308 LINN-EAN ORDERS. 



Hexagynia. Styles, or sessile Stigmas, 6, 



of very rare occurrence. 

 Heptagynia 7 , 



still more unusual. 



OCTAGYNIA • 8, 



scarcely occurs at all. 

 Enneagynia. Styles, or sessile Stigmas, 9, 



of which there is hardly an instance. 

 Decagynia 10. 



DODECAGYNIA about 12. 



Polygynia : many. 



The 2 Orders of the 14th Class, D'ldynamia^ both 

 natural, are characterized by the fruit, as follows : 



1. Gym N osPERMiA. Seeds naked, almost universally,4. 



2. Angiospermia. Seeds in a capsule, numerous. 



The 2 Order? of the 15th Class, Tetradynamia, both 

 very natural, are distinguished by the form of the fruit, 

 thus : 



1. Siliculosa. Fruit a Silicula, Pouch, or roundish 

 Pod. 



2. SiLiquosA. Fruit a Siligua, or long Pod. 



The orders of the 16th, 17th and 18th Classes, Mona. 

 delpkia, Diadelphia and Polyadelphia, are founded on the 

 number of the Stamens, that is, on the characters of the 

 first 13 Classes, 



The Orders of the great natural 19th Class, Syngen- 

 esia^ are marked by the united or separated, barren, fer- 

 tile, or abortive, nature of the florets. 



