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OCTAGYNIA. Styles, or sessile Stigmas, 8, 



scarcely occurs at all. 

 Enneagynia 9, 



of which there is hardly an instance. 

 Decagynia 10. 



DODECAGY^^'IA about 12. 



POLYGYNIA many. 



The two Orders of the fourteenth Class, jyidynamiay 

 both natural, are characterized by the fruit, as follows: 



1. Gymnospermia. Seeds naked, almost universally 

 four, never more. 



2. Angiospermia. Seeds in a capsule, numerous. 



The two Orders of the fifteenth Class, Tetrady- 

 namia^ both very natural, are distinguished by the 

 form of the fruit, thus: 



1 . SiLlCULOSA. Frui t a 5i//cw/<^, Pouch, or roundish Pod. 



2. SiLiQUOSA. Fruit a Siliqua, or long Pod. 



The Orders of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eigh- 

 teenth Classes, Monadelphia, Diadelphia and Poljj- 

 adelphia, are founded on the number of the Stamens, 

 that is, on the characters of the first thirteen Classes. 



The Orders of the great natural nineteenth Class, 

 Sj/ngenesia, are marked by the united or separated, 

 barren, fertile, or abortive, nature of the florets. 

 1. Polygamia iEQUALls. Florets all perfect or 



united, that is, each furnished with perfect Stamens, 



a Pistil, and one Seed. 



