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nothing of anomalous or doubtful geneva, subjoined to this 

 or any other order, and which are sometimes numerous, 

 not unfrequently paradoxical. In the present instance 

 they are Hypoxis, Pontederia, Polianthes, Alstroemeria, 

 and Tacca, concerning which, the intelligent reader will 

 readily concur with the learned author, that they are 

 "genera Narcissis non omnino affinia." 



18. Irides — Linnaean Ensata, ord. 6. 

 Class 4. 



19. Musa — consist of Musa, very mistakenly referred 

 by Linnaeus to his Scitaminea ; with Heliconia and Ra- 

 venala, Schreber's Urania, both nearly akin to Musa. 



20. Canna are the Scitaminecc of Linnaeus, ord. 8. 



21. Orchidea are his Orchideae, ord. 7. 



22. Hydrocharides are an assemblage of water plants, 

 having little else in common. Valisneria, Hydrocharis, and 

 Stratiotes, make a sort of appendix to the Linnaean Palmcc. 

 For Nymph-tea and Nelumbium (now called Cyamus), see 

 our remarks on the 11th, 54th, and 27th, of the Linnaean 

 orders. Trapa, Proserpinaca and Pistia close the list. 

 Linnaeus has the two last in his Inundates,, ord. 15. 

 Class 5. 



23. Aristolochite compose the end of the Linnaean Sar- 

 mentacea, but were afterwards removed to the Rhoeadece, 

 ord. 27. They are surely best by themselves, and con- 

 stitute a very natural order, not detected by Linnaeus. 

 Class 6. 



24. Elaagni consist of Linnaean Calyciflorcz, ord. 16, 

 with various genera besides, referred to almost as many 

 different orders by Linnaeus, so that here the two systems 

 exhibit but little analogy, nor is this one of Jussieu's best 

 orders. 



25. Thymelaa, Vepreculcz of Linnaeus, ord. 31, (the 

 Daphne tribe,) are very clearly defined. 



26. Proiea, an order scarcely known to Linnaeus, 

 though an extremely natural one. It makes a part of his 



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