DESCRIPTION OF GENERA OF PLANTS. 
CLASS I. MONANDRIA. One Stamen. 
Order 1. Monogynia. One pistil. 
Saicor”’nia. Calyx inflated, entire, 3 or 4-sided, obconic; corolla; 
style 2-cleft ; seed 1, enclosed in the calyx —-(samphire.) 
Order 2. Digynia. Two pistils. 
Burtom. Calyx 3-cleft, or 3-parted, berry-like: corolla 0: seed 1, 
immersed in the calyx.—(blite.) 
CLASS I. DIANDRIA. Z'wo Stamens. 
“Order 1. Monogynia. One pistitl. 
A. Corolla 1-petaled, inferior, regular ; seeds iw a drupe or nat: 
Cuionan’tHus. Calyx 4-parted; corolla 4-parted, with very long 
divisions: nucleus of the drupe, striate-fibrous.—(fringe-tree. )* 
Exotic. 
Jas’minum. Corolla salver-form, 5 to 8 cleft: berry 2-seeded, eaca 
seed solitary, arilled—(jasmine.) : 
Syrin’ea. Corolla salver-form: capsule 2-celled.—(lilac.) 
B. Corolla 1-petaled, inferior, irregular; seeds in capsules. 
Veron”1ca. Calyx 4-parted: corolla cleft into 4 lobes, lower divi- 
sion smaller: capsule obcordate, few-sceded, 2-celled.—(speedwell.) 
CaraL’pa. Corolla 4or5-cleft, somewhat inflated, bell-form: calyx 
2-parted or 2-leaved: stigma 2-lipped: capsule cylindric, 2-celled.— 
(catalpa tree.) 
C. Corolla 1-petaled, inferior, irregular; seeds naked. 
Monar’pa. Calyx cylindrie, striated, 5 toothed: corolla ringent, 
tubular.— (Oswego tea, mountain mint.) 
Sau’’via. Calyx tubular, striated, 2-lipped, under lip 2 to 3-toothed, 
lower lip 2-cleft: corolla ringent, upper lip concave, lower lip broad, 
three-lobed, the middle lobe the largest, notched: stamens with two 
spreading branches, one of which bearsa one-celled anther; germ four 
* This is an oot in our region, but grows wild in the southern states. 
