CLASS VIIL., 1X., X. 151 
CLASS vil. ocTaNDRIa. HLight Stamens. 
Order 1. Monogynia. One pisitil. 
Oeno’rHERA. Calyx 4-cleft, tabular, caducous, divisions reflected ; 
petals 4, inserted on the calyx ; stigma 4-cleft ; capsule 4-celled, 4-val- 
ved ; seeds not feathered, affixed toa central 4-sided columella.—(sca- 
bish, or evening primrose.) 
Tropx’oLum. Calyx 4 or 5-cleft, coloured spurred; petals 4 or 5, 
unequal; nuts leathery, sulcate.-—(nasturtion.) 
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CLASS IX. ENNEANDRIA. Nine Stamens. 
te Order i. Monogynia. One pistil. 
I Calyx 4 to 6-parted; corolla 0; nectaries 3, each a 2-hris- 
tled or 2-lobed gland, surrounding the germ; drupe l-seeded. Stamens 
vary from 3 to 14, but they are generally in two series of 6 each, with 
3 of the inner series barren—often dicecious. The calyx may be taken 
for a corolla.—(sassafras, spice-bush.) 
CLASS X. DECANDRIA. Ten Stamens. 
Order 1. Monogynia. One pistil. 
A. Flowers polypetalous, irregular, (mostly papilionaceous.) 
Cas’sta. Calyx 5-leaved; corolla 5-petaled; anthers 3, lower ones 
beaked, and on longer incurved filaments; legume membranaceous.— 
(cassia. 
B. Flowers polypetalous, regular. 
'Py’roua. Calyx 5-parted, petals 5; styles longer than the stamens, 
anthers with two pores at the base before, and the top after the open- 
ing of the flower ; capsule” 5.celled, dehiscent at the angles near the 
base.—(shin leaf.) , 
Cuimapa’iLa. Calyx 5-parted; petals 5; anthers beaked, with 2 
pores at the base before, and at the top after the opening of the flower; 
style immersed; stigma thick, orbiculate; capsule 5-celled, dehiscent 
at the angles near the summit—(prince’s pine, pipsissiwa.) 
Exotic. 
Rou’ra, Calyx 5-parted; petals concave; receptacle surrounded by 
10 nectariferous dots; capsule lobed. (Petals sometimes 4, and sta- 
mens 8.)—(rue.) 
C. Flowers monopetalous. 
_Ericm’s. Calyx double, outer 3-leaved, inner 5-parted; (or calyx 
5-parted, with 3 bracts ;) corolla salver-form; border 5-parted, spread- 
ing; tube villose within; capsule 5-celled, many-seeded ; receptacle 
§-parted.—(trailing arbutus.) 
Vaccinium. Calyx superior, 5-toothed or 5-parted, corolla bell or 
pitcher-form, 5-cleft, the divisions reflected: filaments insertea on the 
