CLASS X. ORDER 1. 
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ally Id two series of 6 each, with 3 of the 
•nner series han-en, often dioecious. Tlie 
calyx may be taken for a corolla, (sassafras, 
spice-bush.) 
ORDER II. DIGYNIA. 
Erigo'num. Perianth hell form, 5-cleft; 
seed triangular, covered by the calyx ; flow- 
ers involucred. S. 
Plee'a. Calyx none; corolla 6-parted, 
spreading ; segments linear, acute ; capsule 
roundish, 3-angled, 3-celled, partitions obso- 
lete; seeds numerous, minute, sub-terete 
and caudate, attached to the margin of the 
valves. 
ORDER III. TRIGYNIA. 
Rhe'um. Perianth 6-cleft, permanent; 
seed I to 3-sided, (rhubarb.) 
CLASS X. DECANDRIA. 
ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 
A. Flowers polypetalons, irregular {viosily 
papilionaceous) \ 
Cas"sia. Calyx 5-leaved ; corolla j 
tailed ; anthers 3, lower ones beaked, and on 
longer incurved filaments ; legume membra- 
naceous, (cassia.) 
Bapti'sia. Calyx 4 or 5-cleft, halfway i 
(sometimes 4-toothed), .somewhat 2-lipped ; 
corolla papilionaceous ; wings of the length 
of the reflexed banner; stamens caducous ; 
legume inflated, .smooth, many-seeded, (wild - 
indigo.) I 
Cer^cis. Calyx 5-toothed, gibbous be- ' 
low; corolla papiHonaceous, wings longer 
than the banner ; keel 2-petalled ; legume 
compressed ; seed-bearing suture margined ; 
seeds obovate. (Judas-tree.) 
Sopho'ra. Calyx 5-toothed; pod many- 
seeded, not winged. S. 
Ther"mia. Calyx oblong, 2-Hpped, con- 
vex behind ; banner reflexed ; keel obtuse ; 
pod Hnear, many-seeded, (false lupine.) S. 
ViRGii/'iA. Calyx 5-cleft; petals equal; 
stigma beardless ; pod compressed, oblong, 
many-seeded. S. 
Poma'ria. Calyx turbinate, 5-parted, ca- 
ducous; petals 5, with short claws; filaments 
hirsute below ; legume 1 -celled, 2-seeded. (S. 
Rhodo'ra. Calyx 5-toothed; corolla 3- 
petalled, or 2-petalled, with the upper one^ 
deeply parted ; stamens declined ; capsule' 
5-celled, 5-valved, opening at the top. 
B. Flowers polypetalous, regular. 
Pyro'la. Calyx 5-parted ; petals 5; styles 
longer than the stamens ; anthers with 2 
pores at the base before, and at the top after 
the opening of the flower ; capsule 5-celled, 
dehiscent at the angles near the base, (shin- 
leaf.) 
Chimaph"ila. Calyx 5-parted; petals 5; 
anthers beaked, with 2 pores at the base be- 
fore, and at the top after the opening of the 
flower ; style immersed ; stigma thick, or- 
bicuiate ; capsule 5-celled, dehiscent at the 
angles near the summit, (prince's pine, pip- 
eissiwa.) 
Leiophyl"lum. Calyx 5-parted ; corolla 
flat, 5-parted or 5-petalled ; stamens longer 
than the corolla, with lateral at.theBB opening 
longitudinally on their insides ; capsule 5- 
celied, dehiscent at the top, 5-valved ; vaives 
ovate with margins inflexed, remote, straight, 
columella sub-ovate, terete, rugose ; seeds 
small, not winged ; leaves always glabrous, 
(sleek-leaf) 
Ci>e'thra. Calyx 5-parted, permanent; 
corolla 5-petalled ; style pei-manent ; stigma 
short, 3-cleft ; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, en- 
closed by the calyx. Spiked, (sweet pep- 
per-bush.) 
Ru'ta. Calyx 5-parted ; petals concave , 
receptacle suiTounded by 10 nectariferous 
dots ; capsule lobed ; petals sometimes 4, and 
stamens 8. (rue.) Ex. 
Le'dum. Calyx minute, 5-toothed ; corol 
la 5-petalled, spreading ; stamens exserted , 
anthers opening by 2 terminal pores ; cap- 
sule sub ovate, 5-celled, 5-valved, opening at 
the base. (Labra-dor tea.) 
Myloca'rium. Calyx 5-toothed ; petals 
5 ; stigma .sessile ; capsule superior, winged 
3-colled, 1 -seeded, seed subulate, (buck- 
wheat-tree.) (S. 
Me'lia. Calyx minute, 5-parted; petals 
5 ; liectary 10-toothed, cylindric ; drupe 5- 
celled, 5-seeded. (pride of China.) S. 
Jussi'.EU. Calyx 4 or 5-parted, superior, 
persistent ; petals 4 or 5, ovate ; capsule 
many-seeded, seeds minute. <S'. 
Swiete'nia. Calyx 5-cleft; petals 5; cap- 
sule 5-celled, opening at the base, woody ; 
seeds winged, (mahogany-tree.) S. 
Trib"ulus. Calyx 5-parted ; petals 5, 
spreading; styles none; stigma partly 5-cleft; 
capsules generally 5, gibbous, sub-spiuose 
2 or 3-seeded. (caltrops.) S. 
Proso'pis. Calyx hemispherical, 4-tooth- 
ed , petals 5, lance-linear, recurved at the 
apex ; filaments capilkry, adnate at the 
base ; stigma simple ; legume long, many- 
seeded. S. 
Limnan"thes. Sepals 5, united at the 
base ; petals 5, cuneiform, retuse, longer than 
the sepals ; ovaries 5 ; styles united into one, 
nearlj' to the top. S. 
Limo'nia. Calyx 4 or 5-cleft, urceolate, 
marescent; petals 4 or 5 ; stamens 8 to 10, 
filaments distinct, subulate ; anthers cordate, 
oblong ; receptacle elevated, forming a shoi-t 
stipe to the ovary ; style 1 ; stigma some- 
what lobed ; fruit orange-fonn, 4 or 5-celled, 
or, by abortive growth, fewer ; seeds solita- 
ry in each cell. 
Dion^'a. Calyx 5-parted or 5-leaved 
petals 5 ; stigma fringed ; capsule roundish, 
gibbous, 1 -celled, many-seeded ; petals some 
times 6. (Venus' fly-ti-ap.) S. 
C. Flowers monopetalous. 
Arbu'tus. Calyx inferior, 5-parted, mi- 
nute ; corolla ovate, pellucid at the base; 
border small, 5-cleft, revolute ; filaments 
hairy ; berry 5-celled. (bear-beiTy.) 
Epig^'a. Calyx double, outer 3-leaved; 
inner 5-parted (or calyx 5-parted, with 3 
bracts) ; corolla salver-form ; border 5-part- 
ed, spreading ; tube villose within ; cap.sule 
5-celled, many-seed';d ; receptacle 5-oarted 
(trailing arbutus.) 
