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PHYTOGRAPHY. 
BOOK IV. 
“ Calyx 5 — 4-divisus, partitus v. tubulosus, aequalis v. 
inaequalis ; rarb multifidus v. integer et obsoletiis : persistens. 
Corolla monopetala, hypogyna, staminifera, plerumque irre- 
gularis ; limbo ringente v. bilabiate, rarb unilabiato ; nunc 
subaequalis ; decidua. Stamina saepius duo, antherifera, 
mode 4 didynama, brevioribus quandoque effoetis. Antherce 
V. biloculares, loculis insertione inaequalibus aequalibusve ; v. 
uniloculares ; longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium disco 
glanduloso basi cinctum, biloculare loculis 2 polyspermis. 
Stylus 1. Stigma bilobum, rarb indivisum. Capsula bilocularis, 
loculis 2 polyspermis, abortione quandoque monospermis, 
elastice bivalvis. Dissepimentum contrarium, per axin (medio 
quandoque apertam) bipartibile, segmentis valvulis adnatis 
modb ab iisdem elastice dissilientibus, integris v. rarb sponte 
bipartibilibus ; margine interiore seminiferis. Semina proces- 
subus subulatis adscendentibus dissepimenti plerumque sub- 
tensa, subrotunda : Testa laxa. Albumen nullum. Embryo 
curvatus v. rectus ; Cotyledones magnae, suborbiculatae ; Ra- 
dicula teres, descendens, et simul centripeta, curvata v. recta ; 
Plumula inconspicua. Herbce v. Frutices, intra tropicos 
praecipue provenientes ; pube, dum adsit, simplici, nunc ca- 
pitate, rarissime stellate. Folia opposite, rarb quaterna, ex- 
stipulata, simplicia, indivisa, integra v. serrate; rarb sinuate 
V. sublobata. Injlorescentia terminalis v. axillaris, spicata, 
racemose, fasciculate, paniculate v. solitaria. Flores in spicis 
saepius oppositi, nunc alterni, tribracteati, bracteis lateralibus 
rarb deficientibus, quandoque magnis foliaceis calycem nanum, 
interdum obsoletum, includentibus.” 
In this instance a much greater number of particulars is 
introduced than in the former; but still it comprehends 
nothing like all the characters that would be included in a 
general description. 
The following is also a specimen of a generic and specific 
character from the same author. It shows the plan upon which 
the essential characters of genera should be constructed : — 
‘‘ Veronica Jb., Juss. 
‘‘ Hebe Juss, 
“ Calyx 4-partitus, rarb 5-partitus. Corolla subrotata; 
