LINN JEAN CLASSIFICATION. 1<)5 



EIGHTH CLASS 15 . 



Flowers with only eight stamens. If 

 they have one pistil, they belong to the 

 first order f, as the bilberry and the 

 heaths; if two pistils, to the second 

 order J ; if three pistils to the third 



order ||, as bistort and persicaria; and if four pistils, 



to the fourth order 7 , as herb Paris. 



NINTH CLASS lb . 



Flowers with only nine stamens. If 

 they have one pistil, they belong to the 

 first order f, as the laurel; if three pistils, 

 to the second order ||, as rhubarb; and if 

 six pistils, to the third order ' ', as flowering rush. 



TENTH CLASS 17 . 



Flowers with only ten stamens. If they 

 have one pistil, they belong to the first 

 order t, as rue and winter green ; if two 

 pistils, to the second order $, as the pinks; 

 if three pistils, to the third order ||, as sand wort; if 

 five pistils, to the fourth order, as stone crop and 

 spurrey ; and if ten pistils, to the fifth order 18 . 



(15) In Latin, Octandria. (16) In Latin, Enneandria. 



(17) In Latin, Decandria. (18) In Latin, Decagynia. 



