L OEDEE. THE CEOWFOOT FAMILY. 



" Ye Field-flowers, tlie gardens eclipse you, 'tis true, 

 Yet wildlings of Nature, I dote upon you, 



For ye waft me to summers of old : 

 "When the earth teemed around me with Fairy delight 

 And when Daisies and Buttercups gladdened my sight, 

 Like treasures of silver and gold. CAMPBELL. 



THE Crowfoot Family forms the first Order in the 

 First Sub-class : the distinguishing character of which 

 we will first learn. And remember that all the plants 

 contained in this Sub-class, are of the same character, 

 in these respects though differing in many other 

 parts of their arrangement ; and also remember that 

 all plants that agree with this description, are to be 

 found in the First Sub-class. 



* [I. Sub-class. THALAMIFLORJE. 



Petals many, distinct, and (as well as the Stamens) inserted 

 upon the Receptacle, (not upon the Calyx.) hence hypogy- 

 nous ; which signifies, beneath the Pistil. PL II. 4 and 6. 



* All the Botanical descriptions given within brackets are from the 

 " British Flora of Sir W. Hooker and Dr. Arnott. 



