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556. Orper 2, Dieynia, two pistils. In this order of the fifth 
class isa very large natural family of plants, called Umbellifer- 
ous, or wmbellate, from the manner of their inflorescence, which 
is in the form of an wmbel, or umbrella, as you can see in Dill, 
Fennel, or Carroway. 
557. Plants’ with umbels are to be found every where in sum- 
mer; such as are poisonous grow in low, wet ground, as the 
Poison-hemlock, Cowbane, &c. Some useful table vegetables 
belong to this family, as Celery, Parsnips, &c. Some of these 
plants produce seeds useful in medicine and confectionary, as 
‘Anise and Coriander. 
558. Orper 3, Trieynia, three pistils. You will find here 
the Elder, a shrub with delicate, white flowers, growing in 
elusters called cymes; children very early learn to know this 
piant, not only by its flowers, but by its dark red berries, with 
which they sometimes mischievously stain their clothes and 
faces. The Snow-ball is a very showy, handsome, and orna- 
mental shrub; there is a wild plant which is common in the 
woods, that is not less beautiful than this; it is a species of the 
same genus Viburnum, and is well worth being transplanted 
to cultivated grounds. 
559. Orper 5, Penracynia, five pistils. The flax is found 
here. Its botanical name is linum, so called from a Celtic 
word, din, a thread. The blossom of the flax is very pretty; 
its colour is pale blue, and it stands upon a straight, erect stalk. 
This is one of the most valuable of the vegetable productions. 
There are other orders in the fifth class, but we cannot now 
stop to consider them; when you have learned what this book 
contains, your kind parents will be willing to furnish you with 
the larger volume to which this is an introduction:* in that, 
you will find a great many interesting facts with respect to 
plants, that could not be mentioned in so small a book as this 
Cuiass VI.—HExanpria, six stamens. 
_ 560. OrpEr 1, Monocynia, one pisiil. In this class are a 
great many beautiful exotics; most of which are distinguish- 
* Familiar Lectures on Botany. 
556. What large family of plants do we meet with in the second 
order of the sixth class 2 
557. Are these plants common ? 
558. What plants are mentioned in the 3d order of the class Pent- 
andria ? 
559. Describe the Flax. 
560. What is said of some of the plants of the 6th class ? 
