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latum , are dangerous poisons; and others, which are useful to mankind 
both as luxuries or necessaries—the seeds of caraway ( Carum), and 
coriander ( Coriandrum ), are used by the confectioner; dill ( Ane- 
thum ), and anise (Pimpinella anisum), by the distiller; the blanched 
stems of celery (. Apium ), and sweet fennel ( Anethum fceniculum, var. 
dulce). Primulacece contains many handsome border-flowers and alpine 
plants. 
This class contains also the elegant families of Convolvulus and 
Ipomea ; the various kinds of Epacids, which, in New Holland, rivals 
the heaths of South Africa; and the splendid genus. Azalea. Orders 
six, viz. 
Monogynia ; Primula pram tens. 
Eigynia ; Artedia squamata. 
Trigynia ; Turnera speciosa. 
Tetragynia ; Parnassia palustris. 
Pentagyjiia ; pente , five, and gyne , a woman; flowers furnished 
with five styles ; Linum perenne. 
Polygynia ; poly , many, and gyne , a woman; flowers furnished 
with many styles ; Myosurus minimus. 
Classis VI.— Hexandria. 
Hexandria , from hex , six, and 
aner , a man; signifying that this 
class bears flowers that are bisexual, 
and furnished with six husbands, 
stamens, or male organs for genera¬ 
tion. The flowers of this class must 
not be confounded with the 15th Class, which also bears flowers with 
six stamens. The distinction between the classes are these: in the 
6th Class, the stamens are all of equal length ; in the 15th Class, 
the stamens are unequal, four being long and two short. (Sec 
Classis XV.) 
{To be continued.) 
