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27. Their series will be, therefore, as follows ; the 

 principal subordinate groups being at once placed 

 under each of the great ones. The reasons for 

 occasional appearance of inconsistency will be 

 afterwards explained, and the English and French 

 forms given in each case are the terms which 

 wculd be used in answering the rapid question, 

 ' Of what order is this flower ? ' the answer being, 

 It is a ' Cyllenid,' a ' Pleiad,' or a ' Vestal,' as one 

 would answer of a person, he is a Knight of 

 St. John or Monk of St. Benedict ; while to the 

 question, of what gens? we answer, a Stella or an 

 Erica, as one would answer for a person, a Stuart 

 or Plantagenet. 



I. CHARITES. 



Eng. CHARIS. Fr. rhodiade. 

 Rosa. Persica. Pomum. Rubra. Fragaria. 



II. URANIDES. 



Eng. URANID. Fr. URANIDE. 

 Lucia. Campanula. Convoluta. 



in. CYLLENIDES. 



Eng. CYLLENID. Fr. NEPHELIDE. 



Stella. Francesca. Primula. 



iv. OREIADES. 



Eng. OREIAD. Fr. OREADE. 



Erica. Myrtilla. Aurora. 



