ARTIFICIAL, OR LINN2EAN, SYSTEM. \^\ 



Class 4. Tetrandria, 4 stamens of equal length — Plantain (Pig. 136) ; 



Smilacina ; 

 " 5. Pentandria, 5 stamens — Vine (Pig. 101) ; Egg-plant (Pig. 



158); 

 " 6. Hexandria, 6 stamens of equal length — Lily, Asphodel (Pig. 



56); 

 " 7. Heptandria, 7 stamens — Horse-chestnut (Pig. 192); 

 " 8. Octandria, 8 stamens — Epilobium (Pig. 75) ; Puchsia; 

 " 9. Enneandria, 9 stamens— Sassafras, Cinnamon (Pig. 170) ; 

 " 10. Deoaiidria, 10 stamens — Finis; ; China-tree; Judas-tree; 

 " 11. Dodeoandria, 11 to 19 stamens — House-leek (Pig. 148) ; 

 " 12. Icosandria, 20 or more stamens on the calyx — Cherry (Pig. 



5) ; Myrtle (Pig. 178) ; 

 " 13. Polyandria. 20 or more stamens on the torus^Eanunculus 



(Pig. 9); Tea (Pig. 78); Water-lilies (Pig. 79); Sar- 



racenia (Pig. 114) ; Magnolia (Pig. 133) ; Columbine 



(Pig. 154) ; 

 " 14. Didynamia, 4 stamens, 2 long and 2 short — Broom-rape 



(Pig. 159) ; Wood-sage (Pig. 160) ; 

 " 15. Tetradynamia, 6 stamens, 4 longer than 2 — Wall-flower, 



Kocket, Mustard (Pig. 162) ; 

 " 16. Monadelphia, stamens coherent by their filaments into 1 



set— Mallow (Pig. 182) ; Broom (Pig. 166) ; 

 " 17. Diadelphia, stamens coherent by their filaments into 2 



sets— Pea (Pig. 167, A) ; 

 " 18. Polyadelphia, stamens coherent by their filaments into 



many sets — Lemon (Pig. 127) ; St. John's Wort; 

 " 19. Syngenesia, filaments free, anthers coherent into a tube- 

 Sunflower Pamily (Pig. 167, B) ; Lobelia, with filaments 



also coherent ; 

 " 20. G-ynandria, stamens adherent to the pistil — Orchis (Pig. 



152).; Milkweed (Pig. 172) ; 

 " 21. Moncecia, stamens and pistils in separate flowers on the same 



plant — Yews (Pig. 44) and Pines ; Indian Corn ; Arum 



(Pig. 57) ; Walnut (Pig. 67) ; 

 " 22. DicEcia, stamens and pistils in separate flowers on separate 



plants— Vallisneria (Pig. 244) ; Willow (Pig. 69) ; 

 " 23. Polygamia, fiowers bisexual, male and female, on the same 



plant or on different plants of the same species — Oat-grass 



(Pig. 51) ; Pellitory ; Ked Maple. 

 " 24. Cfryptogamia, all spore-bearing plants, from Protophytes to 



Club-moss, inclusive (Pigs. 11 to 42). 



442. The first Thirteen Classes have their Orders based on the 

 number of pistils in a flower: Monogynia, 1 pistil; Digynia, 2 pistils, 

 etc., up to Dodecagynia, which is the 11th Order, and which includes 

 flowers with 11 to 12 styles. The 12th Order, Polygynia, includes 

 flowers with more than 12 styles. 



The 14th Class has 2 Orders : 



1. Oymnospermia, 4 separate akaines apparently like naked seeds in 

 the calyx at the base of the style— Sage ; Comfrey (Pig. 5) ; 



2. Angiospermia, the ovaries united into a capsule — Broom-rape 

 (Pig. 159, e); Snap-dragon (Fig. 161). 



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