88 TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Valeriana. 
CYNOSU'RUS. Cal. two-valved, containing many flowers: 
valves strap-shaped, tapering to a point, equal: Nectary 
two-leaved. 
[Tarex. Alopecurus pratensis, alpinus, agrestis.] 
TRIGYNXA. 
(1) Flowers without petals. Stamens and pistils in separate flowers. 
£Car ex.] 
AMARAN'THUS. Cal . three or five-leaved: JBloss. none. 
Fert. FI. Capsule one-celled ; splitting all round : Seed 
one. 
(2) Flower with blossoms; not husks. 
MONTI A. Bloss. one petal: Cal. two-leaved. (Capsule one- 
celled, two or three-valved. E.) 
TILUE'A. Bloss. three or four petals: Cal. three or four¬ 
leaved : (Caps, three or four, two seeds in each. Sm. E.) 
POLYCARTON. Bloss. five petals: Cal. five-leaved : Caps. 
three-valved. 
HOLOSTEUM. Bloss. five petals: Cal. five-leaved: Caps. 
opening at the top. 
ENNEAGYNIA. 
EMTETRUM. Barren and fertile flowers on distinct plants: 
Cal. with three divisions : Bloss. three petals. 
Barr. Fl. Siam. long. Fert. FI. Berry nine-seeded. 
MONOGYNIA. 
VALERIA'NA. # Cal. none: Bloss. one petal, superior, gib¬ 
bous on one side at the base : Seed one, or else a three- 
celled capsule, (surmounted by feathery rays. E.) 
(1) Flower with one stamen. 
V. ru'bra. Flowers caudate : leaves spear-shaped, entire. 
* (From valere y to be strong in health, or to render one so : for, according to a father 
of Botany, “ It hath beene had in such veneration, that no brothes, pottage, or physi¬ 
cal! meates are woorth any thing, if this be not at one end.” E.) 
