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NATURAL HISTORY. 
Order X. SYNGENESIA, comprehending such plants as have 
their male flowers furnished with stamina, of which the antheire 
are united. Tins order contains six genera, viz. Tricosanthes, 
Serpent Cucumber, Momordica, Male Balsam Apple, Cucumis, 
Cucurbita, Gourd, Sicyos, Single-seeded Cucumber, and Bryonia, 
Bryony. 
Order XI. GYNANDRIA, comprehending such plants as have 
their male flowers furnished with stamina that grow out of a kind 
of style, or imperfect pistillum, the perfect one being in the female 
flower. This order contains two genera, viz. Andrachne, Bastard 
Orpine, and Agyneia. 
Of the twenty-second, Class. Dioecia. 
This class consists of such plants as have no hermaphrodite 
flowers, but bear male and female flowers on distinct plants. The 
orders of this class are fourteen, viz. 
Order I. MONANDRIA, comprehending such plants as have 
their male flowers furnished with one stamen. This order contains 
only two genera, viz. Najas, and Pandanus. 
Order II. DJANDRIA, comprehending such plants as have 
their male flowers furnished with two stamina. This order contains 
three genera, viz. Vallisneria, Salix, Willow, and Cecropia. 
Order III. TRIANDRIA, comprehending such plants as have 
their male flowers furnished with three stamina. This order contains 
six genera, viz. Empetrum, Black-berried Heath, or Crow-berries 
Osyris, Poet’s Cassia, Caturus, Excoecaria, ltestio, and Maba. 
Order IV. TETRANDRIA, comprehending such plants as 
have their male flowers furnished with four stamina. This ordei 
contains seven genera, viz. Viseum, Misletoe, Hippophas, Sea 
Buckthorn, Myrica, Candleberry Myrtlegale, or Sweet Willow. 
Trophis, Batis, Montinia, and Brucea. 
Order V. PENTANDRIA, comprehending such plants as have 
their male flowers furnished with five stamina. This order contains 
twelve genera, viz. Pistacia, Pistacia Nut, Zanthoxylum, Tooth-ach 
Tree, Astronium, Irisine, Ancidesma, Spinacia, Spinage, Acnida, 
Cannabis, Hemp, Humulus, Hop, Zanonia, Fewillea, and Canarium. 
Order VI. HEXANDRIA, comprehending such plants as have 
their male flowers furnished with six stamina. This order contains 
four genera, viz. Tamus, Black Byrony, Smilax, Rough Bindweed, 
Rajania, and Dioscorea. 
Order VII. OCTANDRIA, comprehending such plants as have 
their male flowers furnished with eight stamina. This order con- 
tains three genera, viz. Populus, Poplar, Rhodiola, Rose Root, and 
Magaritaria. 
Order VIII. ENNEANDRIA, comprehending such plants as 
have their male flowers furnished with nine stamina. This order 
contains two genera, viz. Mercurialis, Mercury, and Hydrocharis, 
Frog’s Bit. 
