( 2 ) 

 LINNEAN CLASSES. 



1. MoyANDRii, 1 stamen, or one sessile anther in the flo\ter. 



2. DiAXDRiA, 2 stamens, or 2 sessile anthers. 



3. TniAKDBiA, 3 stamens, or 3 sessile anthers. 



4. Tetraitdria, 4 stamens, or 4 sessile anthers. 



5. PENTANDniA, 5 stamens, or 5 sessile anthers, 



6. HEXAxnRiA, 6 stamens, or 6 sessile anthers. 



7. Heptaxdbia, 7 stamens, or 7 sessile anthers* 



8. OcTANDRiA, 8 stamens, or 8 sessile anthers. 



9. ExyEAKDRiA, 9 stamens, or 9 sessile anthers. 



10. Decaxbria, 10 stamens, or 10 sessile anthers. 



11. DoDECASDRTA, 12 to 19 stamcns, or sessile anthers. 



12. IcosAXDRiA, about 20, or more, standing on the calyx. 



13. PoLTANDRiA, always 20 or more, on the receptacle, 



14. DiDTNAMiA, 4 stamens, 2 of them uniformly the longest. 



15. TETRADrifAMiA, 6 stamcns, 4 of them uniformly the 

 longest. 



16. MojfADELPHiA, stamens united by their filaments in one 

 set, anthers remaining separate, 



17. DiADELPHiA, stamens united by their filaments in two 



sets (sometimes in one set) flowers papilionaceous. 



18. SrxGEK^ESiA, stamens 5, united by their anthers in one 



set, flowers compound. 



19. Gtnaxdria, stamens stand on the germ, style, or stig- 

 ma, separate from the base of the calyx and corol. 



20. MoNOEcrA, stamens and pistils in separate flowers, on the 

 same plant. 



21. DioEciA, stamens and pistils on separate plants. 



22. Cbyptogamia, stamens and pistil so obscure that th^ 

 plants can only be classed by natural families. 



