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but are constituted from the dlspoiiiion of the fiords^ 
thus, — ■ 
Order I. PolygamiA; ^qualis, equal marriage^ 
from nto\vs^ P0IUS5 many^ and wo?, marriagt, implies, 
that the florets are numerous, and ^equalis, equals 
means that each flower is equally possessed of the two 
sexes, the florets are all alike, either ligulate or tubular 
florets. 
Order II. PoIygamia, stfpEiiFLUA, siiperjiuoiis 
Polygamy^ means that the florets in the disk (centre), 
being bissexual, produce seeds, and those in the roy (cir- 
cumference), which are pistilliferous, are superfluous 
as the former were sufficient to continue on the species^ 
and are hence styled by LinDa3us, in his system, as 
concubines. 
Order III. Polygasita, i-rlstraxea, needless Po- 
lygamy, is so called from the florets in the ray being de- 
void of any sex, and their existence seemingly useless. 
But their petals serve as a defence for the central florelsj 
by closing over them. 
Order IV. Polygamia^ nKcessaria, necesmry 
Polygamy, implies that the florets in the disk are stame- 
niferous, and in the ray pistilliferous ; and if those in 
disk were absent, there would be no seeds, hence the 
necessity of the pistilliferous flowers in the ray. 
Order V. Polygamia, segregata, separate Poly- 
gamy, is where the florets are all equal, that is, bissexual, 
as with the first orders but separate^ segregata, b/ 
