306 CHAPTER 23. ^ 
pp. gi. t. 12. Tlie umbelliferous tribe is 
here divided into nine orders, the genera of 
which are diftingiiiflied by the figure of the 
feed, affifted^ in fome of the fubdivifions, 
by the form of the leaf. They are illuftra- 
ted by figures of 150 different feeds. 
The author has fubjoined what he names 
Umbelliferous Plants, improperly fo cal- 
led." Such are Faknam^ ThaliBrumy 
Filipendiilay Valeriana grt^ca^ Fimpinella Som* 
guiforba ; all which are very different, both 
in charaSer and habit, except the Valerian^ 
from the natural clafs of which he treats. 
This fpecimen excited the attention of 
the learned, augmented Mori son's patro- 
nage, both abroad and at home ^ and en- 
couraged him to profecute with vigour his 
great w^ork, of which the firft volume came 
out under the following title: Planta- 
RUM Historic Universalis Oxoni- 
EN SIS, Pars fecunda-^ feu Herbarujn Dijiri- 
hiitia nova, per tabulas cognationis el affinka^ 
tisy ex libro Nature^ obfervata et deteBaJ* 
Fol. 1680. pp. 617. The firft part of the 
Hiftory, on Trees and Shrubs, v/as never 
printed. Some have doubted, whether it 
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