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BOTANY. 



CLASSES, 



17 DiADELPiiiA. This class 

 ccntains four orders. — 

 Stamens in two setts. All 

 tlie plants of this class 

 have Papilionaceous, or 

 Butterfly-shaped ilo wers, 

 ■whicli readily distin- r 

 guisbes them from those j 

 of class X. Not any of 

 this class are known to 

 he possessed of noxious 

 qualities. ^ 



18. PoLYDELPiiiA. This class 



contains four orders. — I 

 Stamens in several de- | 

 tached bundles, J 



19. Syngen'esia. This chiss 

 contains five orders. The 

 flowers are all compound, 

 that is, the common calyx 

 •contains a number of 



florets, which in the first 

 order are all perfect : in )> 

 the second order the 

 fiorets of the disk are 

 p.^rfect, and those of the 

 radius, only Fistiliierous: 

 the third has the ilorets of 

 the disk perfect, and those J 



ORDERS^ 



Pentandria^ Hexandrlaj 

 Octandria^Decandria, 



Decandria^ Bodecan- 

 dria^ Icosandria^ Fo' 

 lyandria. 



Pohjgamia eequalis ; 

 Volygamia superjiua; 

 Polygamia frustra- 

 nea; Pohjgamia ne- 

 cess aria ; Polijgamia 

 segregata. 



