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INTRODUCTION. 
25. PutaminecB, shelled, a few genera of 
plants allied in habil, whose 
fruit is covered willi a hard 
woody shell, as the caper 
shrub. 
26. MuUisiliquw. Plants which have more , 
seed vessels than one, as (he 
columbines and delphinums 
27. Rliceadea, The poppy, and a few genera 
resembling it in habit and 
struclure: when cut they emit 
a milky juice which is white 
in poppy, and yellow in the 
others. 
28. Luridte. An order of plants whose pale 
appearance indicates their 
noxious quality : such are the 
atropa, datura, &c. 
29. Campanaceee, have bell shaped 
flowers, as the convolvulus. 
30. ContorteB, plants which have a single 
petal, twisted to one side, as 
the asclepias : the plants 
being cut, emit a juice of a 
milky or greenish white which 
is deemed poisonous. 
31 Vepreculee, plants resembling the 
daphne, but which do not 
constitute a true uatural class. 
82. Papilionacea. Plants that have papi- 
lionaceous tlowers, as the gar- 
den pea. 
33. Lomentacea, (from lomentum, a colour 
used by painters,) this order 
furnishes beautiful tints, as 
the sophora, &c. 
34. Cucurhitaceee, (from cucurbita, a 
gourd,) Plants which resem- 
ble the gourd, as the cucum- 
ber, melon, &c. 
35. Senticosce, (from sentis, a briar,) con- 
sist of the rose, bramble, and 
other plants resembling them 
in structure. 
36. PomacecB. Plants which have a pulpy 
esculent fruit of the apple, 
berry, or cherry kind. 
37. ColumnifercB, pjaiits whose stamina 
and pistil have the appearance 
of a pillar in the centre of the 
flower, such are the althaea, 
camellia, &c. 
38. TricocceB. Plants with a single three- 
cornered capsule, having 
three cells, each containing a 
single seed, as box, phyl- 
Wauthus, &c. 
39. Siliquosm. Plants which have a pod 
for their seed vessel, as the 
cabbage, mustard, &c. 
40. PersonafcB, (from persona, a mask). 
Plants whose flowers are fur- 
nished with an irregular ga- 
ping petal, resembling the 
snout of an aniiual, as the 
snapdragon. 
41. Asperifolia. Rough-leaved plants, 
as borage, bugloss, &c. 
42. Veriicillata, consists of herbaceous 
plan(s, having four naked 
seeds, and the flowers dis- 
posed in whorls round the 
stalk, as lavender and hyssop. 
43. Dumosce, (from duraus,) a bush, are 
all of the tree or shrub kind, 
rising from six to thirty or 
forty feet hi^h, as the elder, 
buckthorn, &c. 
44. Sepiaria, (from s;e|)es, a hedge.) Ash, 
privet, lilac and such like 
plants, fit from their size and 
other circumstances for hed- 
ges. 
45. UmhelhdtB, Plants, whose floweis 
grow in umbels, -with five 
petals, and Iwo naked seeds 
joined at top and separated 
below, such are parsley, cara- 
way, fennel, &c. 
46. Hedemcea, herbaceous and shrubby 
plants, having creeping bran- 
ches which attach themselves 
by roots and tendrils to other 
bodies, as the ivy, and vine. 
47. Stellata, (from stella, a star.) Plants 
with two naked seeds, and 
leaves disposed round the ste m 
in form of a star, as spigelia. 
48. Aggregutee. Plants which have aggre- 
gate flowers, each floret hav- 
ing a proper and common 
calyx, as dipsacus, scabius, 
&e. 
49. ComposiftB. Plants with compound 
flowers, as carduus, xeran- 
themum, &c. 
50. Amentaci'ce. Plants bearing catkins, as 
the tribe sji'ix. 
51. ConifercB. Plants whose female 
flowers, placed at a distance 
from the male, either on the 
same or distinct roots, an-e 
formed into a cone. Such 
are the fir, pine, Cyprus, &c. 
52. CoadunattB. So termed from tlie 
general appearance of the seed 
vessels which are numerous, 
and being slightly attached 
below, form" altogether a 
single fruit in the shape of a 
sphere or cone, as the mag- 
nolia, tulip tree, &:c. 
53. Scahrida. Plants with rough leave:s, 
and nearly allied to the ord(er 
asperifoliaB, only the roughness 
of the former is much greate;r. 
