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The flowers of this class have, as its title implies, 
many stamens, that is, from QO to 100 or more, so that 
it is unnecessary to attempt to count them, further than 
to be satisfied that they may amount to 20 or upwards. 
The situation of the stamens, as standing upon the 
receptacle; is sufficient to distinguish it from the pre- 
ceding class, in which they do not stand upon the recep- 
tacle, but either upon the sides of the Calyx or else upon 
: the Petals. A regard to this circumstance will be a 
: surer guide than an attention merely to the number of 
the stamens. If the eye does not at once determine the 
lexact situation of the stamens, carefully and slowly pull 
ifofF the petals, and the segments of the calyx ; if the sta- 
mens remain in their place, they may then be considered 
» as growing upon their receptacle. 
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^ 3. Classes derived from the consideration of Num- 
ber and Proportion. 
f' Class XIV. Did YN A MI A, from dis, two, and 
^vvxiMsr^ DUN A MIS, pOWer. 
j; Glass XV". Tetradynamia, from rsaa-x^ts^ TESSA- 
RES, yb/^r, and ^L-va/^/r, DUN AMIS, pozver. 
Class XIV. DiDYNAMiA, contains the labiate or 
^[ lipped- flozvers^ from labium, a lip, which branches into 
two kinds, \. Ringent, from ringere, to gape, which 
is a monopetalous tubular corolla, whose border is di- 
it vided into two parts, called the tipper and under- lip : 
3' The upper lip is by some called the helmet, and the 
f under the beard; the opening between these two lips is 
called the hiatus, or gape ; the. entrance into the tube, 
il(f the throat ; and the upper part of the tube, the Jieck---- 
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