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je^is figuris amis. Stockh. et Amft. 1751, 8% ppi 

 362, tab. II. This mnft be confidered as the in- 

 ftitutions of the Linnaan fyftem of botany, and is 

 a work which none, who wilh to be acquainted 

 with the fexual fyftem, can be without, as it is the 

 author's own comment on his Fundamental firft 

 publifhed in 1736, and which are comprized in 

 365 aphorifms, divided into 12 chapters. The 

 author's original intention was to have explained 

 all thefe aphorifms at large, in the manner that 

 had been done in the Bibliotheca Botanica^ Clajfes 

 Plantarum^ Sponfalia Flantarum^ Critica Botanica^ 

 and Vires Plantarum\ but he fays his numerous 

 avocations did not allow him requifite time. 



Ch. I. Exhibits a fyftematical diftribution of 

 the principal botanical writers, and is that part 

 which is treated of at large in the Bibliotheca. 



Ch. 2. Syftemata. A view of all the botanical 

 fyftems, being a compend of the Clajfes Plantarum^ 

 but here brought down fomewhat later, fo as to 

 comprehend the general view of Van Royen\ 

 fIaller*Sy and Wachendorf's, 



Ch. 3. Plants, Explains the terms ufed in de- 

 fcribing the different kinds of roots, ftalks, and 

 icaves of plants. 



Ch. 4. FruElificatio, Defcribes the parts of 

 fru6lification, and defines all the terms ufed re* 

 fpeding their number^ figure^ proportion^ fituation^ 

 and ufes, 



Ch. 5. Relates to the fexes of plants, a fubjeft 

 which is more copioufly treated in a paper called 

 Sponfalia Plantarum^ printed in the firft volume of 

 the Ammitates AcadmiCie^ 



Ch, 6. 



