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BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. 



. IV 



Stamens and. Pistils invisible^ 



Natural. ^ 21. CRYPTO-GAMIA. ^ or too small to be seen by the 



naked eye. 



Fig. 11. 



Lichens. Mushrooms. Ferns. Mosses. 



92. All plants are either Phenogamous, with stamens and 

 pistils visible, or Cryptogamous, with stamens and pistils in- 

 visible ; the first twenty classes are of the former, the twenty- 

 first class of the latter kind. 



93. You have now been taught the classes into whicii plants 

 are divided It is important that these should be well under- 

 stood, and that as early as possible, you collect some plants of 

 each class. 



CHAPTER V. 



Orders of Linn&us Synopsis of Classes and Orders. 



94. THE classes are divided into Orders. Each class usu- 

 ally contains several orders ; you will best learn to distinguish 

 them by practice in analyzing plants, though it is proper you 

 should learn their names, and the circumstances on which thev 

 are founded. 



ORDERS OF PLANTS. 



95. The orders of the first twelve classes are founded upon 

 the number of PISTILS. 



92. What general name is given to the first twenty classes, and what 

 are the plants of the twenty-first class called 1 



93. What have you now been taught 1 



94. How can you best learn to distinguish the different orders in 

 each class 1 



95. On what are the orders of the first twelve classes founded 1 



