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THIRTEENTH CLASS 22 . 



Flowers with from twenty to one 

 hundred stamens inserted into the re- 

 ceptacle. If they have one pistil, they 

 belong to the first order f> as the poppy 

 and lime-tree ; if two pistils, to the second order J, as 

 the peony; if three pistils, to the third order ||, as 

 larkspur and monkshood ; if four pistils, to the fourth 

 order 7 , as bugwort ; if five pistils, to the fifth order 9 , 

 as columbine ; if six pistils, to the sixth order 12 , as 

 water soldier; and if many pistils, to the seventh or- 

 der l , as hellebore and anemone. 



Ml. Flowers ivith two of the Stamens shorter. 



FOURTEENTH CLASS 23 , 



Flowers with four stamens, two longer 

 and two shorter, inserted on a one-petalled 

 blossom. If the four seeds are apparently 

 not in a seed-vessel, but naked, they belong 

 to the first order 24 , as mint and thyme; 

 if the seeds are not apparent, but concealed in a seed 

 organ, they belong to the second order 25 , as eye-bright 

 and fox-glove. 



(22^ In Latin, Polyandria. (23) In Latin, Didynamia. 



(24) In Latin, Gymnospermia. (25) In Latin, Angwspennia. 



