-io6 ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA, 
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I ,C O S A N D R I A. 
^msvdafs differs from the following. ' Firft\ In having a 
. monophyllous concave cup, , Second., Fhe corolla is f aft ened 
hy unguisjo the inner fide of the cup. Fhird., Fhe ftamina 
> are more than nineteen and infer ted into the inmr fide of 
the cup or corolla. 
It is r^/Z^Jlcofandria, becaufe the number of ftamina in this 
clafs is about twenty in the greateft part of the.genera., ne- 
ver thelefs the number is not to be accounted' a fuffcient 
^ char abler iftic., but rather the manner ofinfertion. The 
plants have from one to five and more piftils^ denominated 
\ as follow. 
f/LO^Nf) G T N I A comprehends fuch as have but one pijiiU 
of ''which we have none in nor any that have 
fewer than five., hence., 
PENTAGTNIA which comprehends fuch as have 
five piftils. 
S P I R A. Dropwort. 
T he cup is monophyllous, femiquinquifid and plain 
at the bafe, and remains till the fruit be ripe, hav- 
ing acute fegments. The petals are five, placed upon 
the cup, oblong-roundifli. The filaments are more 
than twenty, thread-like, fhorter tlian the corolla and 
inferred into the cup, having roundifli antheras. The 
germina are five, often more, with as many flyles the 
length of the ftamina, and headed liigmata. The cap- 
fules are oblong, acuminated, comprefted with two valves, 
containing a few pointed fmali feeds. 
Obf. Linn. The Filipendula of T, hath many cap- 
fules placed in an orb. 
Uhnaria of T. hath many gontorted capfules* 
Filip en- 
