STRUCTURAL BOTANY. 21 



IL Seeies. No Stamens nor Pistils. 



CRYPTOGAMIA XXIV. 



58. To denominate the first eleven classes, the Greek 

 numerals iiovo;, Svo {Si;), rpei;, reaaapsg {reTpa), nevrg, ^|, 

 enra, dierco, ivvea, Seica, SuydsKa, meaning 1, 2 (twice), 3, 4, 

 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, are combined with the word andria 

 (from dvTjp, a man, nsed metaphorically for stamen). The 

 numerals eiKoat, 20, and no^v;, many, were employed in 

 forming the words Icoswndria and Polyandria. Didy- 

 namm and Tetradynamia (compounded of dwafug and 

 iig, TBTpa, respectively) mean 2, and 4 stamens more 

 powerful. Monadelphia, Diadelphia, and Polyadelphia 

 are made up of adelphia, brotherhood, and the numerals 

 liovog, dig and iroXvg (1, 2 and many). Sytigeneaia (aw, 

 with, and ysveaig, generation) denotes a growing together, 

 so as to form one body. Oyncmdria (ywr], woman, and 

 dvTip, man) signifies that the (1 or more) stamens and the 

 style, or the stigmas, are connate (united by growth). 

 Mbnaecia and Dicecia {[lovog, 6ts, and olKog, house). JPoly- 

 ffomia and Cryptogamia (jro^vg, many ; Kpynrog, con- 

 cealed ; yajiog, marriage). 



59. These twenty-four Zmncean Classes are each divi- 

 ded into Orders. In establishing orders, Linnaeus noted 

 either the number of pistils, styles, or sessile stigmas; the 

 number of stamens ; the fruit ; or, finally, in, the class Syn- 

 genesia, the more or less developed state of the florets. 



The styles were chosen to distinguish the Orders oi the 

 first 13 classes. 



60. Synapsis of the Orders of the First 13 Classes. 

 Order I. Monogtnia 1 style to each flower. 



*K II. DiGYNiA 2 styles to " 



*" III. Teigtnia 3 « « 



