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ta alio ccrpori alUgatur, as in the Vitis, Ban'ijleria, 

 Cardlojpermum^ Pijum, Bigcnia. A Cirrus is termed 

 axillaris, foliaris, peticlaris, pcdur.cularis, accord- 

 ing to the part from which it proceeds ; it is 

 ftmplex, hijidus, trifidus, midtifidus, according to 

 the number of its chords ; convolulus, revolutus, 

 according to its direction. 



CLASSIS, a cLifs, is by Linnaeus defined to 

 be an agreement of feveral genera in the parts 

 of fruftification, according to the principles of 

 nature diftinguiflied by art. He divides the ve- 

 getable kingdom into twenty-four clafles, viz. 

 I. Monandria, 2. Diandria, 3, Triandria, 4. 

 Tetrandria, 5. Pentandria, 6. Hexandria, 7. Hep- 

 tandria, 8. OSiandria, 9. Enneandria, 10. Dodecan- 

 dria, 12. Icofandria, 13. Polyandria, 14. Didyna- 

 mia, 15. Tetradynamia^ 16. Monadelphia^ 17. Dia- 

 delphia, 18. Polyadelphia, 19. Sytigenejia, 20. Gv- 

 nandria, 21. Monoecia, Dioecia^ 23. Polygamia, 

 24. Cryptogamia. 



CLAVATUS Petiolus, Pedunculus [clavisj a 

 nail, or clava, a club] in its claffical acceptation 

 means ftudded with nails or Ipangles ; but here 

 it alludes to the Jhapc of a common nail, taper, 

 ing from its bq/is to the apex. 



Clavatus Calyx, as in Silsnc. 



Clavata Capfula, as in the Papaver argemone. 



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