128 Biadelphia. 
stamens ; and the flowers are almost universally papi- 
lionaceous. 
Under the first order, Pentandria, a single genus, 
Monnieria , a South American plant, with gaping corol- 
la, and alternate leaves, is placed. 
Order I. Hexandria. 
Fumaria. Gen. char. — Cal. two-leaved ; cor. gap- 
ing; filaments two, membranaceous, each wit|i three 
anthers. 
Fum. Officinalis , Common Fumitory ; with loose 
spikes, one-seeded, globular, notched pods, segments 
of the leaflets dilated ; very common in fields and gar* 
dens. 
Order III. Octandria. 
Poeygaea. Gen. char . — Calyx five-leaved ; two 
largest leaflets wing-shaped, coloured ; pod heart-shap- 
ed, two celled. 
Pol. Vulgaris, Milk Wort ; with flowers crested and 
in racemes ; and leaves linear, lanceolate. Common in 
warm dry pastures; and its beautiful flowers are blue, 
violet, and white. To the same genus belong some 
beautiful species from America and the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
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