LINNEAN SYSTEM. 183. 
names applied to them, as well as to all the classes and orders 
in the Linnzan system, are compounded of two Greek words, 
80 as to express precisely the peculiar character of each. 
645. The first class, monanpRIA, includes those plants 
which have but one stamen in each flower, and the term is 
made up from the Greek words monos (one) and aner (applied 
to the stamen) ; and all the other names are formed in a si- 
milar manner. 
646. The termination andria is used where the word sta- 
men or stamens is meant to be expressed. 
647. And the following Greek names for numbers are 
used for the first eleven classes, and in one or two other 
cases. Monos (one), di_(two), treis (three), tetras (four), 
pente (five), hex (six), hepta (seven), okto (eight), ennea 
(nine), deka (ten), dodeha (twelve.) 
648. The following are the first eleven classes : 
1. Monanprra, with | stamen,...Zingiber officinale, Ginger. 
2. Dranprta, ... 2stamens, ..Olea europea, Ofive. 
& TRIANDRIA, 0. Baan j Mo mens officinalis, Va- 
4. Ter RANDBIA, oss sieess eee Dorstenia contrajerva- 
oe Atropa Belladonna, Wight. 
ENTANDRIA, {5005-8 5 -- 3i5555 \ shade: 
6. Hexanpria, ... 6............Aloe spicata. 
{ ZEseulus rece a 
7. Hepranpaia, ... 7... t Chestnut. 
: Daphne Mezereum 
* Octawprtay 2 Bo... { watye Laurel. 
9. ENNEANDRIA, 0. 9 cecesseee { mbes palmatum, Rhy 
10, Decannria, wee 1D coe ceeeeenee Cassia senna. 
ll. DopEcanprta, ... 11 to 19... 
649. The next 2 classes are characterised partly by the | 
ituation and partly by the number of the stamens, anew 
character, situation, being here taken into account x 
