TBt! CLASSIFICATION OF SPECIES 



433 



into twelve orders. Thus, a plant with four sta- 

 mens and six pistils was referable to Class Te- 



FiG. 434. 



Linnffius (1707-1778). Reproduced and adapted from "Species Plantarum," 



second edition, 1762. 



trandria ("four stamens"), Order Hexagynia ("six 

 styles"). 



559, But there are certain great resemblances 

 in plants which allow them to be grouped into 

 natural assemblages. These assemblages we now 

 call families (240a) . Linnaeus recognized such 

 groups, as had others before him ; but Jussieu 



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