24 ANALYSIS OF THE LILY. 



Barbatus, flowers fascicled," (crowded together,) but your 

 flower grows singly on each stalk. 



" Caryophyllus, flowers solitary, scales of the calyx sub, (partly,) 

 rhomboid, (diamond shape ;) very short, petal-s crenate, (scollop, 

 ed on the edge :) beardless, (without any hair or down.) 



The pink is, in all respects, answerable to this description. 

 It is also added that the " leaves are linear," which signifies 

 long, and of nearly equal width ; "subulate" signifies pointed 

 at the end, like a shoemaker's awl ; " channelled" signifies hav- 

 ing a groove or channel running through the leaf. 



You have now found the name of your plant to be DIAN- 

 THUS caryophyllus, belonging to 



Class 10th, DECANDRIA. Order 2d, DIGYIYIA.* 



And in this way it should be labelled for an herbarium or col- 

 lection of dried plants. 



Let it now be remembered that in this process, four distinct 

 steps have been taken ; the first, to find the class; second, the 

 order ; third, the genus ; and fourth, the species. 



You can now proceed with the analysis of any plant which 

 belongs to the first ten classes, in the same manner as you have 

 done with the Pink ; as all these classes depend upon the cir- 

 cumstance of the number of stamens. 



Analysis of the Lily. 



In analyzing the Lily you can refer to Figures 1st, 2d, and 

 3d ; you will find this flower belonging to the 6th class, the 

 name of which is HEXANDRIA ; and to the 1st order, MONOGY- 

 NIA. This order containing a great many genera, is divided 

 into several sections.^ 



1st Section contains flowers " with a perianth" (that is, a kind 

 of calyx,) and " corolla without a spatha," (a kind of wrapper.) 



The Lily has no calyx, therefore you will not find it in this 

 section. 



2nd Section. " With a spatha or glume, (a kind of sheath,) 

 without a perianth." 



The Lily has no spatha or glume, therefore it is not in this 

 section. 



3d. Section. " Flowers having no calyx." 



The Lily has no calyx, therefore you may expect to find it 

 described under this section. You can proceed, as in the Pink, 



* The student can consult the synopsis of artificial classes and orders to as- 

 certain the etymology of their names ; the whole system has not been introdu- 

 ced before, because it is thought better to lead the mind, by gradual induc- 

 tion,-to generalize for itself. 



t The pupil must turn to Class VI., Order L, in the Description of Genera. 



Analysis of the Lily parts of the plant referred to in describing the genus. 



