CLASS V. 
Clayto'nia. Calyx 2-leaved, or 2 parted, 
the leaves valve-like ; corolla 3-petalled, 
exnarginate; stigma 3-cleft; capsule 1-cel- 
led, 3-valved, 3 to 5-seeded. (spring beauty.) 
Ceano'thus. Petals scale-like, vaulted ; 
claws long, standing in the 5-cleft, cup- 
form calyx ; stigmas 3 : berry or capsule 
dry, 3 grained, 3-celled, 3-seeded, 3-parted, 
opening on the inner side. (New-Jersey 
tea.) 
Euon"ymus. Calyx 4 to 6-lobed, flat, 
covered at the base by a peltate disk ; pe- 
tals 4 or 6, spreading, inserted into the 
disk ; capsule 3 to 5 celled. 
Celas"trus. Calyx 5 lobed, flat ; corol- 
la spreading; capsule obtusely 3-angled, 
3-celled, berry-like ; valves bearing their 
partitions on their centres; cells 1 or 2- 
seeded ; stamens standing around a glan- 
dular 5-toothed disk ; style thick ; stigma 
3-cleft; seeds calyptred or arilled. (staft- 
tree, false bitter-sweet.) 
Pickerin"ga. Calyx small, 5-parted, in- 
ferior ; petals 5 ; anthers sagittate ; style 
simple ; capsule 1-celled, sub-globose, many- 
seeded. /S'. 
Zi'ziPHUS. Calyx 5-cleft; petals 5, re- 
sembling scales, inserted into the glandular 
disk of the calyx; styles 2 ; drupe 2-celled, 
one cell often empty. S. 
Gomphre'na. Calyx 5-leaved, colored, 
exterior one 3-leaved ; 2 leafets converging, 
keeled ; petals 5, villose (or rather no co- 
rolla) ; nectary cylindric, 5-toothed ; capsule 
opening transversely, 1 -seeded ; style semi- 
bifid, (bachelor's button.) Ex. 
Cyril^'la. Calyx minute, sub-terminate, 
5-parted ; petals 5, stellate ; stigmas 2 or 3 ; 
capsule 2-celled, 2-seeded, not opening; 
•eed ovate, attached to the summit of a eol- 
amella by a filament, 
Ga'lax. Calyx 5-parted, permanent ; co- 
rolla twice as long as the calyx, 5-petalled, 
affixed to the base of the stamens ; anther- 
bearing tube, 10 cleft, the 5 shorter seg- 
ments bearing the anthers; stigma 3-lobed ; 
capsule 3-celled, 3-valve(i ; seeds many, 
aflixed to the columella. 
[Seed in a berry \ 
Vi'tis. Calyx 5-toothed, minute; petals 
■sobering at the tip, hood-like, withering ; 
style 0 ; stigma obtuse, capitate ; berry 5- 
seeded, globular, often dioecious ; seeds 
6ub-cordate. (grape-vine.) 
Ampelop"sis. (Cissus.) Calyx minute, 
4 or 5-toothed ; petals 4 or 5, unconnected 
above, caducous ; germ surrounded with a 
glandular disk ; berry 4 or 5-seeded. 
Rham"nus. Calyx urceolate. 4 or .5-cleft ; 
petals alternating with the lobes of the cal- 
yx, or wanting ; stigma 2 or 4-cleft ; berry 
2 or 4-celled. 
E. Floicers ^-petalled, superior. 
Ri'bes. Calyx bell-form, 5-cleft (some- 
limes flat) ; corolla and stamens inserted ou 
the calyx ; style 2-cleft ; berry many-seed- 
ed, (currant, gooseberry.) 
Hede'ra. Petals oblong : berry 5-seed- 
ed surrounded by the calyx ; style simple. 
iBJaropean ivy.) Ex. 
ORDER U 347 
F. Flmoers incomplete. 
Hamilto'nia. Polygamous ; perianth tur. 
binate, campanulate, 5-clet't ; corolla 0 ; nec- 
tary with the disk 5-toothed , style 1 ; stig- 
mas 2 or 3, germ immersed in the nectary , 
drupel -seeded, enclosed in the adhering base 
of the calyx, (oil nut.) 
SiPHONY'cHiA. Sepals 5, linear; necta- 
ries 5 ; stj'le filiform ; utri(;}e 1 -seeded, en- 
closed in the calyx. 
The'sium. Perianth 4 or 5-cleft; stamens 
4 or 5, villous externally ; nut 1-seeded, cov- 
ered by the persistent perianth, (false-toad 
flax.) 
Any'chia. Sepals 5, united at the base, 
slightly concave, sub-saccate at the apex ; 
sub-muci-onate on the back ; petals none ; 
stamens 2 to 5 ; inserted on the base of the 
sex)als ; styles very short distinct, or united 
at the base ; utricle enclosed in the calyx ; 
1-seeded. 
Glalw. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, col- 
oi'ed ; capsule globose, 5-valved, 5-8eeded. 
surrounded by the calyx. 
Celo'sia. Sepals 3, like a 5-petalled co- 
rolla ; stamens united at the base by a plait- 
ed nectary ; capsules opening horizoii^allv ; 
style 2 or 3-cleft. Ex. 
ORDER II, DIGYNIA. 
A. Corolla \-petalled, inferioi 
Gentia'na. Calyx 4 or 5-cleft ; cor-oha 
with a tubular base, bell-form,without pores, 
4 or 5-cleft ; stigmas 2, sub-sessile ; capsule 
1-celled, oblong ; columellas 2, longitu imal ; 
stamens but 4, when the divisions of corolla 
ai-e 4. (gentian.) 
Cuscu''TA. Calyx 4 or 5-cleft; corolla 4 
or 5-cleft, sub-campanulate, withering ; cap- 
sule 2-celled, dividing transversely at the 
base ; seeds binate. (dodder.) 
Gelsemi'num. Calyx fmall, 5-leaved ; 
corolla funnel-form ; border spreading, 5- 
lobed, nearly equal ; capsule 2-celled ; seeds 
flat. 
Hydro'lea. Calyx 5-petalled; corolla 
wheel- form, or bell-form; anthers cordate; 
style long, diverging ; stigma peltate ; cap- 
sule 2-celled. S. 
Dichon"dra. Calyx 5-parted, with spat- 
ulate segments ; corolla short, bell-fonn, 5- 
parted ; stigma peltate, capitate ; capsule 
compressed, 2-eeUed, 4-seeded. S. 
Evol"vulus. Calyx 5-pai-ted ; corv->ll» 
bell-form ; styles 2, 2-cleft ; stigma simple. 
Swer"tia. Corolla rotate, with 2 pores 
at the base of each segment. 
B. Corolla b petalled. 
Pa'nax. Polygamous, umbelled ; involu- 
crum, many-leaved ; calyx 5-toothed. in the 
perfect flower, superior ; beny cordate, 2 or 
3-seeded ; calyx in the stamiiiate flnwei- en 
tii-e. (ginseng.) 
Heuche'ka. Calyx inferior, 5 cleft; co- 
rolla on the calyx ; petals small ; capsule 2- 
beaked, 2-celled, many-seeded, (alum-root.i 
C. Corolla v:anli>ig, 
Salso'la. Perianth U)ferior, 5-cleft, pe.-- 
sistent, enveloping the fruit with its base, 
