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taken into consideration. They grow out 

 of the sides of the Calyx, often from a sort 

 of ring, as in the Strawberry. This is 

 truly a natural Class, as are several of the 

 following ones ; so that in these instances 

 the Linnsean method of arrangement per- 

 forms more than it promises. The charac- 

 ter of this Class is the more important, 

 as such a mode of insertion indicates the 

 pulpy fruits which accompany it to be infal- 

 libly wholesome, and this holds good, not 

 only when the stamens are numerous, but 

 in all other cases. Thus Ribes, the Cur- 

 rant and Gooseberry genus, whose 5 sta- 

 mens grow out of the calyx, stands in the 

 fifth class, a wholesome fruit, among many 

 poisonous berries. No traveller in the 

 most unknown wilderness need scruple to 

 eat any fruit whose stamens are thus situ- 

 ated ; while on the other hand he will do 

 well to be cautious of feeding on any 

 other parts of the plant, 



13. Polyandria. Stamens numerous, com- 

 monly more so than in the last Class, and 

 inserted into the Receptacle, or base of 



