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Rijil th*^ jM't;il«,. nic li\»'. So the pliiiit lu'loii^'^ In ( 'ln>s I. Pr<K'«'«'<l tlirti with 

 the " K«'V t«) tin- I'ninilit's or Oi<|«'r.s ol" C'laf*." 1 ' «»ii pa;,'*' i i o. TIum chiHh hud 

 two sulK"liih.s»'s. So yoii iii'Xt iisk,— 



T<» wliich siilM'hi.NH »lo«'.s lh«' pliiiil Im'Ioii;:. to .\ii^'ios)ii'niis f»r to ( tyiimos|MMiuH ? 

 For tin' chiii'iU'h'i' of th«' ( !yiiiii<>.s|M'iiiis, mt th«' nul of lln- \\v\, nt the foot of 

 j)M^i' 115 : thiit of Aii;fioN|M'i'iii.s hi'^'iiis thi* K«'V. 'I he cfiitn' of thf ||o\\«t «•• 

 ai'«' «»xiiiiiiiiiii;,' is (M'cnpicil with n ^Mmt iiiiiiiImt <»f hiiiuII oii«'-m'«mU'«I j»i>tils. racli 

 1i|»|M'(l with its short stylr ami sti;;iiia ; atii| I Ik* o\aiy is a cIommI la^' ('(»iitailiili|f 

 nil o\ iilr 01 yomi^ s<'«'il. So th«' ]>lalit cli'arly hfloii^'s to Suljclass I. I'lon-rd 

 th«'U with tlif K«y ; which li-ads yoii in-xt to ask, — 



To whitli «li\isioii dors thr plant lu'loii;,'. tilt' l^nhiiH'falntiH ? (ill lila<k Ifttrrs 

 iiniiH'iliatcly uii<l<'f tin* siihclass), or tin- Mimnjif (nfnUft / it<)p of pit;;*' 1 i ;), or the 

 A/i'f((/i"i'' f (lov\t'i']iail of pa;,'»' 1 1 p. IMaiiily to tho Hist or /'n/i/j> /ii/niis(\i\i>'u>\i ; 

 for thi'if is holli a calyx ami a corolla, and tlic latter is of H\«' hcjaiatc petals. 



This division, in the Key, svilMli\ iil«'.s into. " A. Stamens nio»e ili.iii 10," ami 

 ** 1>. Stamens 10 or fewer " (j». ill). ( >iir |il;iiit has many stamens, ami so falls 

 under the head A. 



This head sulxlivides into three hiiarked i. 2, T,). hy dilTerencos as to where 

 ami how the stamens are home. Pull olV tin* calyx and the corolla, or split a 

 lloWer thron^di the middle len;;th\\ise (as in Fi;;. 23'S'. and yon \\ill jdainly see 

 that the stamens stand on the receptacle, nndei- the pistils, nm »nnecteil lithei* 

 with the calyx or the corolla. So the plant falls under the head I. 



T'mler this is an analysis of some of the characters (/.»., dislin;.'nishin<: niaik.s) 

 of the fifteen or sixteen families which helontf here. The lines that aie.^v/ iit are 

 Hubdivisions under the |on</er line alto\e them. The lines whi<'h rank directly 

 \wider one another (and hejL^dn with the >aine or a correspondin<,' word) make 

 alternatives, anu>n<( which you are to choose that with which youi- plant a^'rees. 

 In this instance the lines of the lirst rank hero be;^'in\\ith the woril "I'lstils" 

 or '' Pistil."' and there are li\e of them. Try tlu' first : " Pistils moie than one, 

 entirely .separate from each other." That is tjie ca.se with our plant. Viider 

 this line, in the next rank, is a triplet, or a choice Wetween thrt-e. f)iir [>lant 

 is an " herb, with perfect llower.s," and so falls under the lir.st line. Vndor this 

 is a couple of equivalent lines, relatin<.,' to the leaves. ( )ui- j»lant a^^Mees not 

 with the .secon<l, hut with the lirst of the.se ; and that line ends with the I'hi^dish 

 name of the family we ai'e .seeking for, viz., the ( 'kowfoot Family, and refers to 

 page IT 6, where this familv is dc'-crihe;^ 



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