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DESCRIPTIVE BOTANY. 



The Dicotyledones and Monocotyledones are distributed 

 unequally throughout the other twenty-three classes ; 

 some of these consisting entirely, or chiefly, of the 

 one, and others of the other, whilst several of them 

 are made up from both of these natural classes. The 

 fundamental principles upon which his arrangement 

 proceeds, are of the simplest possible description, but 

 in the practical application of them, the beginner 

 will unfortunately meet with several anomalies, and 

 without repeated caution he is sure to be misled. 

 The following table exhibits the names of the clas-< - 

 and orders of the Linntcan system ; and we shall 

 explain their etymology, as this is intended to con- 

 vey the leading characteristic upon which each de- 

 pends. 



Tabular View of the Classen and Orders of the 

 Linruean System. 



Orders. 



fJLOVOS. 



Si,. 



Tpflt. 



rtrpas 



TTfVTf. 



firra. 



OKTtll. 

 tVVfO.. 



"I Monogynia. 



Digynia. 



Trigynia. 



Tetragynia. 



Pentagynia. 



Hexagynia. 

 )-Hepta<ryiiia. 



Octogynia. 



Enneagynia. 



Decagynia. 



Dodecagynia. 



Polygynia. 

 J 



f Gymnospermia. 

 \ Angiospermia. 



f Siliculosa. 

 \ Siliquosa. 



I Triandria, 

 f Classes. 



&c. as in the 



