VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 23. 



CHARACTERS of CLASSES. 



I. ONE MALE. 



One hufband in marriage. 

 Onejlamen in an hermaphrodite flower. 



II. TWO MALES. 



Two hufbands in the fame marriage. 



Two Jlamens in a . hermaphrodite flower, 



III. THREE MALES. 



Three hufbands in the fame marriage. 

 Three Jlamens in an hermaphrodite flower. 



IV. FOUR MALES. 



Four hufbands in the fame marriage. 



Four Jlamens in the Jame flower with the fruit. 



[if the two nearefl Jlamens are Jhorter^ it is referred to Clafs 14.. 



V. FIVE MALES. 



Five hufbands in the fame marriage. 

 Five Jlamens in an hermaphrodite foxver. 



VI. SIX MALES. 



Six hufbands in the fame marriage. 



Si.. Jlamens in an hermaphrodite jiower. 



(if the two oppoJiieJla?nens areJhorter y it belongs to Clafs 15.) 



VII. SEVEN MALES. 



Seven hufbands in the fame marriage. 

 Seven Jlamens in the fame fioiver with thepijlil. 



VIII. EIGHT MALES, 



Eight hufbands in the fame marriage. 



Eight jlamens in the fame foxver with the piflil. 



IX. NINk MALES. 



Nine hufbands in the fame marriage. 

 Nine Jlamens in an hermaphrodite fioiver 



X. TEN MALES. 



Ten hufbands in the fame marriage. 



Ten Jlamens in an hermaphrodite flower. 

 XL TWELVE MALES. 



Twelve hufbands in the fame marriage. 



Tweheflamens to nineteen in an hermaphrodite flower. 

 XII. TWENTY MALES. 



Generally twenty hufbands, often more. 



Stamens inferted on the calyx (not on the receptacle) in an 

 hermaphrodite flower. 



XII. MANY 



