POLYGAMIA. MONOECIA. 1824-1827. 1641 
ORDER I. MONOECIA. 
1824. MUSA. Herm. Spathe’p^Ttia], many-flow- 
ered.voro/ 2-petalleci; one of them ereft, 5-toothedj 
the other nedtariferous, concave, and fliorter; 
Jlamina 6: style i . 
Male above; ^laments perfedt: germ inferior, abortive. 
Fein, i filament perfeiSt; herry inferior, oblong, 3-fided, 
many feeded. 
' Spadix nodding: males permanent. Plalntain-tree, 
Indies. Linn. Mus, l. t. i, Trenu, Ehret. t, i8— 20. 
‘ Spadix nodding: males deciduous. Banana tree. 
Indies. Trew, Ehret 4 t. 21,22,23. 
Spadix erect: fpathes deciduous. 
Molucca iflands. Rumph. Amh. 5. 137, t. 6r. 
^25. VERATRQM. Calyx o\ petals S\fiamina']. 
Herm. Pifiils 3.- capfules 3, many -feeded. 
Male. Rudiment of a^z}?x7. 
Raceme more than decompound; the divifions fpiked:corols 
ercdl. White Hellebore, 
Europe. Woodv. t. 100. Blncknu. t. 74. Mill, illud. 
Raceme more than decompound : corols bell-lhaped; the 
claws thickened at the fide within. 
North America. Aiton Hort. Kewo. 3 p. 422. 
Raceme compound.- corols much fpread. 
Auftria, Siberia. Jacq. Aufir. 336. 
Raceme quite fimple: leaves feffile. 
North America. Flonuen fpiked, jellowilh, 
1826. ANTHISTERIA. Herm. florets ieflile, 
male- florets pedicelled. 
a/yAT, glume 4-vaIved, 3 or 4-flowered, coriaceous: 
coroly glume 2-valved, awnlefs : filaments 3.' styles 
2: stigmata clavate; Jeed i. 
^nthifteria. 
Ca/m. branched, jointed, glabrous: leases alternate, ciliate to- 
wards the Iheath: rarmr terminal, leafy. 
1827. EIOLCUS. Herm. glume 2-valved, 
I or 2 -flowered: carol glume 2-valved, awned : 
- stamina y. styles 2: Jeed i. 
Calyx, glume 2-valved: coral o; stamina 3. 
Soft-grass, 
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