ON SY/STEMS AND CLASSIFICATIONS. 



awl plants allied to them ; to the twelfth, the umbelliferous plants ; 

 to the thirteenth, those which have a trilocnlar capsule. The four- 

 teenth class contains the ringent or labiated flowers ; the seventeenth 

 contains only the Fihces; and the eighteenth includes the Mosses, 

 Algae, Fungi, and Corals. It is to be regretted that Morison often 

 arranges plants m a class to which they do not belong. 



Hermann made use of the fruit, of the flower, and also, but on 

 few occasions, of the extendi appearance, in framing his system. 

 Herbce gymnospermce. 



1. Monospermy. 

 2. 



3. Dispermae. 



4. 



5. Tetraspermae. 



7, Polyspermte, 

 Herbce Angiospermce. 



8. Bulbosae. 

 Capsula unica. 

 Capsulae binae. 



ties. 



quatuor 



quiuque 



9- 



10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 



14. 



Siliqua. 



15. Legumen. 



16. Multicapsulares 



17. Carnosae. 



18. -, 



Herbce Apetalce. 



19. Calyculatae. 



20. Glumosae. 



21. Nudae. 

 Arbores, 



22. Incompletae. 



23. Carnosae. 

 24. 



Simplices. 



Conipositae. 



Steilatae. 



Umbeiiatae. 



Asp< rifolia?. 



Verticillatae. 



Gymnopolyspermae. 



Tricapsulares. 



Univascuiares. 



Bwascuiares. 



Triv.iscniares. 



Qitatirivascui.jre.?. 



Quinqucvasculares. 



Siliquo-ae. 



Leguminosaj. 



Multivasculares. 



Bacci ferae. 



Pomifetae. 



Apctafas. 

 Stamiueae. 

 Musco>ae. 



Juliferae. 

 Uinbilicatae. 

 Non Umbilicatae. 

 Fructu sicco. 



25. Non carnosae. 



This system is to be preferred to those already mentioned : only 



the separation of trees and plants is reprehensible. But to make it 



