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only, with their varieties. This work is not 
translated, which is much to be lamented, 
though the Syftem of Vegetables in part fup« 
plies it's place, and is much to be preferred 
to it, being an abftracl both of the Species 
and Genera Plantarum. The Syftem of Ve- 
getables is a work of wonderful ingenuity; 
there are to be found in many lingle pages of 
it twenty plants accurately difcriminated from 
every other known plant ; and more than 
10,000 plants are defcribed in the compafs of 
one odlavo volume. The tranflation of this 
work cannot be too highly prized by all who 
are unacquainted with the Latin language, 
and are deiirous of ftudying botany. The iris 
is a flower liable to perplex the young bo- 
tanift ; but in obferving the fame order of 
inveftigation as that recommended in the 
canna and lonicera he will readily be able to 
refer it to it's genus. The character, " petal- 
like^ of the ftigma, diftinguimes the iris 
from feveral other genera of the clafs Triandria 
and order Monogynia, with w r hich it is ar- 
ranged, although, before the flower is diffecled, 
the trifid di villous of it's fummit might be 
jniftaken for petals. The whole form of the 
Sower is beautiful ; the corol is fix-parted, 
the 
