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CHAPTER VII. 



EXPOSITION OF THE LINN^EAN ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM, 

 SOMEWHAT REFORMED. 



Ihe Classes are 24, distinguished by the number, 

 situation, proportion, or connexion of the Stamens 

 (58). 



The Orders, subdivisions of the Classes (76), are 

 founded on the number of the Pistils (59) or rather 

 of the Styles, or Sessile Stigmas; or on the Fruit 

 (61); or on the nature of the different Florets (68); 

 or on some character of the preceding Classes; or 

 lastly, in the 24th Class, on Natural Families. 



The first eleven Classes are known solely by the 

 number of Stamens, in each Perfect Flower (65). 



1. Monandria. Stamen 1. fig. 1. Globba 



marantina. 



2. Diandria. Stamens 2. — 2. Veronica 



spicata. 



3. Triandria. 3. — 3, 4. Gly- 



ceria Jiuitans, Engl. Fl. v. 1. 116. 



4. Tetrandria. 4. — 5, 6, 7. Sca- 



biom arvensis. 



5. Pentandria. 5. — 8,9. Epa- 



cris obtusifolia. 



6. Hexandrta. 6. — 10,11. Ga- 



lanthus nivalis. 



