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Diandria. 
introduce it after the generic characters of the order 
and class to which it belongs. Thus, the genus Tra- 
de scantia belongs to the sixth class ; but one species 
has only a single stamen, and therefore belongs to the 
first class, and to the third section of the first order of 
that class, -at the end of which it is set down with its 
specific name, thus, Tradescantia monandra. Accord- 
ing to the same plan, Valeriana rubra , and Angastifo- 
lia , have only one stamen and one seed, and are there- 
fore noted at the end of the fourth section of the first 
order of the first class, but retain their place among 
the species to which they are naturally allied, in the 
first order of the third class. 
CLASS II. 
DIANDRIA . 
The flowers in this class have two stamens, and it Is 
divided into three orders. 
Order I. Monogynia, 
Jasminum, Jasmine. Gen. char. — Cor. five-cleft ; 
berry two seeded ; seeds in a seed-coat; anthers with- 
in the tube. 
Jas. Officinale , Common Jasmine with opposite 
pinnated leaves, leaflets sharp pointed. The common 
jasmine, which is a native of Switzerland and India, re- 
commends itself by the beauty of its leaves, and the 
