ADVERTISEMENT. 



The different Genera of British plants of which 

 there are figures in this work, are in the following 

 pages described by their characters founded in nature, 

 and agreeably to the principles of Linnaeus, taken from 

 the seven parts of fructification. 



The examples comprehend all the Classes and Or- 

 ders according to theLinnaean system; to the characters 

 of which I confined myself entirely in the previous pages, 

 that the system might be clearly and fully understood, 

 and that the facts on which the arrangement depends 

 might not be confounded with the more general eco- 

 nomy of nature on which Generic and Specific cha- 

 racters are established. 



When these volumes are read, and the parts of fruc- 

 tification attended to which are defined and demon- 

 strated in various examples, the technical language 

 used in generic descriptions will be understood with- 

 out difficulty 3 and by the help cf the figure and an 

 examination of the plant itself this work will put the 

 learner in possession of the knowledge of one hundred 



