Lihdlkt.] N \H RAL S^ 51 EMS. xlii 



tinct flowers, and others hermaphrodite flower* \- 

 intimatorv connected with tl luction of the which i» upon th< 



important u tlii-. ;i Diclinoua group was establ 



Jussieu. The hermaphrodite Orders were then I into those with the 



corolla, and Btamens confluent at the base \\ 1 1 1 1 each other and » ith tlie ovary, U 



having an inferior ovary, and those in which those parte 



or at [east from each other, the formi n Epigyi 



mainder of the Orders were divided into those with a moi 

 bined with an ovar) upon a binary plan (Dicarpous), and those which, ii 

 have the ovary simple or complex ( Polycarpo 



l following table -will put this in a clearer point of view: — 



\ mely abundant ; inute 1. Ai 



Albumen absent, or in small quantity. 

 B 



2. i 



Ovarj superior. 



with a dicarpous ovary . 



i irith a dicarpous ovary I. Dicai 



Sexes i» different flo 



Each of these groups would form at 

 natural, and to exhibit various lateral analogies with other groups . And thus the three 

 ttonopetaloua, Apetalom Polypetalous dmUi thers 



founded upon totally different principles. It will be -< ■■ n that this Bcheme 

 pa rtly adopted in the present volume. 



PERLEB, C. J. — (Claris Classi , 1 



This author admits nine I . each of which is subdivided into 48 



which arc themselves the equivalents of Alliances, and under these are arra 

 Natural Orders, which he calls Families. Professor Perleb states that most "f the 

 Alliances employed in this book were proposed by him in hi- work > atitled /. 

 /' . published in 1826, which I have not - • a. 



Thi ■ serves to be studied. The Alliances are often well constructed, butnot 



having the genera arranged under them, they are i xtn mely troubli ; and 



thi- i- ii • • doubt the reason why the work has attracted su little notice among Botanists. 

 Sir Edward Bromhead has analysed it (Mag. of Nat. Hist., 



and speaks of it as w a work of very great value." Professor Perleb's < re the 



following : — 



or fit. ally with a thallus ; fruit imperfect . . I. I 

 Jons II. V 



..>censor fir is III. 



lous i phanerogamous I \ . i 



_i perianth simple, often incomplete, sometimes V. Mi 



- olla hypogynous . . . . VI. Thau 

 Corolla nionopetalous 



VII. C* 



a 



s 



I 



r 

 3 



■S - 

 - ' o il 

 u a -r _;• 



S~ 



= : g 



- 

 - 



113 VIII. > 



Corolla pleio] 



.•ogynous I X 



183.0. I , John. — (Botanica ■, p. 77 , MUcdlaneout M 



On this occasion the author directed bis attention to an ext 

 Classes of plants, which he proposed t" raise t" 8, in the follow ing mann< r : 



SEXUAL OR F 



i I. 1'' 



ii ■ i i ■ . n ■ 



i i i in. it 



- IV. I) 

 , ,. , \Spermogtnt 



Dhrisiona Endogens.-! 



I 



Stat>: II. I- ■ 



....„ Class VII. Cm 



Division 3. Acrogens. - 



To what extent these views can be sustained will I in the pr • ime. 



