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Sectio vi. Corymbiferae : (Compositae in part) 

 floribus aureis ; Artemisia, Tanacetum. 

 rubris ; Adonis amiua L. 

 albis; Bellis, Anihemis, Achillea, 8lc. 

 ianthinis ; Xeranthemum, Scabiosa, Globularia. 

 Sectio vii. Plosculis Stellatis : (the rest of the Compositae) 

 lactescentes non papposae ; Cichorium. 



papposae ; Lactuca, Sonchtis, Hieracium. 



papposae non lactescentes ; Senecio, Aster, Doronicum, &c. 

 capitatae ; Cynareae. 



Sectio viii. Culmiferae seu Calamiferae : Gramineae, Cyperaceae, 



Typhaceae. 

 Sectio ix. Umbelliferae. 



Hi see adnectuntur Plantae Stellatae; Rubiaceae. 

 Sectio X. Tricoccae Pxirgatrices : Euphorbiaceae. 

 Sectio xi. Monopetalae Tetracarpae Galeatae et Verticillatae : 

 Labiatae. 

 Hisce adjiciuntur Galeatae non verticillatae; Verbena, Euphrasia. 

 Et Verticillatae non Galeatae ; Urtica. 



Sequuntur Monopetalae tetracarpae asperifoliae ; Boraginaceae. 

 Sectio xii. Multisiliquae Polyspermae et Multicapsidares : 

 multisiliquae ; folliculate Ranunculaceae, Sedmn, &c. 

 multicapsulares; Papaver, Nymphaea, Orchidaceae, Aristolochia, Oro- 

 banche, Pyrola, &c. 

 Sectio xiii. Bacciferae : some Solanaceae, Sambucus, Comus, Ruscus, 



Aru?n, &c. 

 Sectio xiv. Capillares Epiphyllospermae : Filices and Ophio- 



glossaceae. 

 Sectio XV. Heteroclitae seu Anomalae : consists of 



{a) Certain Phanerogams: e.g. Piper, Acanthus, Apocynum, 



Cuscuta, Reseda, Sagittaria, Alisma, Lemna, Drosera. 

 {b) Pteridophyta other than Ferns : Equisetum, Pilularia, Lyco- 



podium, 

 (c) Bryophyta, Algae, Fungi. 



This then is the Morisonian method, or at least the nearest 

 available approximation to it in its entirety. The efifect of its 

 application to the Vegetable Kingdom can hardly be accepted 

 as a sufficient justification of the superlatives with u^hich its 

 author had introduced it. Of course it is not reasonable to judge 

 this method, or any other method of the past, by the standard 

 of botanical knowledge as at present existing : it can only be 

 fairly judged from the standpoint of its author. What has to 

 be considered is (i) the soundness of the principles adopted, 



