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horned behind; capsules 1 or 3, pod-like. By some the ccroila is con- | 
sidered as a coloured calyx.—(larkspur.) 
Aquite’cis. Calyx 0; petals 5, caducous; nectaries 5, alternating | 
with the petals, and terminating downwards in a spur-like nectary ; 
capsules 5, erect; acuminated with the permanent styles, many-seed- 
ed. By some the nectaries are considered as petals, and the corolla | 
as a coloured calyx.—(columbine. ) 
Hypericum. Calyx 5-parted; divisions equal, sub-ovate; corolla 
a-petaled ; filaments often united at the base in 3 or 5 sets; styles 2 to 
3; capsules membranaceous, roundish, with a number of cells equal 
to the number of styles. The bases of the filaments are often in | 
groups, when they are not united —(St. John’s wort.) 
Exotic. 
Pzo’nta. Calyx 5-leaved; petals 5; styles 0; stigmas 2 or 3; cap- 
sules pod-like, many-seeded. Remarkable for the multiplication of 
petals by rich culture—(peony.) 
Order 13. Polygynia. Many pistils. 
A. Perianth none. 
Curm’atis. Petals 3, 4, 5, or 6; seeds compressed; styles perma- | 
nent, becoming long plumose tails. (Some species are dicecious.)— 
(virgin’s bower.) By some the core is considered a coloured calyx. | 
Anemo/ne. Petals 5 to9; seeds numerous, naked—(ingsae 
rue anemone.) The corolla is considered a calyx by some. f 
CaL’rna. Petals 5 to 9; orbicular; capsules numerous, (5 to 10,) 
many-seeded, compressed; 1-celled, spreading; nectaries 0. (Pistils 
variable in number.)—(American cowslip.) By some the corolla is 
mistaken for a coloured calyx. 
B. Having a perianth. 
Hepar’ica. Calyx 3-leaved, a little distance below the corolla, en- 
tire; petals 6 to 9; seeds without tails—(liverleaf.) 
Ranun’”cunus. Calyx 5-leaved; petals 5, with claws, and a necta- 
riferous pore or scale on the inside of each; seeds without tails, na-» 
ked, numerous.—(crow-foot.) 
CLASS xu. pipynamMia. Having Four Stamens. Two Sta- 
mens longer than the other two. 
Order 1. Gymnospermia. Seeds naked in the Calyz. 
A. Calyx 5-cleft, with the divisions, or teeth, nearly equal. 
Men’rua, Corolla nearly equal, 4-lobed; broadest division, emar- 
ginate; stamens erect, distant.—(spearmint, peppermint.) 
Hepro’ma. Calyx 2-lipped, gibbose at the base; upper lip with 3 
lanceolate teeth; lower lip with two subulate ones; corolla ringent; © 
2 short stamens barren.—(pennyroyal.) : | 
Nepr’era. Calyx dry, striate: corolla with a longish tube; under ! 
lip with the middle division crenate, throat with a reflected margin; 
stamens approximate.—(catmint.) 
Gurcuo’ma. Calyx 5-cleft; corolla double the length of the calyx; 
upper lip 2-cleft; lower lip 3-cleft, with the middle segment emargi- 
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