234 CHAPTER 45, 
new genera are defcribed in the method and 
terms of Tournefort's fyftem ^ and all, 
except one, confecrated to the memory of 
botaniils ; and, in this publication, they arc 
referred to the denominations of the Lin^ 
ncmn fyftem^ as far as poffible 
DOUGLAS* 
Of the genera conftituted by Houston, 
we find the 'Douglqjfia^ in honour of James 
Douglas, F.R.S. a celebrated furgeon and 
anatomift, afterwards M.D. and honorary 
Fellow of the College of Phyficians, and 
Phyfician to Queen Caroline ^ whom it is 
juft to introduce into thefe anecdotes, fmce 
he obtained a reputable rank among thofe, 
who in botany have been ftiled Monogra- 
pliers," from having feparately written on 
a fmgle fpecies or genus. He publifhed a 
very fcientific defcription of the A?naryllis 
Jarnienjisy under the title of Lilium farni-^ 
enfe ; or, a Defcription of the Guernfey 
* The name of Houstonia is given by Gronovius 
to a Tetrandrous genus found in Virginiay known to the 
elder authors, and fomewhat allied to the Stellated clafs of 
Ray, 
Lily; 
