OF LINN^US. 93 



These give a general indication, but so many qualifi- 

 cations are necessary in -particular cases, that the ad- 

 ministration of plants as remedies, must still rest on 

 experience. See observation, page 80. 



NATURAL ORDERS or 



1. PALM.E. Palms and palm-like plants ; as Cocoa- 

 nut, Cocos ; Date-tree, Phoenix. 



2. PIPERIT.E. Pepper and other plants agreeing 

 with it in habit and sensible qualities, Indian-turnip, 

 drum ; Skunk-cabbage, Dracontium. 



3. CALAMARIJE. Grasses with culms without joints ; 

 as Sedge, Carcx ; Cat-tail, Typha. 



4. GRAMINA. Grasses with jointed culms, and a 

 glume calyx ; Wheat, Triticum ; Rye, Secale ; Barley, 

 Hordcum; Oats, Jtoena ; Herdsgrass, Pfdeum ; Indian- 

 corn, Zea. 



5. TRIPETALOJD^. (Tm, three, an&petalum, a pe- 

 tal.) Plants with three petals ; as Water-plantain, 

 Misma; Rush, Junciis ; Arrow-head, Saggitlaria. 



6. ENSATJS, (Ensis 9 a sword.) Plants with sword- 

 shaped leaves $ as Flower-de-luce, Jra; Blue-eyed grass, 

 Sisyrinchium ; Virginian Spider-wort, Tradescantia. 



Observation. Very nearly allied to the grasses and liliaceous plants. 



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T. ORCHIDE/E. Roots fleshy ; leaves sessile, nerved ; 

 flowers irregular, five petalled, gynandrous ; pollen 

 glutinous; germ inferiour ; as Orchis ; Ladies' slip- 

 per, Cypripedium ; Jlrethusa ; Cymbidiiim. 



3. SCITAMINE.E (Scitamenfatm, a dainty.) Consists 

 of plants which furnish exquisite fruits, and of others 

 which have an agreeable aromatic flavour ; as Ban- 

 ana, Musa ; Ginger, dinomum. 



9. SPATHACEJE. Corolla liliaceous, calyx a spathe ; 

 as Onion, Miinm ; Daffodil, Narcissus. 



10. CORONARI^:. (Corona, a wreath.) Liliaceous 



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* Mr. Eaton, in his Manual of Botany, 2d ed. has given the Natural Orders of 

 Linnaeus and the qualities of each ; and also the Natural Orders of Jussieu, with a v 

 catalogue, under each, of the genera belonging to it. 



