MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. i6i 
CLASS XVI. 
MONADELPHIA. 
This clafs is denominated Monadelphia hecaufs the ftamina of 
the flowers are Jo interwo-ven as to form one body ; or r ae- 
ther lecaufc the jidmina are conncdled or coalefce at the 
bottom. The genera, of this clafs ^ were formerly diftinguijh^ 
edflrom the fruit alone., which not being jciind fiflicient., 
reccmfe was had to the leaves., by many, but Linn/eus 
has dijtinguijhed the genera by the cup, which is the prin-^ 
ciple charackrijiic and fines the genus btyond a dijpute. 
The engllfn .plants of this clafs are divided into Decandria 
and Polyandria, and firft of 
DECANDRIA which comprehends plants with ten 
flamina. 
G E R A N I U M. Cranesbill. 
T H E cup is pentarhyllous, the leaves are ovate, 
acute, concave, and permanenr. There arc five 
obcordate, often ovate, patent, large petals. I'here are 
ten Tubulated filanicnt.-;, patent at the apices, akernateiy 
longer, but fliorter than il.e corolla, with verfatile ob- 
long anthers. The germen lias live angles ana is beak- 
ed; the flyle is Tubulated, longer than the Tcanfina and 
permanent, and the five itigmata are rdlex, The fruit 
is beaked, the feeds are Toiitary, kidiiey-Thaped, and of- 
ten covered with an out coat, the arida or beard is very 
long and becomes Tpiral. 
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Cicuiarium. 
