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coherence, and the number in which they were present. 
This arrangement is set forth in the following table : — 
Linnean System of Plaint Classification. 
Si i 
as a 
;.a a 
> < 
u o 
a e 
eg 
1 a 
o ® 
o ^ 
o 
fl 
eg eg 
Si ^ 
^ a 
H o 
1 in each flower. 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
From il to 19. 
20 or more 
inserted 
on Calyx 
inspi'ted 
on Torus 
unequal to 4 stamens of which 2 are 
I one another longer 
6 stamens of which 4 are 
longer 
Stamens adherent By their filaments united 
to one another 
to form a single body 
Do. to form two bodies . . 
Do. to form several 
By their anthers united 
to form a cylinder . . 
1. Monandria 
2. DiandHa 
3. Triomiria 
4. Tetrandria 
5. PentandHa 
6. Hexandna 
7. Heptandria 
8. Oetandria 
9. Enneandria 
10. Decandria 
11. Dodeeandria 
12 . iBosandria 
13. Polyandria 
14. Didynamia 
15. Tetradynamia 
16. Monodelphia 
17. Diad€lphi((. 
18. Polyadelphia 
19. Syngynesia 
20. Gynandria 
21. Monaicia 
Borne one on the other 
Not contained in the same Occurring in same plant 
flower. Flowers male & female 
Occurring in different do. 22. Dioicia 
Occurring in different 
plants and herma- 
phrodite flowers on 
one or several indi- 
viduals . . .. .. 23. Polygamia 
Not Visible 24. Cryptogamia 
This system devised by Linnaeus for the arrangement 
of the members of the vegetable kingdom, is what has 
been styled an artificial one, since by a kind of artifice plants 
are grouped together ; not according to natural relation- 
ship often patent on observation, but by reference to single 
arbitrarily-selected characters, with the result that naturally 
related plants are widely separated, and very different 
plants are associated in the same group. 
Thus in the six-stamen one-pistil group of Linnaeus, 
we find the Rush and the Berberry ; in the six-stamen 
three-pistil group the Vine and the Perriwinkle (Vinca) ; 
in the five-stamen two -pistil group the carrot and the 
gooseberry, in another the Canna and salt- wort (Sueda), 
and so on. [Vid. Species Plantarum, pas.] 
This system, to-day, is regarded only as an historical 
monument. It has, however, rendered great service to 
science in years that are past. Not only were Linnaeus’ 
own systematic botanical works, which are the foundation 
of what we know now, regarding plant species, based upon 
