CLASS VL 
ob use, ^onvergingf, with intervening tuber- 
cul ate -grooves and prominences ; joining- 
sides flat ; germ sub-globose, compressed 
laterally ; calyx obsolete, 5-toothed ; petals 
cordate, inflexed ; partial involucrams 5 or 
6-leaved, or wanting, (water hemlock,) 
Si'UM. Fruit somewhat pnsmatic, with 5 
obtuse ribs ; perianth minute ; petals cordate, 
inflexed ; involucres many-leaved, entire, 
(water-parsnip.) 
CRYPTOT.a:'NiA. Calyx with the margin 
obsolete ; petals obovate, sub-entire, nar- 
rowing into an inflexed point; fi-uit con- 
tracted at the side, linear-oblong, with a 
short slender foot-stem, and crowned with 
a straight style ; and having many edging 
fillets, concealed, or neai-ly so ; fruit-cover- 
ing bifid at the apex ; plant glabrous ; leaves 
3-cleft, segments curve-toothed. 
Zi'ziA. Margin of the calyx obsolete or 
very short, 5-toothed ; petals oval, tapering 
into a long point : fi-uit contracted from the 
side, roundish, or oval ; carpels terete-con- 
vex, a little flattish before ; flowers yellow, 
rarely white or dark-pui-ple. 
Bupleu'rum. Calyx none ; flowers reg- 
ular ; petals 5 ; styles very short, spreading ; 
stigmas minute, simple ; fruit egg-shaped, 
obtuse. 
Si'soN. Fruit ovate, striate ; involucrums 
generally 4 -leaved. 
A'piUM. Seeds convex externally ; ribs 5, 
small, a little prominent; germ sub-globose; 
perianth entire; petals equal, roundisli, 
mflexed at the apex ; involucrum 1 to 3- 
leaved or wanting, (celery, parsley.) Ex. 
Corian"dhum. Seeds sub-spherical; 
germ spherical ; perianth 5-toothed ; petals 
cordate, inflexed, outer ones largest ; invo- 
lucrum 1-leaved or wanting, (coriander.) 
Ex. 
Ligus"ticum. Germ oblong, with 5 acute 
ribs ; intervals sulcate ; universal and par- 
tial involucres, (lovage.) 
.^THu'sA. Fruit ovate, sub-solid, having 
bark ; ribs acute and turgid ; intervals 
acute-angled ; joining-sides flat, striate ; in- 
volucrum 1-side, or none, (fools' parsley.) 
ORDER III. TRIGYNIA. 
A. Floioers superior. 
Vibur^'num. Calyx 5-parted or 5-toothed, 
small ; corolla bell-form, 5-cleft, with spread- 
ing or reflexed lobes ; stigmas almost ses- 
eile; beny or drupe 1-seeded. (snow-ball, 
sheep-berry, high cranberry.) 
Sambu'cus. Calyx 5-parted or 5-cleft, 
small ; corolla sub-urceolated, 5-cleft ; stig- 
ma minute, sessile ; berry globose, 1-celled, 
S-seeded. 
B. Flmvers inferior. 
Rhus. Calyx 5-parted; petals 5; berry 
I -seeded, small, sub-globular, (sumach, poi- 
son-ivy.) 
Staphyle'a. Calyx 5-parted, colored; 
petals 5 on the margin of a glandular 5-an- 
gied disk; capsules inflated, connate; nuts 
gbbalar and cicatrized, 1 or 2 remaining in 
each capsule, though several appear as ru- 
Tliments while in bioom. (bladder-nut.) 
IiEPU'Ropk'talon. Calyx 5-parted ; pet- 
ORDER I. 349 
als 5, resembling scales, inserted into the 
calyx ; capsule free near the summft, 1 
celled, 1-valved. S. 
ORDER IV. TETRAGYNIA. 
Parnas'^sia Calyx inferior, permf-nenl, 
5-parted ; corolla 5-petalled ; nectaries 5- 
fringed, with stamen-like divisions ; alig- 
mas sessile ; capsule 4-valved, 1 or S-celled; 
seed membranaceous-margined. (parnaw 
sus grass, flowering plantain.) 
ORDER V. PENTAGYNIA 
Ara'lia. Umbellets involucred ; pen 
anth 5-toothed, superior ; petals 5 ; stigmas 
sessile, sub-globose ; berry crowned, 5 
celled ; cells 1-seeded. (spikenard, wild 
sarsaparilla.) 
Li'num. Calyx 5-leaved or 5-parteJ, per 
manent ; corolla 5-petalled, inferior, witl) 
claws ; capsule 5 or 10-valved, 10-celled 
seeds solitary, ovate, compressed ; filaments 
spreading or united at the base, (flax.) 
Sibbal"dia. Calyx 10-cleft, with the al- 
ternating segments narrower ; petals 5, in- 
serted in the calyx ; styles attached to the 
germ laterally ; nuts m the bottom of the 
calyx. 
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. 
order vi. hexagynia. 
Dros'^era. Calyx inferior, deeply 5-cleft 
permanent ; petals 5, marescent ; anther? 
adnate ; styles 6, or 1 deeply divided ; cap- 
sule round, 1 or 3-celled, many-seeded , 
v^alves equalling the number of stigmas, 
(sundew.) The leaves of all the species 
are beset with glandular hairs resembUng 
dew. 
ORDER Xll. POLYGYNIA. 
Xanthorhi'za. Calyx 0; petals 5 ;nec 
taries 5, pedicelled ; capsule half 2-valved, 
1-seeded, about 5 in number, (yellow-root.) 
Myosu'rus. Calyx inferior, of few, lan- 
ceolate, colored sepals ; petals 5, with tu- 
bular, honey-bearing claws; filaments as 
long as the c alyx ; calyx spurred at the 
base. 
CLASS VL HEXANDRIA. 
ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 
A. Flowers complete, having a calyx and 
corolla. 
Tradescan'^tia. Calyx inferior, 3-leav- 
ed ; corolla 3 petalled ; filaments with joint- 
ed beards ; capsules 3-celled, many-seeded 
(spider-wort.) 
Leon"tice. Caulophyllum. Calyx of 
3-6 sepals, naked externally ; petals 6, un- 
guiculate, with a scale on each claw ; ova- 
ry superior, ventricose obovoid, obliquely 
beaked ; seeds 2-4, globose, inserted in the 
bottom of the capsule, which is ruptured at 
an early period. 
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 ; stig 
