APPENDIX— PALMS. 



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CHAP. XXVIII. 



OF THE APPENDIX. 



BESIDES the twenty-four classes explained in the preceding 

 chapters, Linnceus has in his Genera Plant arum given an Appen- 

 dix, which in the Ordo Generum, prefixed to that work, he calls 

 the twenty-fifth class*. It contains only one order, viz. 



Palm;e, comprehending such plants as have a spadix and spa- 

 tka. This order contains nine genera, viz. Cham^rops...Bo- 

 rassus...Corypha...Cocos... Pkcenix... Elais...Areca... .Elate 

 ...and CARYOTAf. 



* Linnmis, in the first edition of his Genera Plantarum 3 made two orders hi his 

 Appendix^ which, in the last edition of the Sy sterna Natures, he has reduced to one, 

 finding, after more mature examination, all the plants in his second order fell natu- 

 rally under the other classes and orders, to which they properly belonged. 



These have become now better understood, and have been incorporated by Wil- 

 denow, Dr. Smith, and other able botanists, into their respective classes. Editor. 



