BOTANY. 



. ..■• <i 1-1,^ n...ntv.fniirtK and laft. clals comprclienJs all tlis 



Slamin.fcrou. .nd p.ft.Ufcrou. flowers on ;[,;- Ji^^^tVavrincorfpicuous flowcs, L of which the 



Siaminifcrousand pift.W.rous flowers on Kua.fication '-""f^"-'')'' '" ^ ^^^^,,"^^7'.";:'^''^: 



jiucrcni plants. 1' derives its name from xpiTTo:, private, ana /X^o,, mai- 



Tiie twenty-third clafs has been formed for fuch plants as riiigc. :„^„„rn;rnn,i.! 



i.avc r.,„c flowers with b-.nh ftan.cn, and piftib, and others 2+ Cr^ptogamia. ^ <?«e. mco fpxuous 



:t:i;'.'7:a -^li^. tpt:??r ^--r" r.™u,c:';^ b. m^.,m, r„ mo , ,„,« 



the mode ot conncilion between the ftamcns and pillils. table : 

 •J- I^'lygaraia. Difl^ercal dilpolltions on the iumt plant. 



ji. Monotcia 

 the laiiie plant. 



2 2. Dicccia. 

 different plants. 



I 



SYNOPTIC TABLE of the LINN.^AN CLASSES. 



" I ftamcn 



2 ftameiis - 



,5 llameus - 



5 ftamens - 



7 ftamens ■ 



8 ftamciiS ■ 

 J 9 ftamens • 



lo ftamens ■ 



12 ftamens ■ 



Stamen? and 

 pillils in the 

 fame flower. 



Stamens and 

 piftils not uni- 

 ted in any of 

 their parts. 



Relative length 

 not regarded 



vifible <; 



Flowers •^ 



1. Monandria. 



2. Diandria. 

 ,3. Triandria. 

 5. Pciitandria. 



7. Heptaiulria. 



8. 06tandria. 



9. Enneandria. 



10. Decandna. 



11. Dodecandria- 



12. Icofandria. 



about 20 ftamens attach- 

 ed to the calyx 



generally more than 20 T 



attached to the leccp f i,3- Polyandiia. 

 tacle 3 



of equal length 



4 ftamens 

 6 ftamens 



of unequal lengths, f ^ long' ^ flwrt 



[_two always fliorter. (. ^ long, 2 fliort 



t 4 



Stamens and 

 piftils united in 

 iome of their 

 parts. 



hy their filaments 



f 



I into more than two bro 

 (_ therhoods . • - 



into one brotherhood • 

 into two brotherhoods 



} 



L 



1 by their anthers . . - - - 

 |_ united, and attached to the piftil 



„ , rftaminiferous aud piftihferous flowers on the fame plant 



Stamens and | '^ '^ 



piftils in differ-,^ ftaminiferous and piftiliferous flowers on different plants 



Lperfeft and imperfe£t flowers on the fame or different plants 



cut flowers. 



_fcarcely vifible, fo that their fructification has not been diftinftly dcfcribed 



4. Tetrandi ia. 

 6. Hexandria. 



14. Didynamia. 



15. Tetradynamia. 



16. Monadelphia. 



17. Diadelphia. 



18. Polyadelphia. 



19. Syngenefia. 



20. Gynandria. 



21. Monceciai; 



22. Dioecia. 



2 J. Polygamia. 



24. Cryptognmia. 



After thefe twenty-four clafles, the palini are placed in the 

 way of appendix, becaufe their fruiSification has not hitherto 

 bfffcn fufRcieritly defcribed. 



Ry attending to theff few fimple and tafy charafters, the 

 botanical ftudent may readily find out under what clafs he is 

 10 look for any unltnown plant, the name of which he is de- 



firous to learn. He is next to inquire to which order of the 

 clafs it belongs. 



The orders of the firft thirteen claftes are founded entirely 

 on the number of the piftils ; and are called moiio^rvnia, 

 digynia, trigynia. Sic. from ynvi, feinale,or wife, compounded, 

 as in the names of the clafies, with the Greek numerals. The 



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