432 POLYAICDEIA, 



inffLi(?nced me in the preceding class. Tlicy 

 now only serve to keep natural genera 

 asuntler, the species of which not only 

 diffqr among themselves as to number of 

 pistils, but each species is often - variable 

 besides. The genera are so few that no 

 inconvenience could arise on that account. 

 I coiceive such reforms, founded in expe- 

 rience not in theory, serve to strengthen 

 the system, by greatly facilitating its ap- 

 plic-Xtion to practice. 



7. Tdygijnia. An order for the most part 

 naiXiral, comprehending some fine exotic 

 trees, as Dillenia, Exot. Bot. t. 3, 3, 92 

 ar.d 93 ; Liriodcndron, the Tulip-tree; the 

 noble Magnolia, (Sic; a tribe concerning 

 wlaose genera our periodical writers are 

 fajling into great mistakes. To these suc- 

 ceed a family of plants, either herbaceous 

 GH climbing, of great elegance, but of acrid 

 and dangerous qualities, us Anemone, in a 

 smgle state the most lovel}^, in a double 

 one the most splendid, ornament of our 

 parterres in the spring; Atragcne and 

 Clematis, so graceful for bowers ; Tliolic" 



