BOTANY. 



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CLASSES. 



ORDERS, 



14. Did YN AMI A. This class 

 contains izi^o orders. — 

 Stamens Four^ two on 

 long and two on shorter 

 filaments ; from which 

 circumstance the plants 

 are readily distinguished 

 from those of class IV. 



Gii'mnospermia^ in which 

 the seeds, four in num- 

 ber, are naked, and 

 placed at the bottom 

 of the calj X ; most of 

 the plants in this or- 

 der are aromatic, and 

 may be eaten with 

 safety : — Angoisper' 

 mia^'m which the seeds 

 are numerous, and 

 contained in a com- 

 mon pericarp, or seed 

 vessel. Many of the 

 plants Id this order 

 are poisonous. 



15. Tetradynamja. This 

 class contains two orders. 

 Sfame?is Six^ Four long 

 and Tico shorty which 

 distinguishes these plants 

 from those of class VI. 



Silkulosay in which the 

 seed vessel is a small 

 round, inflated or ilat 

 pod : Siliquosa^ seed 

 vessel a long cylindri- 

 cal cr flattened pod. 



The flowers of all this class produce four petals, which 



are placed crossways ; and not any of them possess noxious 

 qualities. 



16, MoNADELPHiA. This class C Triandria^ Penfandrki^ 



contains eight orders. — j Jlcpiandrtii^ OdaU" 



Stamens all connected f/r/Vi, Enneaiidria. 



hy their fdaments at the I Dccandria^ Dodecan" 



lase» L dria^ Folyandria, 



