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7. Heptandria Stamens 7. 

 A very small Class. 



8. OCTANDllIA 8. 



9. Enneanduia 9. 



A small Class. 



10. Decandria. 10. 



11. Dodecandria 12 to 19. 



12. IcosANDRiA 20 or more Stamens, 



inserted into the Caly.v. Here we first find the 

 situation of the Stamens taken into consideration. 

 They grow oat of the sides of the Calyx, often 

 from a sort of ring, as in the Strawberry. This is 

 truly a natural Class, as are several of the following 

 ones; so that in these instances the Linnsean method 

 of arrangement performs more than it promises. The 

 character of this Class is the more important, as such 

 a mode of insertion indicates the pulpy fruits which 

 accompany it to be infallibly Avholesome, and this 

 holds good, not only when the stamens are nume- 

 rous, but in all other cases. Thus Ribes, the Cur- 

 rant and Gooseberry genus, whose five stamens grow 

 out of the calyx, stands in the fifth Class, a whole- 

 some fruit, among many poisonous berries. No 

 traveller in the most unknown wilderness need 

 scruple to eat any fruit whose stamens are thus 

 situated; while on the other hand he will do well 

 to be cautious of feeding on any other parts of the 

 plant. 



