CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS. 
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after immense labour, in the establishment of a hundred families, 
’ comprehending all the vegetables then known. 
“We see in these remarks a principle employed which had alto- 
gether escaped the notice of Adanson—namely, that subordination 
of character which in the method of Jussieu is, to use his 
expression, ‘ weighed but not counted.’ ” 
own 
en the families were constituted, Laurent de Jussieu prouped 
_ them into fifteen classes, as in the following table :— 
ACOTYLEDONOUS. . 
MonocoryLEDONovusg. 
eke 
Monopetalous. 
Apetalous, 
a 
Stamens 
Hypogynous. 
amens 
Pein nous. 
Stamens 
Epigynous. 
* 
Stamens 
Epigynous. 
Stamens 
Aerigynous. 
Stamens 
Hypogynous, 
Corolla 
Hypogynous, Class VIII, 
aq —— Lichens. 
2. Pe con 
Class I. - a as. 
Moss 
H Felions or Ferns. 
6. Naiades, or Water-plants, 
7. aE Se orgs as &e. 
ze, or Ree 
Cines IT. °: Cyperciion, or Sedges, 
or Grasses. 
10. Gramin 
Class IIT. 15. annie. 
16. Asphodeli, 
17. Ps vomgeg 
Hy on Anani, 
20. Cannee, Indian Shots. . 
Class IV. 21. Orchideze. 
22. po aan Water- 
Class V. 
Class VI. 
Class VIL. 
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50. Rhododendra 
52. Campane, 
53. Chic 
54. Cinarocephale, 
55. Cerymbifere 
57. Bubiacese. 
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| Comprising Mi 
ae 
\ Comprising th 
ushrooms, Algze, 
Hepaticas, Mosses, Ferns, and 
corresponding with Sess Crypto- 
mamia of Linneus. 
e Arums, Mace, 
ik pAb es, Sugar 
ag the Palms, Aspa- 
hes, Asphodels, Nar- 
Among the Apetalous wea: 
are ranged the Aristoloc’ 
with — pnt flowers, 
wetrething’ “Shiva ; 
zon, ere Sg 
Pol to the si 
i Amaranths, Plan- 
wins afin 4 Nyctagons, in the 
seventh class. 
Among Monapetalous — 
are the Loose Strife, 
thus, Jasm: , the ee 
The “Honeysuekle and Mad- 
derworts to the eleventh class. 
