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CLASS Y. ORDER I. 
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anth corolla-like, deeply 4-parted, permanent, becoming thick and spongy; style 
pyramid-form, 4-sided; stigma simple, minute; berries globose, 2-seeded, en¬ 
closed in the spongy spadix receptacle, (skunk-cabbage.) 
Sanguisor'ba. Calyx coloured, 4 lobed, with 2 scales at the base; capsule 
4-sided, 1 or 2-celled. (burnet saxifrage ) 
Alchemil/la. Calyx 8-cleft, segments spreading, alternately smaller; style lat¬ 
eral from the base of the germ; fruit surrounded by the calyx, (ladies’ mantle.) 
ORDER II. DIGYNIA. 
Hamame'lts. Involucrum 3-leaved; perianth 4-leaved or 4-cleft; petals 4, 
very long, linear; nut 2-celled, 2 horned, (witch-hazel.) Flowers in autumn, 
and perfects its seed the following spring. 
ORDER IV. TETRAGYNIA. 
Flex. Calyx minute, 4 or 5-toothed; corolla 4-parted; style 0; stigmas 4; 
berry 4-celled, cells 1-seeded. (holly.) 
Sagi'na. Calyx 4 or 5-parted; petals 4 or 5, or none; stamens 4 or 5; capsule 
4 or 5-valved, 1-celled, many-seeded. 
Potamoge^on. Flowers on a spadix ; calyx and corolla 0; nuts 4, 1-seeded, 
sessile. 
CLASS Y. PENTANDRIA. 
ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 
A. Flowers l-petalled , inferior ; seeds naked in the bottom of the calyx . 
rough-leaved plants. 
Myoso'tis. Calyx half 5-cleft, or 5-cleft; corolla salver-form, curved, 5-cleft, 
vaulted, the lobes slig-htly emarginate ; throat closed w r ith5 convex converging 
scales ; seeds smooth or echinate. (scorpion grass.) - 
Cynoglos^sum. Calyx 5 parted ; corolla short, funnel-form, vaulted; throat 
closed by 5 converging convex processes; seeds depressed, affixed laterally to 
the style, (hound-tongue.) 
Lycop^sis. Calyx 5-cleft; corolla funnel-form ; throat closed with ovate con¬ 
verging scales ; seeds perforated at the base. 
Bora'go. Corolla wheel-form, the throat closed with rays, (borage.) Ex. 
Anchu'sa. Calyx 5-parted; corolla funnel-form, vaulted; throat closed; 
seeds marked at the base, and their surface generally veined, (bugloss.) Ex. 
Sym /7 phytum. Limb, or upper part of the corolla, tubular, swelling; the 
throat closed with subulate rays, (comfrey.) Ex. 
Heliotro'pium. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed; corolla salver-form, 5-cleft, w T ith 
teeth or folds between the divisions; throat open. Spikes recurved, involute, 
(turnsole.) 
Ltthosper"mdm. Calyx 5-parted, segments acute ; corolla funnel-form ; bor¬ 
der 5-lobed; orifice naked ; stamens within the tube of the corolla; stigma ob¬ 
tuse; seeds hard and shining, (gromwell.) 
Bats'chia. Calyx deep 5-parted; corolla salver-form, with a bearded ring 
within the straight tube, (false bugloss.) 
Pulmona'ria. Calyx prismatic, 5-cornered, 5-toothed; corolla funnel-form; 
border 5-lobed ; tube cylindrical, (lung-wort.) 
E'chium. Calyx 5-parted; segments subulate, erect; corolla bell-form, with 
an unequal 5-lobed border, the lower segment acute and reflexed. (Viper’s 
bugloss.) 
B. Flowers l-petalled, inferior ; seeds covered. [Capsule 1-celled.] 
Anagal"lis. Calyx 5-parted; corolla wheel-form, deeply 5-lobed; capsule 
opening transversely, globose, many-seeded; stamens hairy, (scarlet pimpernel.) 
LYsiMACH'fiA. Calyx 5-cleft; corolla wheel-form, 5-cleft; capsule 1-celled, 
globular, 5 or 10-valved, mucronate ; stigma obtuse. (In some species the fila¬ 
ments are united at the base.) (loose strife.) 
Primula. Umbellets involucred; calyx tubular, 5-toothed; corolla salver- 
form, 5-lobed; tube cylindric; throat open; divisions of corolla emarginate; 
capsule 1-celled, with a 10-cleft mouth; stigma globular, (primrose, cowslip.) 
Dodecath // eon. Calyx 5-cleft; corolla wheel-form, reflexed, 5-cleft; stamens 
in the tube ; stigma obtuse; capsule oblong, opening at the apex, (false 
cowslip.) 
