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the Mountain-knot-grass (Illecebrum), the Amaran- 

 thus, and the Coxcomb (Celosia). 



6. Most plants of the Order Fitices inhabit warm 

 countries. It consists, for the most part, of shrubs, 

 and but few herbs ; of which the Vervain (Verbena 

 officinalis), in the Temperate Zone, extends nearest 

 to the cold countries. 



7. The plants of the Order Bignonife, in the Warm 

 Zone, and the warmer half of the Temperate, con- 

 sist of shrubs, under- shrubs, and trees; the latter 

 of which are peculiar to the warm countries. 



8. The Order of the Sapota contains shrubs, un- 

 der-shrubs, and trees ; which chiefly grow in warm 

 climates. 



9. The Order of the Bell-flowers (Campanulacece), 

 to which the Horned Rampions (Phyteuma), the 

 Sheep's-Scabrous (Jasio?ic), and the Cardinal-flower 

 (Lobelia) are to be reckoned, begins in the vicinity of 

 the snow-line, as the Campanula uniflora in Lapland, 

 and extends over the Temperate Zone. The hand- 

 somer species are met with only in warmer countries. 

 It consists only of herbs and a few shrubs. 



10. The Order of the Scabiouses (Dipsacetz] spreads, 

 as herbaceous plants, over the Temperate and Warm 

 Zones. 



11. The Order of the Caper-bushes (Capparides), 



