NATURAL CLASSIFICATION. M 



37. Order, Palnia, J. 



III. Class. Glumiflorae. 



38. Order, Typhina, J. 



39. " Cyperacea, J. 



40. " Graminea, J. 



41. " Juncacea, J. 



42. '• Xyridia, Raf. 1815. 



IV. Class. Liliflora. 



43. Order, Asparagoides, J. 



44. " Asphodela, J. 



45. " Coronaria, J. 



46. " Veratrea, my Helonides 1815. 



47. " Commelinea, Raf. 1815. 



48. " Pontederea, Ag. 



49. " Dioscorides. Ag. 

 50* " Hemodorea, Ag. 



51. " Iridea, J. 



52. " Narcissea, J. 



53. " Bromelinea,my Ananidial815 

 V. Class. Gynandres. 



54. Order, Musacea, J. 



55. " Cannacea, Ag. 



56. " Scitaminea, J. 



57. " Orchidea, J. 



These 31 families answer to my V, VI, VIII, 

 Classes, wherein I had 48 new families, 7 years 

 before Agardh ; whereof he has several under 

 same or akin names, without quoting me; as he 

 had not seen my analysis of Nature. He had 

 however the sagacity to perceive some of them, 

 and the good sense to find exclusive characters 

 for all, which Lindley could not do, nor imitate 

 much later, prefering to return to the obscurity 

 ofAdanson: whereby he has impeded the gen- 

 eral adoption of the natural System, as a gener- 

 al method. 



It may be regretted that Botanists do not 



