BOTAWT. 



S83 



61A3SES, 



14. DiDYNAMiA. This class 

 contains two orders. — 

 Stamens Four, two on 

 long and two on shorter 

 filaments ; from which 

 circumstance the plants 

 are readily distinguished 

 from those of class IV. 



ORDERS. 



Gymnospermia, iti which 

 the seeds, four in num- 

 ber, are naked, and 

 placed at the bottom 

 of the calyx ; most of 

 the plants in this or- 

 der are aromatic, and 

 may be eaten with 

 safety : — Angoisper-^ 

 mia^\n which the seeds 

 are numerous, and 

 contained in a com- 

 mon pericarp, or seed 

 vessel. Many of the 

 plants in this order 

 are poisonous. 



15. Tetradynamia. This 

 class contains two orders. 

 Stamens Six, Four long 

 and Tzco short, which 

 distinguishes these plants 

 from those of class VI. 



^ Siliculosa, in which the 

 seed vessel is a small 

 round, inflated or flat 

 pod : Siliquosa, seed 

 vessel a long cylindri- 



^ cal or flattened pod. 



The flowers of all this class produce four petals, which 

 are placed crossways^ and not any of them possess noxiouf 

 qualities. 



16. MoNADELPHiA. This class ^ 



contains eight orders. — I 



Stamens all connected -^ 



iy their /Hamenis at the 1 



las€. X^ 



Triandria, Pentandria, 

 Heptandria, Octan- 

 dria, Enneandria. 

 Decandria, Dodecan- 

 dria, Polyandria. 



