

VASCULARES, OR FLOWERING 

 PLANTS. 



PLANTS furnished with flowers, and spiral vessels PHJENO 

 GAMOUS or PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS of Authors. 



CLASS I. EXOGENJE OR DICOTYLEDONOUS 

 PLANTS. 



Trunk more or less conical, consisting of three parts, 

 one within the other, viz. bark, wood and pith, of which 

 the wood is enclosed within the two others ; increasing 

 by an annual deposit of new wood and cortical matter, 

 between the wood and bark. Leaves always articulated 

 with the stem, their veins branching and reticulated. 

 Embryo with two or more opposite cotyledons, which 

 often become green and leaf-like after germination ; rad- 

 icle naked ; i. e. elongating into a root without penetrat- 

 ing any external case. 



SUBCLASS I. THALAMIFLOR^. De Cand. 



Calyx many sepalled. Petals many, distinct, and with the 

 stamens inserted into the receptacle. 



ORDER I. RANUNCULACEjE. De Cand. Lind. 



Calyx with many definite sepals, or many-parted. Petals 

 515, (sometimes wanting^ in one or more rows, distinct. 

 Stamens indefinite in number ; anthers adnate, generally turn- 

 ed outwards. Pistils numerous. Fruit either consisting of 

 dry nuts or carpels, or baccate with one or more seeds, or fol- 

 licular with one or two valves. Seeds albuminous ; when sol- 



