ORDERS. 



MONOGYNIA, 1 style or sessile stigma. 

 DIGYNIA, 2 styles or sessile stigmas 

 TRIGYNIA, 3 



TETRAGYNIA,4 ~ 



PENTAGYJVIA, 5 ^ 

 HEXAGYNIA, 6 



Observation, Of rare occurrence. 

 HEPTAGYNIA, 7 - - 



Observation. Still more rare. 

 OCTAGYNIA, 8 

 Observation. Scarcely occurs at all. 

 ENNEAGYNIA,9 



Observation. Hardly an instance known. 



DECAGYNIA,IO 



DODECAGYNIA, about 12 



POLYGYNIA, many 



Observation* 1. The grasses which constitute a natural order, 

 belong principally to the third Class, TRLAWDBIA, and to the sec- 

 ond Order, Digynia, 



2. To the fifth Class, PKNTANDRTA, and to the second Order, 

 Digynia, belong- the great natural family of umbelliferous plants, 

 of which the Parsnip and Carrot are examples. 



CLASS 14, Didynamia. 



In this class there is but a single pistil. The orders, 

 both natural, are characterised by the fruit. 



1. GYMNOSPERMIA, (yv^of gumnos, naked, arid 

 rTreppa sperma, seed) seeds naked in the bottom of the 

 calyx, almost universally 4. Ex. Mint, Hyssop, Cat- 

 mint, Thyme. 



Observation. Corolla usually ring-ent. 



2. ANGIOSPERMIA, (&vyo$ aggos, a capsule, and 

 rvspp.* sperma) seeds in a caj>sule, numerous. Ex. 

 Toad-fiax, Antirrhinum, Chelonc and Mimulus. 



Observation. The personate flowers belong to this order. 



