the manuscript of which he had brought with him from Sweden. 

 In the first of these, Linnaeus presents his system of classification. 

 He divides Nature into three kingdoms, the mineral, vegetable 

 and animal. In the vegetable kingdom, he brings out an alto- 

 gether new classification, based upon the sexual organs of 

 plants. He divides the kingdom into 24 classes, the first 23 



t 11 classes are included plants which have from 1 to 1 2 free 

 ictically equal stamens ; in the 12th and the 13th, plants with 

 tamens ; in the 14th and I 5th, plants with 4 and 6 stamens 

 ively, of which 2 are decidedly shorter; in the 16th, 17th 



