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CLASS XXL ORDER 1. 
2-valved, many-seeded; seed with egret-like hairs; leaves having a tremulous 
motion, (poplar, balm of Gilead.) 
Diospy'ros. Calyx 4 to 6'-cleft, dilated ; corolla urceolate, 4-6-cleft. Staminate 
flowers: stamens 8 to 16; filaments often with 2 anthers. Pistillate flowers: 
stigmas 4-5 ; berry 8-12-seeded. (date plum.) S. 
HippoYh^e. Staminate flowers: perianth 4-cleft; stamens 8, alternating with 
8 glands. Pistillate flowers: perianth superior, campanulate ; style 1; stigma 
oblique; berry 1-seeded. (sea-buck-thorn.) 
ORDER IX. ENNEANDRIA. 
Udo'ra. Spatha 2-parted; perianth 6-parted, 3 inner segments petaloid. 
Staminate flowers : stamens 9, 3 of them interior. Pistilla'e flowers: tube of 
the perianth very long; barren filaments 3; utricle about 3-seeded; seeds cy- 
lindric. (ditch-moss.) 
ORDER X. DECANDRIA. 
Gymnocla'dus. Staminate flowers : calyx tubular, 5-cleft; petals 5. Pistillate 
flowers : style 1 ; legume 1-celled, pulpy within ; seed roundish, large, and 
hard, (coffee-bean.) 
Car/Aca. Staminate flow r ers: calyx minute; corolla funnel-form, 5-cleft; sta- 
mens alternately shorter, enclosed in the tube of the corolla. Pistillate flow¬ 
ers : calyx 5-toothed; petals 5; stigmas 5; berry cucumber-form, grooved, 
1-celled, many-seeded, (false papaw-tree.) S. 
ORDER XII. POLYANDRIA. 
Menisper 7/ mum. Staminate flowers: calyx 2-bracted, about 6-Ieaved, cadu¬ 
cous; petals 6-9, glandular, minute, retuse ; stamens 16-24; anthers adnate to 
the filaments, 4-lobed, 2 celled. Pistillate flowers: germs and styles 3-6; drupes 
mostly solitary, 1-seeded ; nut lunate, compressed. 
Datis^ca. Staminate flowers: calyx 5-leaved; corolla 0; anthers sessile, 
about 15. Pistillate flowers: calyx superior, 2-toothed; styles 3; capsules 3- 
angled, 3 horned, 1-celled, many-seeded, (false hemp.) 
ORDER XV. MONODELPHIA. 
Junipe'rus. Staminate flow 7 ers: ament ovate, whorled; calyx a peltate scale ; 
anthers 4 to 8. Pistillate flowers: calyx 3-parted; petals 3; styles 3; berry 1 
or 2-seeded ; riut long, 1-celled, with balsamy glands at the base, (red cedar.) 
Tax /7 us. Staminate flowers : calyx consists of 4 to 6 imbricate scales ; corol¬ 
la 0; stamens 8 to 10 ; anthers peltate, 6 to 8-cleft. Pistillate flowers : style 0 : 
receptacle succulent; nut or drupe fleshy; 1-seeded. (yew.) 
CLASS XXL CRYPTOGAMIA. ' 
ORDER I. FILICES. 
A. Capsule having an elastic ring at right angles with its opening. 
Polypo'dium. Capsules disposed in round, scattered fruit-dots, (or clusters of 
capsules,) on various parts of the lower surface of the frond ; involucrum 1. 
(polypod.) 
Aspid'Aum. Capsules in scattered, roundish fruit-dots, on various parts of the 
whole lower surface of the frond; involucrum a kidney-fonn, or round mem¬ 
brane, fastened to the frond in or near the centre of the fruit-dot, and opening 
on all sides, or to one side of the fruit-dot, and opening on the other. The in¬ 
volucrum, when a little opened, is often peltate, (shield-fern.) 
Pter"is. Capsules arranged in a continued line along the very margin of the 
frond; involucres opening inward, being formed of the indexed margins of the 
fronds. When the leaves are extremely small, the rows of capsules on oppo¬ 
site sides meet and cover the lower surface, (brake.) 
Adian^tum. Capsules disposed in oblong fruit-dots, arranged along the mar¬ 
gin of the frond ; involucrum is formed by turning back the margin of the frond 
over the capsules, and it opens inward. The lines of oblong spots are gene¬ 
rally along that margin, which may be considered the end of the leaf, or of the 
segments of the leaf, (maidenhair.) 
Onocle'a. Fruit-dots indeterminate, presenting a berry-like appearance ; cap¬ 
sules covering the whole lower surface of the frond; involucrum formed by 
turning in or rolling back the margin of the leaf, which opens inward, in ma- 
