CONTENTS 



BOOK III. 



SYSTEMATIC BOTANY, 

 OR THE CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS. 



CHAPTEK I. 



VAii K 



General Principles of Classification . . 1 



Species, genera, orders, and classes ...... 1 



Species 2 



Varieties 2 



Races H 



Genera 4 



Natural Orders o 



Classes H 



Characters, nomenclature, abbreviations, and symbols . . 7 



Characters ........... 7 



Nomenclature ......... H 



Abbreviations and symbols . . . . . . . 1(1 



CHAPTER 11. 

 Systems of Classification . . .12 



Artificial systems .......... 1(» 



System of Linnaeus Ifl 



Natural systems 17 



System of Ray 17 



,, Linnaeus 17 



„ Jussieu ......... IH 



„ De Candolle . . .... 18 



Endlicher 21 



