14 ROBERT MORISON AND JOHN RAY 



Botanici (1623) of Caspar Bauhin (1560 1624), a work which 

 contains about six thousand plant-names, and was the product 

 of forty years' labour. It might be expected that in such a work, 

 special attention would have been paid to classification, that at 

 least the best available system would have been used: as a matter 

 of fact, the arrangement adopted is far inferior to that of 

 Cesalpino and may be described as simply haphazard for the 

 most part. The general lines of it are indicated by the following 

 enumeration of the contents of the twelve Books of which 

 the work consists ; the modern equivalents of his plant-names 

 being given. 



Summary of the Arrangement adopted in Bauhin's Pinax. 



Liber I. Gramineae, Juncaceae, Cyperaceae, Typhaceae, Ephedra^ Equi- 

 settcm, Hippuris^ Asphodelus^ some Iridaceae, and Zingiberaceae. 



Liber IL De Bulbosis ; bulbous Monocotyledons, including Orchids with 

 Orobanche, Monotropa, and Lathraea. 



Liber III. Olera et Oleracea ; most Cruciferae, Polygonaceae, and Cheno- 

 podiaceae, with some of the Compositae. 



Liber IV. Other Compositae ; Delphinhcfn^ Fumaria ; the Umbelliferae 

 (so named) ; Valeriana. 



Liber V. Some Solanaceae, Papaveraceae, and Ranunculaceae ; Gentiana, 

 Plantago, Pyrola, Statice^ Sarracenia, Nymphaea, Trapa, Sagittaria, 

 Arum., Asartim, and some Compositae. 



Liber VL Viola ; Cheiranthus, lilatthiola., Alyssum, Hesperis ; some Caryo- 

 phyllaceae ; Polygala, Specularia^ Glaux^ Linum, Cuscuta, most Labiatae 

 and Scrophulariaceae ; Pri7nula, &c. 



Liber VIL Lysimachia, Epilobiiim, Oeiiothera, Lythrmn, some more La- 

 biatae, Scrophulariaceae, and Caryophyllaceae ; Boraginaceae ; some 

 Compositae ; Alisma ; Scabiosa ; Hypericum ; Crassulaceae ; Aloe ; 

 Euphorbia. 



Liber VI IL Various climbing plants ; Convolvulus., Smilax, Hutnulus, 

 Vitis ; Clematis, Lonicera, Hedera ; and Cucurbitaceae : also Apocy- 

 naceae, Asclepiadaceae, some Liliaceae, Malvaceae, Rosaceae, Legu- 

 minosae, with other genera scattered among them, as Aristolochia, 

 Dentaria, Paeonia, Geranium. 



Liber IX. Rubiaceae ; Ruta, Thalictrum ; the remainder of the Legu- 

 minosae. 



Liber X. Cryptogams in general : with a few scattered Phanerogams such 

 as Drosera, Oxalis sensitiva, L. {Herba viva foliis polypodii) ; Mimosa 

 pudica {Herba Mimosa foliis Foenugraeci sylvestris) ; Lemna ; and 

 the remaining Compositae, the Thistles, with Eryngiutn, Dipsaa/s, and 

 Acanthtis. 



