wherein the cellular tissue is regular and sometimes longitudinally 

 extended, and green appears to Vein-plants. Thus we have, 



1. Cell-plants. Fungi. 



2. Vein-plants. Musci, Algae aquatics, Lichenes. 



3. Spiral-vessel-plants. Filices. 



B. Monocotyledonese. These fall naturally into three sections, 

 of which the Grasses seem to be merely Bark ; the Lilies merely 

 Liber ; and the Palms merely Wood. Hence 



1. Bark-plants. Glumacese, Junce, &c. 



2. Liber-plants. Liliaceas, Orchidaceae, &c. 



3. Wood-plants. Talmi, Aroidese, &c. 



C. DicotyledoneaB. a. Monopetala?. These fall into three sec- 

 tions ; 1. epigynous, as Composite ; 2. perigynous, as Campanu- 

 laceee ; 3. hypogynous, as Labiates. Of these the first are lowest, 

 reminding us in many respects of the Grasses; they are collec- 

 tively distinguished by their large and sappy roots, and hence are the 

 Root-plants. The second section, or perigynous M onopetalffi, as the 

 Heaths, Cinchonaceae, &c., are remarkable for a dry and woody 

 stem and leaves ; the stem then predominates, and in this the chem- 

 ical strength seems remarkably concentrated ; they are the Stem- 

 plants. And third the hypogynous, as Labiata?, Solaneae, &c., 

 wherein, with a weak stem, large and very numerous leaves, in 

 which all the chemical strength of the plant seems to be concen- 

 trated, occur. They are the Leaf-plants. We have, then, 



J. Root-plants. Epigynous Monopetalse Composite. 



2. Stem-plants. Perigynous Monopetalffi Ericeae. 



3. Leaf-plants. Hypogynous Monopetalae Labiatae. 



b. Polypetalae ; which excel in the number of their families, and 

 the manifold diversity of their flowers. Authors have divided 

 them into epigynous, as Umbelliferae ; perigynous, as Rosace ; and 

 hypogynous, as Malvaceae. Here, however, the first two of these 

 sections are referred to the other Fruit- plants hereafter to be treat- 

 ed of. A perfect flower is moreover defined as one in which all 

 parts are developed independently, and hence distinctly from one 

 another. This is the case with the third section, or hypogynous 

 Polypetalse, * which represent, therefore, the Blossom-plants, and 

 fall into three sections. And, first, we have those plants which are 

 remarkable for large and showy flowers, becoming frequently 

 double, wherein all parts of the bloom tend to pass into petals, and 

 generally every thing tends to bloom, as Caryophyllaceae, Papave- 

 racese, &c. These are the Blossom-plants. (For the characters by 

 which these sections of hypogynous Polypetalae are distinguished 

 from each other, see our author.) The other plants of this divis- 

 ion agree in having mostly five petals and five to ten anthers, but 

 differ greatly in the structure of the capsule. This is, then, firstly, 

 split into separate carpels, which carpels may be taken to repre- 

 sent the seed-development, as in Ranunculaceae, and these are then 

 the Seed-plants, forerunners of the Nut-plante. Or, secondly, the 

 capsule consists of carpels fast grown toother, wherein we 

 have a perfect capsule, one stigma and many seeds, whence these 

 are the Capsule-plants, and forerunners of the Drupe-plants. Thus, 

 then, 



