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the {lamina inferted into the inner hde of the cup or 
corolla, which is a'difiiinguilhing charaderiftic, I fay it 
is of the Icofandria cMs-md there bding more than five 
pillils, it is of the etdcr dPoIygym'di' " i 
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I firft examine the -flam in a, and find them very’nui- 
mercus, always more than twelve, and inferted on the 
receptacle of the future feed, whereby- thefe plants are 
diftinguifned from thofe of the Icofandria clafs ^ I there-' 
fore fay Poppy is of the Polyandria clafs, and there 
being but one piftil, it mufl be of the order Moncgynia. 
' B E ' r ' 0 N r. ' ^ 
In order to clafs it, I carefully examine the filaments 
of feveral flowers, which I find to be four in number,' 
am I then to conclude it is of the T etrandria clafs ? no, 
becaufe upon further examination, I fhall find that two 
of the flamina are longer than the other two, I therefore 
determine it to be of the Bidynamia clafs, and becaufe it 
has no feed-vefiel, but the feeds are at the bottom of the 
cup, it muft be of the order Gymnofpermia, 
. rO AD-FLAX. 
I examine the {lamina, and find them four In num- 
ber, but becaufe two of them are longer than the other 
two, I determine it to be of the Bidynamia clafs, and 
becaufe there is a pericarpium or feed-veifel, v/hereby it 
is diilinguifhed from the former plant, I pronounce it 
to be of the order Angiofperfnia, 
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