GENERAL PRINCIPLES 



OF 



MEDXCAK BOTAZnr, 



JIRST SECTION— BOTANICAL PRINCIPLES. 



1- BOTANY 13 the science and knowledge of vegetable bodies 



or plants. 



2- A botanical species Is formed by the collective association 



of all the individual bodies, which have a similar form. 



3. VARIETIES Ere mere occasional deviations from this spe- 

 cific typical form, 



4. All the individuals of the same species, have the sante 

 forms, qualities and properties, but modified in some varieties. 



5. The principal branches of Botany, are, Glossology, No- 



MENCtATUHE, CLASSIFICATION, DkSCBIPTITE BoTAJTT, BOTAIfflCAi 



HisToaY and Philosophy. 



6. Glossology gives names or Botanical terms to every Organ 

 of plants, and to all their modifications of form or structure. 



7» These names must be sought for in special botanical works; 

 it is beyond this scope to notice them here, cjcept in general, 



8. NoMEKCLATURE applics names to every specie^ and succes- 

 sive groups of species, referring their Synonyms to each- 



9. These names derived chiefly from the Latin and Greek 

 languages, become universal, and common to all languages and 

 nations. 



10. Synosyms are of wo kinds, 1. Erroneous or obsolete 

 botanical names, 2. Local or variable Vulgar names employed 

 by each nation. 



11. Classiftcatioit teaches how to co-ordinate the species in 

 Genera, orders and classes by methodical or systematical arrange- 

 ments. 



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