1742. Fourth order, D. florales. Shrubs and trees, with tolerably regular flowers and separated stamina; legumens with frequently transverse septa, embryo straight—Geoffroyæ, Swartzieæ, Detarium, Mimosæ, and Cassiæ.
1743. Fifth order, D. fructuariæ. Regular flowers with separate stamina and multilocular plums—Stackhouseæ, Empetreæ, Celastrineæ, Rhamneæ, and Terebintheæ. (For their sixteen families vid. Tab. B.)
CLASS XV.
Berry-plants—Umbelliferæ, &c.
1744. Ovarial and calycine corolla with a single perfectly soft fruit or berry, on which are five corolla-petals, with a moderate number of stamina. This fruit is wholly edible, and has only one or two styles; stalk and leaves pass through all the stages of formation.
1745. They divide first of all into two groups, having few or many stamina; of these the fruit of one is dry, of the other fleshy. The dry fruits are also perfectly edible, as the Caraway-seeds.
1746. First order, Baccariæ parenchymatosæ. Epigynous; nodose herbs with two seeds in the calyx; only five stamina—Umbellatæ.
1747. Second order, B. vaginatæ. Mostly shrubs with quinary corollæ and bi-or quinquelocular berries—Mistletoes, Elders, Araliaceæ, Vines.
1748. Third order, B. axonales. Bushes and shrubs with quaternary corollæ, only one style and one multilocular many-seeded capsule—Epilobeæ, Salicariæ.
1749. Fourth order, B. florales. Mostly shrubs with quinary corollæ and manifold stamina; capsule or berry multilocular—Melastomaceæ.