Hexandriu, 
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Order VI. Poe. y gyn i a.. 
Myosurus Minimus, Mouse-tail. Gen . char .< — ■ OaL 
five leaved, with an appendage at the base j petals five^. 
with a tubular nectariferous claw. An annual plant j 
flowers in May, and sometimes appears in fields of a& 
gravelly soil. 
CLASS VI. 
HEXANDRI/L 
The plants belonging to this class have six stamens^ 
and they are divided into six orders. 
Order I. Monogynia. 
The genera arranged under this order are the most 
numerous of the class j they are divided into six sec- 
tions, and include the splendid liliaceous tribe, which 
Linnseus has distinguished by the pre-eminent designa- 
tion of the nobles of the vegetable kingdom. 
Bromeeia. Gen. char.- — Cor. tripartite ; cal. tri- 
partite, superior ; a berry. 
Brom. Penguin, Penguin of Jamaica ; with leaves cl- 
Hate, spiny, dagger- pointed, raceme terminal. This 
singular plant is common in the Savannahs and on the 
