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cleft: style thread-shaped, curved; seeds 4, in the bottom of the ca- 
lyx.—(sage.) 
D. Corolla superior. 
Circm’a. Calyx 2leaved or 2-parted; corolla 2-petaled ; capsule 
hispid, 2-celled, not gaping; cells 1 or 2 seeded, seeds oblong.—(en- 
chanter’s nightshade.) t % 
Order 2. Digynia. Two pistils. 
Anrnoxan ‘truuM. Calyx of two egg-shaped, pointed, concave, 
chaffy scales; 1 flowered; corolla of two equal husks, shorter than 
the calyx, awned on the back; an internal corolla or nectary, con- 
sisting of two egg-shaped minute scales: stamens longer than the 
corolla; anther oblong, forked at both ends; germ superior: seed, J 
--(sweet vernal grass.) 
CLASS I. TRIANDRIA. Three Stamens. 
Order 1. Monogynia. One pistil. 
A. Flowers superior. 
Vrs. Calyx spatha 2 or 3-valved: corolla 6-parted, divisions alter- 
nately reflexed: stigmas 3, petal-like: style short: capsule 3-celled. — 
(flower-de-luce, iris or flag.) 
Exotic. ¥ 
Cro”cus. Spatha radical: corolla funnel form, with a long slender 
tube ; stigma deep-gashed, crested.—(saffron.) 
Ix1a. Spatha 2 or 3 valved, ovate, short; corolla 6-parted or 6-pe- 
taled ; sometimes tubular: stamens strait or incurved; stigmas sub- 
filiform.—(black-berry lily.) 
Order 2. Digynia. Two pistils. 
A. Calyx and corolla of a similar texture—flowers in spreading 
panicles. 
Acros’r1s. Calyx herbaceous, 2-valved, 1-flowered, valves acute, ~ 
a little less than the corolla: corolla 2-valved, membranaceous, often 
hairy at the base: stigmas longitudinally hispid or plumose florets 
spreading; nectary lateral; seed coated.—(redtop.) 
Calyx and corolla of similar texture—flowers in compact panicles, often 
sprkeform. 
Puie”’um. Calyx hard, 2-valved, equal, sessile, linear, truncate, 
bicuspidate; corolla enclosed in the calyx, 2-valved, awnless, trun- 
eate.—(timothy-grass. ) 
B. Spikelets 1 flowered; corolla with 1 or 2 abortive rudiments of « 
flowers at the base. 
Calyx and corolla of similar texture. 
Prata’ris. Calyx membranaceous, 2-valved, valves keeled, nerved, 
equal in length, including the 2-valved pilose corolla. The corolla is 
