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Classis X. 
CLASSIS X. 
PLANTiE DICOTYLEDONES MONOPETALJE» 
COROLLA EPIGYNA. ANTHERffi CONNATJE. 
Flores tubulofi, aggregati fxpius plures in calice 
communi (inde compofiti didi), fupra receptaculum 
commune , nudum aut paleis pilifve tedum. Calix 
proprius nullus ( nifi talis redius habeatur cuticula 
feminis & pappus ipfi ftepe continuus). Corolla mono- 
petala, tubulofa, epigyna feu pifliilo impofita , in aliis 
flofculofa feu limbo regulari fepius quinquefido, in 
aliis ligulata feu limbo produdo in ligulam lateralem, 
apice integram aut dentatam. Stamina definita, Fepius 
quinque, filamentis diftindis & corollse infertis, antheris 
in tubum coalitis (in ultima Corymbiferarum ferie 
tantummodo approximatis). Germen inferum fimplex , 
impolitum receptaculo communi ; ftylus unicus , 
trajiciens antherarum tubum ; fiigma fcepe bipartitum , 
raro fimplex. Semen unicum, nudum, aut coronatum 
pappo. Corculi perifpermo deftituti radicula inferior. 
Flores in eodem calice nunc flofculofi omnes , nunc 
omnes figulati, nunc radiati feu centrales flofculofi, 
marginales figulati. 
Obs. Corolla monopetala indicat ftylum unicum, ftamina epi- 
petala & definita; eadem epigyna determinat germen inferum, 
