SYSTEMATIC INDEX 



THE FAMILIES OF PLANTS, 



Shewing the gi'oups or "alliances" into which they are thrown by Professor 

 Lindley, in his great work called " The Vegetable Kingdom," and the consecutive 

 order in which that author places them in their respective classes. 



A proper scientific arrangement of the families has not been practicable in the 

 present volume, owing to the exigencies of the printing, in connection with the 

 charts. The following list will compensate that defect, as well as supply enlarged 

 ideas, at one view, of the relations which the families bear towards one another. 



The " alliances" ai'e composed of two or more families, just as the families are 

 composed of genera, and the genera of species. The name is adopted from that 

 of the principal family, and always ends in ales. Thus, Ranalcs, the alliance of 

 which the Raiumculacea; are the typical example. The grounds of their con- 

 struction, and of the sequence given to the families, must be looked for in 

 Lindley's work above-mentioned. 



Class I.— EXOGENS. 

 Section 1.— BISEXUAL. 



GkOUP 1. — OVAHV X'KEE ^VITHIN THE PERIANTH J StAMENS GROWING ON THE 



RECEPTACLE. 



ViOLALES. 



PAGB 



Passion-flower Family PassiJloracecE 139 



Violet " Violacece 122 



Tamaiisk " Tamaricacea; 164 



Stonecrop " Crassulacece 125 



CiSTALES. 



Cistus Family Gistacea Ill 



Cabbage " Cruciferce or Brassicacecs Ill 



Mignonette " Resedacece 121 



Caper " Capparidece 164 



MAI.VALES. 



Trophy-wort Family TropaolecB 107 



Mallow " Malvacea; 108 '4 



Lime-tree " Tiliaceie 110 



