NEW ILLUSTRATION 



OF THE 



SEXUAL SYSTEM 



OF 



Carolttg ©on Unnuzm: 



COMPREHENDING 



AN ELUCIDATION OF THE SEVERAL PARTS OF THE FRUCTIFICATION; 



*4 PRIZE DISSERTATION OJV THE SEXES OF PLAJVTS; 



A FULL EXPLANATION OF THE CLASSES, AND ORDERS, OF THE SEXUAL SYSTEM ; 



AND THE 



Cemple of Jflora, or <gattien of Jlature, 



BEING PICTURESQUE, BOTANICAL, COLOURED PLATES, OF SELECT PLANTS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE SAME, WITH DESCRIPTIONS. 



SHALL BRITONS, IN THE FIELD 



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UNCONQUERD STILL, THE BETTER LAUREL LOSE t 

 IN FINER ARTS AND PUBLIC WORK8 SHALL THEY 

 TO GALLIA YIELD? 



THOMSON. 



BY 



ROBERT JOHN THORNTON, M. D. 



MEMBER OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;.... ONE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE LONDON MEDICAL SOCIETY ;.... HONORARY MEMBER OF THE 



MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL SOCIETIES OF GUY'S HOSPITAL, OF BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL, AND OF THE LYCEUM MEDICUM 



LONDINENSE;.... MEMBER OF SEVERAL LEARNED ACADEMIES AND SOCIETIES ABROAD ;.... LECTURER ON MEDICAL 



BOTANY TO THE UNITED HOSPITALS OF GUY AND ST. THOMAS ;.... LATE PHYSICIAN TO THE ST. MARY- 



LE-BONNE GENERAL DISPENSARY; AUTHOR OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF BOTANY; THE 



PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; AND OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF POLITICS, &c. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED, FOR THE PUBLISHER, BY T. BENSLEY, BOLT COURT, FLEET STREET. 



1807. 



