ANALYSIS OF THE LILY. 
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you no doubt are so familiar with the leaves of the Fink, that 
you will recognize the description as correct. 
You have now found the name of your plant to be Dianthus 
c aryophyllus. 
Class 10, decandri a. Order 2d, digynia.* 
And in this way it should be labelled for an herbarium or 
collection of dried plants. 
You can now proceed with the analysis of any plant which 
belongs to the first ten classes, in the same manner as you have 
done with the Pink ; as all these classes depend upon the cir- 
cumstance of the number of stamens. 
ANALYSIS OF THE LILY. 
The Lily you will find to be of the 6th class, the name of 
which is Hexandria, and 1st order, Monogynia. This order 
containing a great many genera, is divided into several sections. 
The first, containing flowers “ with a perianth ,” (that is, a kind 
of calyx,) and “ corolla without a spatha ,” (a kind of wrapper.) 
The Lily has no calyx, therefore you will not find it in this 
section. 
2nd. Section. “ With a spatha or glume, (a kind of sheath,) 
without a perianth .” 
The Lily has no spatha or glume, therefore it is not in this 
section. 
3d. Section. “ Flowers having no calyx.” 
The Lily has no calyx, therefore you may expect to find it 
described under this section. You can proceed, as in the Pink, 
to compare each genus with your flower, till you find a descrip- 
tion which corresponds with the Lily. 
“ IIemerocallis. Corrolla six parted.” Six parted shows 
that the corolla is all of one piece, having divisions around the 
border. The Lily is not six parted, but has six petals, there- 
fore you need look no farther in this genus. 
“ Lilium.” Now compare each particular in this description 
with your flower, looking out the terms in the vocabulary, and 
you will find it to agree in every respect. 
You will observe that in the description of a genus, nothing 
is said about any part of the plant, except the different organs 
* The Student con consult the synopsis of artificial classes and orders to 
ascertain the etymology of their names ; the whole system has not been 
introduced before, because it is thought better to lead the mind, by gradual 
induction, to generalize for itself. 
Analysis of the Lily — parts of the plant chiefly referred to in describing 
the genus — 
