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farina by separation ; so the Butomus umbellatus, 
the floxvering rushy leaving nine stamens, form two par- 
cels of four, very closely united together at first; the 
Meadia has five anthers united, like the Heath, the 
SoLANUM, also five united anthers, &c. so that this class 
very naturally falls into the rest, as will be seen in our 
Reformed Sexual System. 
Class XXL MoNa:ciA, has for its orders all the 
classes of number, also the class of union of Jilaments 
when forming one set, that of union of anthers and 
union xvith the pistillum, vide, our Synthesis of Classes 
and Orders, p. 39' 
Class XXII. DicECiA, the same ; for, like Aaron's 
rod, which swallowed up all the rest, the consideration 
of se.res apart overcomes all other ideas. Vide p. 40, 
each class rising superior to the preceding. 
Class XXIII. Polygamia, hence takes its orders: 
Order 1. Mongecia, Order II. Diq:cia, and Order 
III. Tricecia, the last is supposed to exhibit bissexml, 
male and female flowers, growing separately, on three 
distinct plants, of the same species, from rp^is, treis, 
three, and ol-ms^ oikos, a house. 
Class XXIV. Cryptogamia, contains the natural 
orders expressed in our Synthesis, p. 4^. 
Appendix Palm.^;. The natural order of Palms 
was so little understood when Linnaeus formed his sys- 
tematic arrangement of plants, and so few of their 
flowers had been then scientifically examined, that he 
