CALYCIFLORÆ, in botany, the 16th order in Linnaeus's Fragmenta methodi naturalis, consisting of plants which, as the title imports, have the stamina (the flower) inserted into the calyx. This order contains the following genera, viz. cleagnus, hippophae, ofyris, and trophia. See BOTANY, sect. vi. 16.
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