l 5° 



Plant Classification 



[CH. 



under the name of "Aromata," which consists of a hetero- 

 geneous assemblage of genera belonging to different orders, 

 which are only connected by the fact that they all yield 

 spices useful to man. 



There is no doubt that, on the whole, Bauhin was 



Text-fig. 71. ''Althaea Thuringica. " = Lavatera thuringiaca L. 

 [Camerarius, Hortus medicus, 1588]. 



markedly successful in recognising affinities within small 

 cycles, but he broke down on the broader question of the 

 relationships between the groups of genera so constituted. 

 This is, however, hardly surprising when we remember 



