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Chapter XVII. Of the several kinds of 

 Fulcra, or Appendages to a Plant . . . 178 



Chapter XVIII. Of the Inflorescence, or 

 Mode of Flowering, and its various forms 187 



Chapter XIX. Of the Flower and Fruit 194 



Chapter XX. Of the peculiar functions of 

 the Stamens and Pistils, icith the experi- 

 ments and observations of Linnmus and 

 others on that subject 24fi 



Chapter XXI. Of the Diseases of Plants 

 particularly as illustrative of their Vital 

 Principle ^"^ 



Chapter XXII. Of the Systematical Ar- 

 rangement of Plants. JSTatural and Arti- 

 ficial Methods. Genera, Species, and va- 

 rieties. J^omenclature . « ^73 



Chapter XXIII. Explanation of the Lin- 

 ncean and Artificial System .... 30S 



Chapter XXIV. Illustrations of the Lin- 

 ncean Classes and Orders . . . . . 316 



Explanation of the Plates ...... 389 



Index of Remarkable Plants, or those of 



