DIOECIA PENTANDRIA. 
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CLASS XXIL 
DIOECIA. 
^his clafs comprehends fuch plants as have no hermaphro- 
dite flowers^ hilt bear male and female flowers on diftinbl 
plants. 
P EN'TANDRIA comprehends fuch as have five ftamina. 
HUMULUS. Hops. 
Mafculine. 
T H E cup hath five oblong, concave, obtufe leaves. 
I'here are five hairy, very fiiort filaments, and 
oblong antherae. 
Feminine. 
The univerfal inyolucrum is quadrlfid and acute: 
The partial one hath four leaves, is oval, and contains 
eight flowers, and the cup of every flower is mdnophyl- 
lous, oval, and very large, plain on one fide, and conni- 
vent at the bafe. The germen is very fmall, having 
two fubulated, patulent ftyles, and acute fliigmata. 1 he 
cup has the feed in the bottom, which is roundilh and 
truncated. 
Lupulus. Hops. June. 
Hh. ' , HEXANDRIA 
