naked. 
Corisper'Vvm. Calyx 2-leaved ; corolla 
C • seed 1. 
CLASS IL DIANDRIA. 
ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 
A. Corolla 1-peialled, inferior, regular; 
seeds in a drupe or nut. 
Or'^nus. Calyx 4-parted ; corolla 4-part- 
ed , petals long and ligulate. Two barren 
filaments; nut winged; fruit a capsule 
(flowering ash.) 
Elytra'ria. Calyx 4 or 5-parted ; co- 
rolla 5-cleft ; capsule 5-valved, 2-seeded ; 
seeds adhering to a dissepiment, contrary 
10 the valves. 
Ligus"trum. Calyx 4-toothed; corolla 
♦vith 4 ovate divisions ; berry 1 or 2-celled, 
« or 4-seeded. (prim.) 
Chionan"thus. Calyx 4-parted ; corolla 
fl-parted, sometimes more, tube short, with 
rery long divisions ; nucleus of the drupe 
rtriate-fibroas. (fringe tree.) 
Ole'a. CoroUa 4 -cleft, with obovate di- 
visions ; drupe 1-seeded. 
Jasmi'num. Corolla salver-form, 5 to 8- 
ileft; berry 2-seeded, each seed solitary, 
arilled. (jasmine.) Ex. 
Syrin''ga. Corolla salver-form ; capsule 
S-celled. (lilac.) Ex. 
B. Corolla 1-pet ailed, inferior, irregular ; 
seeds in capsules. 
Veron"ica. Calyx 4-parted; corolla 
cleft into 4 lobes, lower division smaller; 
capsule obcordate, few-seeded, 2-celled. 
(Speedwell.) 
Leptan'^dria. Calyx 5-parted, segments 
acuminate; corolla tubular-campanulate, 
border 4-lobed, a little ringent, lower seg- 
ment narrow ; stamens and at length the 
pistils much exserted ; capsule ovate, acu 
minate, opening at the top. (culver's physic.) 
GtRatio'la. Calyx 5-parted, often with 
2 bracts at the base ; corolla irregular, re- 
'] supinate, 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, lower 
one equally 3-cleft ; sligma 2-lipped ; cap- 
j sule 2-celled, 2-valved. (hedge-hyssop.) 
Linder^nia. Calyx 4-parted; corolla 
resupinate, tubular, 2-lipped, upper lip 
] short, reflexed, emarginate, lower oae 
I trifid, unequal, filaments 4, the 2 longer 
ones forked and barren ; capsule 2-celled, 
2-valved, the dissepiment parallel to th« 
valvea 
Catat/'pa. Coi olla 4 or 5-cleft, some- 
what inflated, bell-form ; calyx 2-parted, or 
2-Ieaved ; stigma 2-lipped ; capsule cylin- 
dric, 2-celled. (catalpa-tree.) 
Hemian'^thus. Calyx tubular, cleft on 
the under side, border 4-toothed ; upper 
lip of the corolla obsolete, lower 3-parted, 
intermediate segments ligulate, longer, in- 
curved ; stamens with 2-cleft filaments, 
the side branches bearing anthers ; cap* 
sule 1 -celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. 
JusTl'ciA. Calyx 5-parted, often with 2 
bracts at the base ; corolla in-egular, la- 
biate, upper lip emarginate, lower lip 3 
cleft. 
Utricula'ria. Calyx 2-leaved, equal; 
corolla ringent, lower lip spurred at the 
base ; filaments incurved ; stigma divided, 
PiNGUic"uT.A. Corolla labiate, spurred; 
calyx 5-cleft ; capsule 5-celled. 
MiCRAN^THEMUM. Calyx 4-parted; co- 
rolla 4-parted, the upper lip smaller; fil- 
ament incurved, shorter than the corolla, 
capsule 1 -celled, 2-valved ; seeds striate. 
C. Corolla \-petalled, inferior, irregular , 
seeds naked. 
Monar'^da. Calyx cylindric, striated, 5 
toothed ; corolla ringent, tubular, upper 
lip lance-linear, involving the filaments, 
lower lip reflexed, 3-lobed, (Oswego tea, 
mountain mint.) 
Lyco'pus. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft or 5- 
toothed ; corolla tubular, 4-cleft, nearly 
equal, upper division broader and emar- 
ginate; stamens distant; seeds 4, retuse 
(water horehound.) 
Sal'Via. Calyx tubular, striated, 2-lip- 
ped, upper lip 2 to 3-toothed, lower lip 2- 
cleft; corolla ringent, upper lip concave, 
lower lip broad, 3-lobed, the middle lobe 
the largest, notched ; stamens with two 
spreading branches, one of which bears a 
1-celled anther; germ 4-cleft; style lhrea<i- 
shaped, curved ; seeds 4, in the boltom of 
the calyx, (sage.) 
