102 CHAPTER 8. 
tain the plants of one^ or two modern ge^ 
' nera : others many ^ and feme, it muft be 
confeffed, very incongruous to each other. 
On the whole, they are much fuperior to 
DoDOENs's divilions ; and fufficiently tef- 
tify, that the author was fenfible of the 
want of a better arran;^ement than the mere 
alphabetic order, or that formed from the 
fuppofed qualities, and ufes in medicine. 
At the head of each tribe, or family, he 
prefixes a fynoptical view of all the fpeciea 
to be defcribed under it. His method, then, 
is to give the Greek and Lalm name ; and, 
wherever he can, the name of the genus 
and fpecies, in Gennan^ Diitchy French^ 
and 'EngliJJd. Then the defcription of the 
plant, the time of flowering, the country in 
which it grows fpontaneoufly; and, in E;?^- 
land, he points out the particular fpot^ 
where feme of the more rare are found : 
Mr. Ray, however, has remarked, that in 
this reipeQ: Lob el has been inaccurate, or 
trufled too much to his memory ; fmce 
many have been fought for in vain, in the 
fiLuations he fpeciiied. Frequent reference 
is made in the margin to the figures in 
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