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CHAPTER VII. 



EXPOSITION OF THE LINNJEAN ARTIFICIAL SY- 

 STEM, SOMEWHAT REFORMED. 



XHE Classes are 24, distinguished by the number, 

 situation, proportion, or connexion of the Stamens (5 8). 



The Orders, sub-divisions of the Classes (76), are 

 founded on the number of the Pistils (59), or rather of 

 the Styles, or Sessile Stigmas; or on the Fruit (61); or 

 on the nature of the different Florets (68) ; or on some 

 character of the preceding Classes ; or lastly, in the 

 24th Class, on Natural Families. 



The first eleven Classes are known solely by the 

 number of Stamens, in each Perfect Flower (65). 



1. MONANDRIA. Stamen 1. fig. 1. Globba 



marantina. 



2. DlANDRlA. 



spicata. 



3. TRIANDRIA. 



ftu.it ans. 



4. TETRANDRIA. 



biosa arvensis. 



5. PENTANDRIA. 



cris obtusifolia. 



6. HEXANDRIA. 



lanthus nvoalis. 



Stamens 2. 2. Veronica 



3, 4. Poa 



4. 



6. 



5, 6, 7. Sca- 



8, 9. Epa- 



10, 11. Ga- 



