STRUCTURAL BOTANY, 21 



II. Series, ^o Stamens nor Pistils. 



CRYPTOGAMIA XXIV. 



58. To denominate the first eleven classes, the Greek 

 numerals iiovo;^ 6vo {6i;), rpeig^ reaaape; {TeTpa)^ nevrSy e^, 

 cTrra, oktcj^ ivvea, SeKa, doidsKa, meaning 1, 2 (twice), 3, 4, 

 5, 6, T, 8, 9, 10, 12, are combined with the word andria 

 (from avTip, a man, nsed metaphorically for stamen). The 

 numerals kKoot, 20, and ttoAv-, many, were employed in 

 forming the words Icosandrici and Polyandria, Dldy- 

 namia and Tetradynamia (compounded of dvvafiig and 

 6ig~TErpa, respectively) mean 2, and 4 stamens more 

 powerful. Monadelphia, Dladelphia, and Polyadeljyhia 

 are made up of adelphia, brotherhood, and the num orals 

 Hovo^, dig and noXvg (1, 2 and many). Syngenesia {ow, 

 with, and yeveaig, generation) denotes a growing together, 

 so as to form one body. Gynandria {yvvTj, woman, and 

 dvTjp, man) signifies that the (1 or more) stamens and the 

 style, or the stigmas, are connate (united by growth). 

 Mbnoecia and Dioecia (jiovog, dig, and oiKog^ house). Poly- 

 gamia and Cryptogamia {jioXvg, many ; KpvTrrog^ con- 

 cealed ; yanog, marriage). 



59. These twenty-four Linncean Classes are each divi- 

 ded into Orders, In establishing orders, Linnaeus noted 

 either the number of pistils, styles, or sessile stigmas ; the 

 number of stamens ; the fruit ; or, finally, in the class Syn- 

 genesia, the more or less developed state of the florets. 



The styles were chosen to distinguish the Orders of the 

 Jirst 13 classes. 



60. Synopsis of the Orders of the First 13 Classes. 

 Order I. Monogynia 1 style to each flower. 



" II. DiGYNiA 2 styles to " 



" III. Trigynia 3 " " 



