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 418 4. Tetragynia has only Evolvulus, nearly allied to Convolvulus, and the elegant and curious Parnassia, t. 82.

5. Pentagynia contains Statice, t. 226, 102, and 328, a beautiful maritime genus, with a kind of everlasting calyx. The Flora Græca has many fine species. Linum or Flax follows; also the curious exotic Aldrovanda, Dicks. Dr. Pl. 30; Drosera, ''Engl. Bot. t. 867—9; the numerous succulent genus Crassula; and the alpine Sibbaldia, t. 897, of the natural order of Rosaceæ''.

6. Polygynia. Myosurus, t. 435, a remarkable instance of few stamens (though they often exceed five) to a multitude of pistils.

6. Hexandria. Stamens 6. Orders 6.

1. Monogynia. This, as usual, is the most numerous. The Liliaceous family, with or without a spatha, called by Linnæus the nobles of the vegetable kingdom, constitute its most splendid ornament. The beautiful White Lily is commonly chosen by popular writers to exemplify the stamens and pistils. The less ostentatious genus of Juncus or Rush, which soon follows,