SYNOPTICAL TABLE 
OF THE 
CLASSES, ORDERS, AND GENERA OF BRITISH PLANTS, 
ARRANGED 
ACCORDING TO THE LINK® AN METHOD; 
WITH REFERENCES TO THE PAGES WHERE THE SPECIES ARE 
DESCRIBED IN THE BODY OF THE WORK. 
Class I. MONANDRIA. 1 1 stamen. 
Order I. Monogtnia. 2 1 style. 
* Leaves without stipules. 
-f- Flowers not glumaceous. 
1. CHENOPODIACEAE. Perianth single, inferior. — Terrestrial 
plants. (Chenopodiijm. Sai.icornia.) p. 358. 
2. IIippdris. Perianth single, superior, forming a very indistinct 
rim to the germen. Style and stigma single. — Fresh- water 
erect plants, p. 146. 
3. Zostera. Perianth 0. Stamens and pistils inserted alternately 
in two opposite rows upon one side of a thin flat spadix. Style 
bifid. — Marine plants with long leaves, p. 486. 
4. Centranthus. Perianth double. Calyx a thickened margin at 
the top of the germen, at length unfolding into a pappus. Co- 
rolla spurred at the base. — Terrestrial plants, p. 200. 
1 From yunos, one , and mr(, hare applied to the stamen. The other classes, as 
far as Ieosandria, meaning 20 stamens, are likewise derived from the Greek nume- 
rals. Polyandria in the same way is from u-oAvj, many. 
- From yu>ios, one, and j-»n, here made applicable to the pistil or style. When 
the styles are so short as not to be visible, the stigmas are reckoned. 
