OP THE LINNiEAN ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM. 30G 



paradise was yet in primaeval tranquillity. No writer 

 whatever has rendered the natural productions of the 

 happiest and most luxurjiant climates of the globe half so 

 interesting or instructive as Linn^us has made those of 

 his own northern country. 



The Classes of the Linnsean System are 24, and 

 their distinctions are founded on the num^ber, situation, 

 or proportion of the Stamens. The Orders are founded 

 either on the number of the Pistils, or on some circum- 

 stance equally easy, which we shall in due time explain. 



The first eleven Classes are characterized solely by 

 the number of the Stamens, and distinguished by names, 

 of Greek derivation, expressive of these distinctions, 



1. MoNANDRiA. Stamen 1. 

 A small Class. 



2. DiANDRiA. Stamens 2. 



3. Triandria 3. 



4. Tetrandria 4. 



5. Pentandria 5. 



A numerous Class. 



6. Hexandria 6. 



7. Heptandria 7. 



A very small class. 



8. OcTANDRIA 8. 



9. Enneandria 9. 



A small Class. 



10. Decandria 10. 



11. Dodecandria — 12 to 19. 



12. IcosANDRiA 20 or more Stamens, in- 



•serted into the Calyx, Here we first find the situation 



