SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF PLANTS- 



II. Flowers with Stamens of rather uncertain number 

 but of fixed insertion. 



ELEVENTH CLASS 1& . 



Flowers with from eleven to nineteen 

 stamens, inserted into the receptacle. If 

 they have one pistil, they belong to the 

 first order t, as asarabacca ; if two pis- 

 tils, to the second order J, as agrimony ; if three pistils, 

 to the third order ||, as spurge and mignonette; if four 

 pistils, to the fourth order 7 ; if five pistils, to the fifth 

 order 9 ; and if about twelve pistils, to the sixth order 2, 

 as houseleek. 



TWELFTH CLASS 21 . 



Flowers with twenty or more stamens 

 inserted into the flower-cup or the 

 blossom. If they have one pistil, they 

 belong to the first order f , as the plum 

 and cherry trees ; .if two pistils, to the 

 second order J ; if three pistils, to the 

 | ; if five pistils, to the fourth order 9 , as in 

 the apple-tree and meadow sweet ; and if many pistils, 

 to the fifth order 10 , as bramble and strawberry. 



third order | 



(19) In Latin, Dodecandria. (20) In Latin, Dodecagynia. 

 (21) In Latin, Icosandria^ 



