TIhj Orders lA' tin; 2.'3(1 CIuh/j, Voliifj/itniu, 

 jirc, acrordJij;^ to llio l)cu(itiiiii uiiiiorniiiy of 

 plan wliii:li runs llirouj;^li this iii/;c/iioii» by- 

 .stem, distinguLslit'd upon the pruu.ijilcs of tho 

 Classfs nnrn'-fliatcly prercdin;:. 



1, Mo.voi'Xi A has flowers with Stamens and 

 J'istils ofi lh«; same phint with otfiers that 

 })uvf; only j'istjls, or only Stamens; or 

 perha[)s all these three kinds of blossoins 

 oeciir ; hut. whatever the rjifli^re-nt kinds 

 may he, they arc r;onfinf;d to fjiie plant. 



'2. \)i<)Ia:\.\ ha.'s the two or l ni«;<; i.,/i'J-. oi' 

 flowers on two sfpariitf plant-. 



.'>. 'J'jMoj^ciA lias tiieru Oii {[n'int hejraratc 

 jiiants, oi' which the Ti^ i.s the only real 

 evairiple, and in that the structure of tli'i 

 flowers is alike i:i all. 



The Orders of the 24th Class, Cnjpfona- 

 mia, are profes5^;dly natural, i'liey are 4 in 

 Linna'UH, but wc now reckon 5. 



i. I'/i If i:s. Ferns, wliow* fructification is 



obscure, and j^rows either on the hack, 



ftunnnit, or near the liase of the leaf, 



thence denominated a frond. See/;. 133. 



2 D 



