ANALYSIS OP THE ROSE. 2! 



to the first ten classes, in the same manner as you have done with 

 the Pink ; as all these classes 'Append upon the number of stamens. 



Auttlysis of the Lily. 



In analyzing the Lily, y&a can refer to Figures 1st, 2d, and 3d ; 

 — you will find this flower belonging to the 6th class, the name of 

 which is Hexandria ; and to the 1st order, Monogynia. (In the de- 

 scription of Genera, see Class 6th, Order 1st.) This order, containing 

 many genera, is divided into several sections. 



1st Section contains flowers, ' with a calyx and corolla.'' 



The Lily has no calyx, therefore you will not find it in this section. 



2d Section. ' Flowers issuing from a spatha.^ 



The Lily has no spatha ' Or sheath at its base,' therefore it is not 

 in this section. 



3d Section. ' Flowers with a single^ corolla-like perianth.'' 



The Lily has such a corolla-like envelope, therefore you may ex- 

 pect to find it described under this section. You can proceed, as in 

 the Pink, to compare each genus with your flower, till you find one 

 which corresponds with the Lily. 



' Hemerocallis. ' Corolla six parted. This shows that the corolla 

 is all of one piece, with six divisions in the border. The Lily has 

 six petals, therefore you need look no farther in this genus. 



LiLiuM.' Now compare each particular in this description with 

 your flower, (looking out the terms in the vocabulary,) and you wiU 

 find an agreement in every respect. 



In the description of a genus, nothing is usually said about any 

 part of the plant, except the different organs of the flower ; in the 

 species, the distinctions are chiefly drawn from different circum- 

 stances of the leaves, stems, ^c. 



The flowers of two plants may agree in the organs of fructifica- 

 tion, while the leaves, stalks, and branches, are very unlike ; in this 

 case, the plants are considered as belonging to different species of 

 the same g^nus. 



Thus, the shape of the leaves, the manner in which they grow on 

 the stem, its height, with the number of flowers growing upon it, the 

 manner in which they grow, whether erect or nodding, these, and 

 other circumstances, distinguish the different species. The colour, a 

 quality of the flower usually the most striking, is, in botany, little re- 

 garded ; while many other particulars, which might at first have 

 been scarcely noticed, except by botanists, are considered as im- 

 portant. 



In the 11th class, Icosandria, and the 12th class, Polyandria, we are 

 to remark, not only the number of stamens which is always more 

 than ten ; but the manner in which they are inserted, or the part of the 

 flower on which they are situated. If, in pulling off the corolla, the 

 stamens remain upon the calyx, the plant belongs to the 11th class ; 

 but if the corolla and calyx may be both removed, and the stamens 

 still remain on the receptacle, the plant is of the 12th class. 



It is said that no poisonous plant has the stamens growing on the 

 calyx ; it is in the Uth class that we find many of our most deUcious 

 fruits, as the Apple, Pear, &c. 



Analysis of the Rose. 



The rose, on account of its beauty, is one of the most conspicuous 

 flowers in the 11th class ; it is considered as one of the most inter- 

 Analysis of the Lily — parts of the plant referred to in describing the genus and the 

 species — New circumstances to be considered in the 11th and 12th classes— Analysis 

 of the Rose. 



