MONADELPHIA. 119 
The styles all united at the bottom into one body with 
the receptacle, but separated above into as many threads 
as there are germens. The stigmas spreading and slender. 
Pericarpiijm. A capsule divided into as many cells as there 
are pistilla; of various figures in different genera. 
Semina. Kidney-shaped. 
This class contains nine orders, founded on the number 
of stamina 
ORDER I. TRIANDRIA. 
(THREE STAMINA OR M4LES.) 
N° of 
N° Genera. Growth, species. Native of 
1 Aphyteia h 1 Cape 
2 Galaxia 2 
ORDER II. PENTANDRIA. 
(ElVE STAMINA OR MALES.) 
* 
Species in 
Britain^ 
3 Buettneria 
•4 Erodium 
5 Hydnora 
6 Lerchea 
7 Ochroma 
8 Symphonia 
9 Ticorea 
10 Triguera 
11 Waltheria 
One female, 
h 3 Carthage 
s & h 12 Italy, See* Brit. 3 
1 
s 1 E. Indies 
h 1 
t 1 Surinam 
h 1 
s 1 
s 3 E. & W. Indies 
* in this and the two following classes, Linnaeus hath thought prbper tb found 
the orders on the number of stamina only ; the pistilla are only used as a dis* 
tinction of genera and species* 
