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CLisSVI. ORDER I, 
iar 5 -angled disk; capsules inflated, connate; nuts globular, and cicatrized, 1 
or 2 remaining in each capsule, though several appear as rudiments while in 
bloom, (bladder-nut.) 
ORDER IV. TETRAGYNIA. 
Parna-s"sia. Calyx inferior, permanent, 5-parted; corolla 5-petalled; necta¬ 
ries 5-fringed, with stamen-like divisions; stigmas sessile; capsule 4-valved, 
I or 2 -celled; seed membranaceous-margined. (parnassus grass, flowering 
plantain.’ 
ORDER V. PENTAGYNIA. 
Ara'lia. Umbellets involucred.; perianth 5-toothed, superior ; petals 5; stig¬ 
mas sessile, sub-globose; berry crowned, 5-celled; cells 1-seeded. (spikenard, 
wild-sarsaparilla.) 
Li'num. Calyx 5-leaved or 5-parted, permanent; corolla 5-petalled, inferior, 
with claws; capsule 5 or 10-valves, 10-celled; seeds solitary,ovate, compressed; 
filaments spreading or united at the base, (flax.) 
Stat // ice. Calyx funnel-form, plaited, scarious; petals 5; stamens inserted 
on the petals; styles 5; flowers in spikes or heads; capsule 1 -seeded, without 
valves. 
Dros^era. Calyx inferior, deeply 5-cleft, permanent ; petals 5, marescent; 
anthers adnate ; styles 6 , or 1 deeply divided ; capsule round, 1 or 3-cellcd, 
many-seeded; valves equalling the number of stigmas, (sundew.) The leaves 
of ail the species are beset with glandular hairs resembling dew. 
ORDER XIII. POLYGYNIA. 
Zanthorhi'za. Calyx 0; petals 5; nectaries 5, pedicelled; capsule half 2- 
valved, 1-seeded, about 5 in number, (yellow-root.) 
Myosu'rus. Calyx inferior, of few, lanceolate, coloured sepals; petals 5, with 
tubular, honey-bearing claws; filaments as long as the calyx; calyx spurred at 
the base. 
CLASS VI. HEXANDRIA. 
ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 
A. Flowers comylete , having a calyx and corolla. 
Tradescan"tia. Calyx inferior, 3-leaved ; corolla 3-petalled; filaments with 
jointed beards; capsules 3-celled, many-seeded, (spider-wort.) 
Beriberis. Calyx inferior, 6 -leaved; petals 6, with 2 glands at the claw of 
each; style 0; berry 1 -celled, 2 or 4-seeded; stigma umbilicate; stamens spring 
up on being irritated, (barberry.) 
Cleo'me. Calyx 4-leaved, inferior; petals 4, ascending to one side; glands 3, 
one at each sinuate division of the calyx, except the lowest; stamens from 6 to 
20 , or more; capsule stipid or sessile, silique-like, often 1 -celled, 2 -valved. 
Does not belong to the class Tetradynamia by its natural or artificial charac¬ 
ters. It has no silique , though the capsule appears, like a silique, until it is 
opened, (false mustard.) 
Leon^tice. Calyx of 6 sepals, caducous; petals 6, having a scale at the base; 
nectaries 5, inserted upon the claws of petals; anthers adnate to the filaments, 
2 -celled. (pappoos root.) 
Pri'nos. Calyx minute, 6-cleft; corolla sub-rotate, monopetalous, 6-parted; 
berry 6 -seeded. (winter-berry.) 
Fl^er^kia. Calyx 3-leaved ; petals 3, shorter than the sepals; seeds 2 or 3, 
superior. 
Tilland^sia. Calyx 3-cleft, sub-convolute, permanent ; corolla 3-cleft, bell- 
form, somewhat tubular ; capsule 1 to 3-celled; seed comose. 
Diphyi/lia. Sepals 3, caducous; petals 6 , opposite the divisions of the calyx; 
anthers adhering to the filaments; berry 1-celied; seeds 2 or 3, roundish. 
B. Flowers issuing from a sypatha. 
Amaryi/'lis. Corolla superior, 6 -petalled, unequal; filaments unequal, de¬ 
clined, inserted in the throat of the tube, (atamask lily.) 
Ai/'lium. Spatha many-flowered ; corolla inferior, 6 -parted, very deeply divi¬ 
ded; divisions ovate, spreading; capsule 3-celled, 3-va!ved, many-seeded; flow¬ 
ers in close umbels or heads, (leek, garlic, onion, cives.) 
Hypox^is. Glume-like spatha 2-valved ; corolla superior^ 6 -parted # perma- 
